Game Day 3 & 4: vs Sea Dogs

PREVIEW - It's back to back home games for our Halifax Mooseheads against the Saint John Sea Dogs this weekend. The Sea Dogs updated their logo and jerseys before the start of the season in a move that the team is calling the #NextWave. Both teams are amidst a rebuild with Saint John winning the first overall pick at the 2025 draft where they selected forward Alexis Joseph. The rookie has yet to record his first point in the Q but we are only one weekend into the season. Halifax's rookie Jasu Mensonen will look to continue his good start after picking up a goal in both games against Charlottetown last week. I expect this will be another tight series between these two clubs, after they each won 4 out of eight games played in 2024-25. The Mooseheads should get some help in the scoring department as Liam Kilfoil, who led Halifax in scoring for most of last year, was released by the Detroit Red Wings from his tryout contract earlier this week. Not only do the Sea Dogs have the same records as well as goals for/against numbers but the teams are both led by first year players heading into tonight's match. 

Fans in Moose Country will get a rematch tomorrow night as Halifax hosts their first ever (I think) Country Night. I'm not sure what it is planned for the evening but it still should be a good way to spend a Saturday night. 

Coverage
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Sea Dogs: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Jasu Mensonen 2pts (2G & 0A), Shawn Carrier 2pts (1G & 1A), William Bent 1pt (1G & 1A)
SNB: Olivers Murnieks 3pts (0G & 3A), Elliot Dube 2pts (2G & 0A), Zachary Morin 2pts (1G & 1A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match of the season series between these two teams. Halifax had a 4-3-1-0 record versus the Sea Dogs in 2024-25 while Saint John went 4-4-0-0 against the Mooseheads. Their last match on March 8 saw our Herd lose 3-1 on home ice with Halifax goaltender Jacob Steinman earning 1st star honours after stopping 31 of the 33 Sea Dogs' shots. 

Out of town
Eagles vs. Wildcats - 7:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Remparts - 8:00 p.m.
Olympiques vs. Drakkar - 8:00 p.m.
Armada vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax's fifth game of the season will see the Baie-Comeau Drakkar coming to town for student night on October 2. Puck drops at 7 p.m.