Mooseheads Make CSS List

Timo Meier
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The National Hockey League released it's Central Scouting Services Players to Watch list today and two current Halifax Mooseheads players are on it.

The players are ranked in three different categories. 'A' players are ones who can be projected to go in the first round while 'B' players should go in the 2nd/3rd rounds. 'C' ranked players most likely will go in the 4th to 7th rounds.

Forwards Timo Meier and Connor Moynihan both received a 'B' rating on the list. Prospect defenseman John Marino also had a rating of 'B'.

Meier leads the Mooseheads with 3 goals and 7 points while Moynihan has 2 goals. Marino has a goal and an assist in 5 games with the USPHL South Shore Kings.

Along with Meier and Moynihan, 37 QMJHL players in total were named to the list. Only 5 were listed with an 'A' rating; Jakub Zboril, Callum Booth, Nicolas Roy, Filip Chlapik and Daniel Sprong.

GAMEDAY #4: vs Saint John

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

September 20, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: QMJHL Live | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Mooseheads will be looking to get back in the win column tonight win they welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight. Will they be able to do? Well halifax will need more offence if they are going to pull out a victory this evening and a better performance from the defence too to help Kevin Resop out. 

Overall Records

Sea Dogs: 1-1-0-1 = 3 points (4th in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Mooseheads: 1-2-0-0 = 2 points (6th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 4pts (3G & 1A), Timo Meier 4pts (1G & 3A), Cavan Fitzgerald 3pts (1G & 2A)

SNB: Nathan Noel 4pts (3G & 1A), Jakub Zboril 3pts (3A), Mathieu Joseph 2pts (1G & 1A)

Last Games

Saint John is coming off a 5-1 win at their 10th home opener last night. Nathan Noel led the Sea Dogs with 2 goals against the Bathurst Titan while Sebastien Auger made 24 saves. 

Halifax is coming off a 3-0 shutout loss against Moncton yesterday at home. Kevin Resop made 22 saves on 24 shots in the lossing cause against the Wildcats. 

Season Series

Saturday Sept 20  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Sept 27  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Oct 11  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Friday Nov 7  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 6  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Jan 3  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 14  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 21  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Sagueneens vs Remparts 5:00pm

Foreurs vs Phoenix 5:00pm

Screaming Eagles vs Islanders 7:00pm

Huskies vs Oceanic 8:00pm

After the Buzzer

Halifax will welcome the Chicoutimi Sagueneens to the Scotiabank Centre on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm. 

RECAP: Deja Vu

FINAL: Wildcats 3 at Mooseheads 0
Stars: 3. Resop HAL | 2. Lalonde MON | 1. Dubeau MON
Attendance: 8,433
MC's Top Herd: Kevin Resop

HALIFAX: It was déjà vu during the Mooseheads home opener on Friday night. The visiting team was the same, there was another Kevin in net and the outcome was pretty much the same. A year ago, on September 12, Halifax opened the season with a game against the Moncton Wildcats and were shutout while backup Kevin Darveau let in 4 goals. Fast forward to last night, the Cats once again helped your Herd open the home part of the season and for the second year in a row Alex Dubeau held Halifax to 0 goals. Kevin Resop made some pretty nice saves when the team needed him to and gave the Moose a chance to get back in the game quite a few times but scoring disappeared.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Moncton Wildcats spoiled the party for the Halifax Mooseheads Friday night at the Scotiabank Centre. 

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads got off to a slow start Friday night against the Moncton Wildcats, and never quite picked up the pace, losing 3-0 before a hometown crowd eager to see their young team take to the ice for the first time this season. 

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: No doubt this was not the way the Mooseheads had hoped to open the home portion of the 2014-2015 QMJHL season with a 3-0 loss to the Moncton Wildcats at the newly minted Scotiabank Centre. 

The Canadian Press' recap: Alex Dubeau made 29 saves as Moncton blanked Halifax. 

The Q News' recap: The Moncton Wildcats posted a 3-0 victory Friday night in Halifax on a game that had to give the fans a serious case of déjà vu at the newly named Scotiabank Centre. 

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Philippe Gadoury (headaches), Zachary Fucale (Canadiens camp),  Matt Murphy (Senators camp), Jesse Lussier (broken wrist) and Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp)

SCORES
Charlottetown 5 - 4 Cape Breton

Acadie-Bathurst 1 - 5 Saint John

Baie-Comeau 3 - 6 Quebec

Gatineau 4 - 3 Blainville-Boisbriand

Sherbrooke 1 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda

Drummondville 0 - 2 Shawinigan

Chicoutimi 2 - 4 Victoriaville

NEXT GAME: Your Mooseheads will be at home once again this evening as they welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs to the Scotiabank Centre. Puck drops at 7pm. 

