For the fifth time in the last six years, our Halifax Mooseheads have lost their home opener as the team fell 3-1 on Friday night to start the 2023-24 season. The night started off on a high note though as the 30th anniversary roster was introduced followed by a special jersey retirement ceremony that saw Nathan MacKinnon's number 22 be raised to the rafters. This caused quite a delay for puck drop but it seemed like it wasn't going to affect the Herd with rookie Liam Kilfoil scoring his first career QMJHL goal less than 8 minutes into the match. However, the Charlottetown Islanders got the tying goal by captain Michael Horth a few minutes later and the teams went to their dressing rooms with the score 1-1 after twenty minutes. Halifax had some of the best chances of the game in the final 40 minutes but could not get past the Islanders goaltender. Horth scored his second of the game late in the second period and in the third, the Mooseheads were so close a couple of times to tying it up.
FINAL: Islanders 3 at Mooseheads 1
Stars: 3. Liam Kilfoil HAL | 2. Logan Crosby HAL | 1. Michael Horth CHA
Attendance: 10,073
MC's Top Herd: Liam Kilfoil
GAME LOG
First period
7:48 HAL Liam Kilfoil (1) | A: Schultz & Crosby
10:12 CHA Michael Horth (1) | A: None
Second period
16:18 CHA Michael Horth (2), PP | A: Campbell & Morneau
Third period
19:24 CHA Owen Conrad (1), SH/EN | A: None
Powerplay: CHA - 1-for-3; HAL - 0-for-4
Shots: 24-18 in favour of Halifax
Next game
Halifax will travel to Charlottetown as these two teams meet again tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.
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