Moynihan's Hat Trick Gives Moose PITR Victory

Your Halifax Mooseheads have their first mini winning streak of the season. The Herd's offence exploded tonight for 7 goals with the help of the first line on Pink in the Rink night. Danny Moynihan got the game started quickly with a goal less than 2 minutes into the game before Bathurst tied it 8 minutes later. Halifax wore special pink jerseys to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation which gives grants to find a cure for breast cancer, tickets were raffled off for fans to win a jersey. After the first period the game was tied but the other Moynihan; Connor gave the Mooseheads a 3-2 lead in the second and the team never looked back onto their 4th straight PITR victory and second in a row on the season. Danny scored two more times while captain Timo Meier had four assists on the night. The Titan didn't make it easy on the Herd to get the win though, with a clear off-side play being called a goal in Bathurst's favour as well as plenty of rough stuff.

FINAL: Titan 4 at Mooseheads 7
Stars: 3. Atoine Morand BAT | 2. Cavan Fitzgerald HAL | 1. Danny Moynihan HAL
Attendance: 7,321
MC's Top Herd- Danny Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
1:21 HAL Danny Moynihan (4) | A: Meier
9:44 BAT Nicholas Blanchard (4) | A: Morand & Miromanov
14:39 HAL Maxime Fortier (8), PP | A: Fitzgerald & Meier
19:12 BAT Christophe Boivin (3) | A: Maher

Second period
3:49 HAL Connor Moynihan (2) | A: Cavan Fitzgerald
7:33 HAL Brett Crossley (1), SH | A: Shewfelt
8:15 BAT Vladimir Kuznetsov (4), PP | A: Trickett
16:01 HAL Danny Moynihan (5) | A: None

Third period
10:34 BAT Guillaume Brisebois (1), PP | A: Maher & Simpson
15:46 HAL Danny Moynihan (6) | A: Meier & Ford
17:55 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (5), PP | A: Meier & Fortier

Powerplay: BAT - 2-for-6; HAL - 2-for-10
Shots: 38-28 in favour of Acadie-Bathurst

Scores
Charlottetown 5 at Baie-Comeau 1
Saint John 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand 3
Sherbrooke 3 at Victoriaville 5
Quebec 3 at Rouyn-Noranda 6

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

Fortier named to Team QMJHL's roster

Photo - Metro News

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced it's roster today for the Canada-Russia Series that will be held next month in Rouyn-Noranda and Halifax. Mooseheads forward Maxime Fortier was listed on the roster. 

The Canada-Russia Series is a series of six games played across Canada with players trying to showcase they deserve to be on the world junior teams for each country. This season, the city of Halifax will host the last game of the series, which will be played on November 19. Other cities include; Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia as well as Owen Sound and Windsor, Ontario. Head coach Dominique Ducharme will be the top bench boss for Team QMJHL and will be joined by Martin Raymond, Darren Rumble and Gilles Bouchard.

Tickets for the game in Moose Country are on sale now for the general public. Adult/Senior tickets are $22 each while Student/Youth are $12 each and can be purchased at TicketAtlantic.com, the Ticket Atlantic Box Office, select Superstores or by calling 1-877-451-1221.

What A Comeback

Down two goals twice during the game, your Halifax Mooseheads used the return of Timo Meier to get their second win of the season. The Mooseheads couldn't make their passes and gave the puck up quite a bit in the first period and at the end of the 20 minutes found themselves down 0-2. Meier, who turned 19 today, took the first penalty of the game and Halifax suffered because of it as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada took a 1-0 lead. Sanche scored again 4 minutes later to give the Armada a strangle hold on the game. Or so it looked like, a delay of game penalty at the beginning of the second period and a 5 on 3 shifted the momentum to the Mooseheads big time. Cavan Fitzgerald scored on the 5 on 3 to close the gap, than Arnaud Durandeau had his second tally of the season on the powerplay to tie the game. Before the middle frame ended though, the momentum was back in Blainville's corner with the Armada securing a two goal lead again. The birthday boy got the ball rolling in the third scoring 56 seconds in to the frame before Danny Moynihan tied the game once again, this time at 4-4. In overtime, with a 4-on-3 powerplay situation, Halifax took full advantage and Meier had the magic play to win the game for the home team.

Blainville-Halifax Game at a Glance
FINAL: Armada 4 at Mooseheads 5 OT
Stars: 3. Jones HAL | 2. Sanche BLB | 1. Meier HAL
Attendance: 5,102
MC's Top Herd- Timo Meier

GAME LOG
First period
8:29 BLB Philippe Sanche (3), PP | A: Melancon & Bureau-Blais
12:37 BLB Philippe Sanche (4) | A: Hylland & Halbert

Second period
4:09 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (4) | A: Meier & Somppi
5:12 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (2), PP | A: C. Moynihan & Watt
10:29 BLB Guillaume Bergeron-Charron (2) | A: Hylland
13:59 BLB Brendan Hamelin (2) |A Mongo & Crete-Belzile

Third period
0:56 HAL Timo Meier (1) | A: Ford
6:44 HAL Danny Moynihan (3) | A: Jones & Meier

Overtime
1:41 HAL Timo Meier (2), PP | A: D. Moynihan & Fortier

Powerplay: BLB - 1-for-3; HAL - 2-for-8
Shots: 29-25 in favour of Halifax

Scores
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Drummondville 4
Rimouski 4 at Quebec 2

UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will host the Victoriaville Tigres on Friday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

Oct 8: Mooseheads vs. Armada preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Timo Meier is set to make is home debut as captain of your Halifax Mooseheads. After getting injured in his first game after being returned by the San Jose Sharks, Meier is back in the lineup tonight when the Herd host the Armada. The two teams met in Boisbriand five days ago with the home team in that contest coming out with the win. Halifax will be looking for a bit of revenge after a 4-2 defeat on the weekend. The Mooseheads should get some added offence with Timo back in the lineup which will hopefully help with scoring and winning.