GAMEDAY #3: vs Moncton

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. MONCTON WILDCATS

September 19, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS 

It's home opening weekend at the newly rebranded Scotiabank Centre and just like last season we begin it with a visit from the Moncton Wildcats. After a split last weekend, your Halifax Mooseheads will look to be better and should be with the additions of Danny Moynihan and Philippe Gadoury who are coming from NHL rookie camps. With the alst home opener win being in 2011 will the Herd be able to break that streak? Well they won't have the discration of hanging banners and a long ceremony to hold them up this season but with an inexperienced team it should be an interesting and exciting game. Inexperience might actually work to be in the team's favour this year as the whole team will want to show the fans in Moose Country that it isn't the rebuilding stage yet. We're going to ahve to wait and see but come out and be apart of the excitement. Moncton will be itching to ruin the home opener once again however.

Overall Records

Wildcats: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (T-3rd in Maritimes division, T-10th overall)

Mooseheads: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (T-3rd in Maritimes division, T-10th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 4pts (3G & 1A), Timo Meier 4pts (1G & 3A), Cavan Fitzgerald 3pts (1G & 2A)

MON: Christophe Lalonde 4pts (1G & 3A), Will Smith 3pts (2G & 1A), Conor Garland 3pts (1G & 2A)

Last Games

The Wildcats hosted the Saint John Sea Dogs on Sunday afternoon. Christophe Lalonde and Conor Garland led Moncton with a goal and 2 assists each in a 5-2 win.

Ryan Falkenham scored another 2 goals and assisted on another in the Mooseheads 6-5 overtime win against the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday night. Kevin Resop also made 17 saves in Halifax's win.

Season Series

Friday Sept 19  Moncton at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Nov 1  Moncton at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Nov 8  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Sunday Nov 23  Moncton at Halifax - 4pm

Tuesday Dec 30  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Tuesday Feb 3  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Tuesday Feb 17  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Wednesday Mar 18  Moncton at Halifax -7pm

Friday Mar 20  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Out of Town

Screaming Eagles vs Islanders 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan 7:30pm
Remparts vs Drakkar 8:00pm
Armada vs Olympiques 8:30pm
Huskies vs Phoenix 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm
Tigres vs Sagueneens 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Home opening weekend continues tomorrow night against the Saint John Sea Dogs at the newly named Scotiabank Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Herd Word: Ehlers scores at Prospects tournament

EHLERS
Nikolaj Ehlers was in British Columbia over the weekend for a prospects tournament that included the Winnipeg Jets, the Vancouver Canucks, the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames. Ehlers only played in 2 of the three games. He had a goal in a 6-4 loss to the Flames on Friday. Sunday afternoon was a much better game where Nik scored two goals and recorded an assist in a 5-4 shootout win against Edmonton while also receiving a penalty.

LUSSIER
20 year old Jesse Lussier got hurt in the game against the Charlottetown Islanders and as such will have to have surgery on his broken wrist. The surgery will happen today and will be out for 6-8 weeks, it was announced today by the team.

RETURNED
Update: After scoring a goal this past weekend, Matt Murphy has been returned by the Ottawa Senators. This means he will not be attending the Sens main camp. Danny Moynihan has also been reassigned to the Mooseheads by the San Jose Sharks.Hali

MAIN CAMPS
The following current Mooseheads will attend main camps;
Nikolaj Ehlers - Winnipeg Jets from September 19th to 30th
Zach Fucale - Montreal Canadiens starting September 18th
Matt Murphy - Ottawa Senators beginning September 18th

INJURED
It sounds like Halifax has another player who is listed day to day because of injury. Philippe Gadoury did not participate in any of the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp because he did not pass the physical.

HOME OPENING WEEKEND
Hockey will finally be back at the Halifax Metro Centre or should I say Scotiabank Centre this weekend. The Herd will take on the Moncton Wildcats in yet another home opener this Friday at 7pm. The Saint John Sea Dogs will than be visiting Halifax on Saturday evening at 7pm. I will be tweeting during both games.

