Moose Win 40th in Front of Sellout Crowd

Photo - AMH Photography

Something that I don't remember experiencing before is fan appreciation night on a Sunday afternoon but that's how the schedule worked out this season and the sell out crowd that was in attendance was treated to a really good game. Our Halifax Mooseheads put their last game behind them and skated to a 3-1 victory today over the Moncton Wildcats. The away team got on the board first with under 6 minutes to go in the first period as Etienne Morin scored on the power play. Before the end of the frame, Mathieu Cataford got his 39th goal of the season on the man advantage at the 17:35 mark. A strong second period plus a four minute power play put Halifax up for good as Lou-Felix Denis and Jan Sprynar scored in the middle frame to make it 3-1 for the home team. Moncton wasn't going to go away lightly, outshooting the Herd 12-7 in the third period and got close to scoring a few times. 

FINAL: Wildcats 1 at Mooseheads 3
Stars: 3. Mathis Rousseau HAL | 2. Brady Schultz HAL | 1. Lou-Felix Denis HAL
Attendance: 10,595 
MC's Top Herd: Lou-Felix Denis 

GAME LOG
First period
14:38 MON Etienne Morin (11), PP | A: Loshing & Desnoyers
17:35 HAL Mathieu Cataford (39), PP | A: Vidicek & Schultz

Second period 
12:16 HAL Lou-Felix Denis (28), PP | A: Schultz
17:06 HAL Jan Sprynar (13) | A: Schultz & Dylan MacKinnon

Third period
No scoring

Powerplay: MON - 1-for-2; HAL - 2-for-3
Shots: 29-28 in favour of Moncton

Next game
The Halifax Mooseheads will play their final home game of the regular season on Thursday night against the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 7pm.