Overall Records
Armada: 4-3-1-0 = 9 points (5th in West division, 11th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-6-1-1 = 4 points (6th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)

Team Leaders
HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (7G & 6A), Otto Somppi 10pts (1G & 9A), Danny Moynihan 7pts (2G & 5A)
BLB: Kristian Pospisil 9pts (4G & 5A), Philippe Sanche 6pts (2G & 4A), Alexandre Delisle-Houde 5pts (5G)

Last Games
Blainville-Briosbriand is coming off a 4-2 victory over Halifax on home ice on Saturday. Alexandre Delisle-Houde led the Armada with 2 goals while Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves against the Mooseheads.

Halifax is coming off a 5-4 defeat in Drummondville on Sunday afternoon to finish a 3 game Quebec road trip. Max Fortier, Danny Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald each had a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop took the loss against the Volts with 35 saves.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points
October 2 Halifax 2at Blainville-Briosbriand 4
October 8 Blainville-Briosbriand  at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs Titan 8:00pm
Remparts vs Oceanic 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Victoriaville Tigres tomorrow night in their only matchup in Moose Country. Puck drops at 7pm.

Ehlers to have new # this year

Nikolaj Ehlers has made the Winnipeg Jets!

A year after being sent back to your Halifax Mooseheads, the 19 year old has impressed the big team enough to start his first season as a pro. Ehlers was drafted in the 2014 NHL entry draft by the Jets and went to the team's development and rookie camps last summer before being reassigned to the Herd. During his sophomore year with Halifax, the Danish forward had another shortened season but still finished 3rd in league scoring. Nikolaj was back in Winnipeg this summer, attending the rookie camp again punching his ticket to main camp and a spot on the 2015-16 roster.

The Jets PR department announced the team's new numbers. See them below:

Photo - Jets PR Twitter

Congratulations to Nikolaj on making the pros. Good luck in Winnipeg. Moose Country will be cheering you on.

STATS SUNDAY: September

Games played: 6
Record: 1-3-1-1,  4pts
Goals for/against: 13/21
Powerplay: 13.3%
Penalty kill: 86.7%
Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Maxime Fortier 8, Otto Somppi 7, Danny Moynihan 5, Ilya Putintsev 4, Vincent Watt 2
Goals: Maxime Fortier 4, Vincent Watt 2, Cavan Fitzgerald 1, Arnaud Durandeau 1, Connor Moynihan 1
Assists: Otto Somppi 6, Maxime Fortier 4, Danny Moynihan 4, Ilya Putintsev 3, Taylor Ford 2
Penalty minutes: Connor Moynihan 18, Kelly Bent 15, Dominik Blain-Dupuis 14, Danny Moynihan 14, Barrett Dachyshyn 6
Plus/minus: Watler Flower +2, Domenico Argento +1, Joel Bishop +1, Vincent Watt +1
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 7pts, Ilya Putintsev 4pts, Arnaud Durandeau 1pt, Joel Bishop 1pt

Goaltending stats
Eric Brassard: 1-2-0-1    2.94 GAA     0.910 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 0-1-1-0    3.86 GAA     0.867 SAV%

Oct 2: Phoenix vs. Mooseheads preview

GAMEDAY
SHERBROOKE PHOENIX VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 8:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet (3,646) ~ Sherbrooke, QC

Halifax starts their first road trip to Quebec with a three games in three nights and they are kicking it off in Shrebrooke against the Pheonix. Halifax welcomes back Timo Meier who was participating in the San Jose Sharks training camp, upon his return he was made the captain of the team. He will be looked upon for his leadership as well as his offensive side. Halifax is looking for their second win of the season, with Timo back in the line up they are going to look to him for that offensive flare to help the team get back into the win column . With goalie Eric Brassard in the net they are going to him for a solid performance like he has given the team so far this season.

Overall Record
Mooseheads: 1-3-1-1 = 4 points (6th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Phoenix: 2-2-1-0 = 5 points (6th in West division, 14th overall)

Team Leaders
SHE: Guillaume Gauthier 9pts (6G & 3A), Daniel Audette 9pts (3G & 6A), Vincent Deslauriers 6pts (3G & 3A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 8pts (4G & 4A), Otto Somppi 7pts (1G & 6A), Danny Moynihan 5pts (1G & 4A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a 3-2 overtime loss on home ice against the Cape Breton on Sunday afternoon. Max Fortier and JS Taillefer each scored in the loss to the Eagles. Kevin Resop made 31 saves for the Mooseheads in the defeat but was the named the third star in the game.

Sherbrooke last had a 9-6 win on the road in Gatineau. Daniel Audette led the Phoenix with a goal and 5 points while Jan Dufek and Vincent Deslauriers each had 2 goals and an assist against the Olympiques on Sunday.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
October 2 Halifax at Sherbrooke - 8pm
February 21 Sherbrooke at Halifax - 3pm

Out of TownTitan vs Cataractes 7:00pm
Wildcats vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Olympiques 7:30pm
Tigres vs Remparts 8:00pm
Armada vs Islanders 8:30pm
Oceanic vs Drakkar 8:30pm
Huskies vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Sagueneens 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Blainville-Broisbriand to take on the Armada for the second game of their three game road trip. Puck drop is at 8pm