GAMEDAY #2: at Charlottetown

GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

September 13, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: QMJHL Live | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @IslesLive

Eastlink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

Jesse Lussier is out with a wrist injury which leaves a rookie defense core for tonight's game. The only players with any QMJHL experience before last night's game are Brandon Worthen and Cavan Fitzgerald who have played 5 and 3 games respectively. There's also a rookie in the nets and Kevin Resop will be looking to have a better game in Charlottetown than he did in Bathurst yesterday, not that last night was terrible. 

Kelly Bent will be back in the lineup after sitting out on Friday night because of a one game suspension that happened while he was still a Saint John Sea Dog player last season. Bent's return will add another level of physicality to the Mooseheads line up as long as he and Brandon Vuic stay out of the penalty box. Can the boys bounce back when they take on the Charlottoetown Islanders tonight? We are going to have to wait but once again it will be an entertaining game and watch how this half rookie team fares.  

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Islanders: 1-0-0-0 = 2 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, T-2nd overall)

Leading Scorers

CHA: Kameron Kielly 1 pt (1G), Daniel Sprong 1 pt (1G), Filip Chlapik 1 pt (1A)

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 1 pt (1G), Maxime Fortier 1 pt (1A), Timo Meier 1 pt (1A)

Last Games

Halifax is coming off a 4-1 loss in Bathurst on Friday night. Ryan Falkenham scored the only goal for the Moose while Resop made 24 saves against the Titan. 

Charlottetown on the other hand is coming off a come from behind 3-2 shootout win against the Sea Dogs on the island. Kameron Kielly scored the first goal of the season for the Islanders while Daryl MacCullum made 29 saves. 

Season Series

Saturday Sept 13  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Friday Oct 10  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Wednesday Oct 29  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Sunday Nov 2  Halifax at Charlottetown - 4pm

Friday Dec 5  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Thursday Dec 18  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Wednesday Dec 31  Charlottetown at Halifax - 3pm

Saturday Feb 21  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Friday Mar 6  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Drakkar vs Cataractes 5:00pm

Sagueneens vs Armada 5:00pm

Olympiques vs Huskies 5:00pm

Titan vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm

Voltigeurs vs Foreurs 8:00pm

After the Buzzer

The Mooseheads will be travelling back to Halifax and will be awaiting the Moncton Wildcats for the home opener on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm. 

RECAP: Trouble in Bathurst

FINAL: Mooseheads 1 at Titan 4

Stars: 3. Popov BAT | 2. Brennan BAT | 1. Boivin BAT

Attendance: 2,824

MC's Top Herd: n/a

BATHURST: It's going to be a different year. The Acadie-Bathurst played their first game in their new uniforms and in front of an almost sold out crowd, showed that teams can be different each year. Last season, your Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Titan 9 times out of nine games but got off to a very rough start this season. Titan Jacob Brennan back stopped his team to a 4-1 win and Christophe Boivin scored 2 goals against Mooseheads rookie goaltender Kevin Resop. Acadie-Bathurst got out to a 3-0 lead before captain Ryan Falkenham scored to break the shutout with less than 5 minutes left.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads will have to wait at least one more day for their first win of the season.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Mooseheads were almost shut out by the Titan in their season opener on the road Friday night, but captain Ryan Falkenham stepped up late in the game to score Halifax's lone goal, his leadership providing a bright spot in a disappointing 4-1 loss to Bathurst.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads opened the 2014-2015 QMJHL season with a 4-1 loss in Acadie-Bathurst.

The Canadian Press' recap: Christophe Boivin had goals in the first and third period to lead Acadie-Bathurst past Halifax.

Titan Nation's recap: Before a crowd of 2,824, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan opened their 17th season with a strong 4-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Kelly Bent (suspension), Zach Fucale (Canadiens camp), Danny Moynihan (Sharks camp), Austyn Hardie (injured), Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp), Philippe Gadoury (Canadiens camp) and Josh Fitzgerald (injured)

SCORES
Saint John 2 - 3 Charlottetown SO
Cape Breton 6 - 3 Moncton
Quebec 1 - 6 Sherbrooke
Shawinigan 7 - 1 Chicoutimi
Blainville-Boisbriand 0 - 4 Baie-Comeau
Rouyn-Noranda 1 - 4 Drummondville
Val-d'Or 3 - 2 Gatineau SO
Victoriaville 5 - 6 Rimouski

NEXT GAME: Halifax are currently travelling to Charlottetown to take on the Islanders at 7pm tonight.