Alumni Update: Plenty Former Herd on CIS Teams; first month stats

There are plenty of former Halifax Mooseheads playing on university hockey teams this season. If a junior player can not get a pro contract from their play in the juniors, they generally go to school more fully and play for their university team. The Mooseheads have former players all over Canada playing in the CIS, mostly in the Atlantic University Sport division. Five former Herd players are participating in their first season of university hockey during 2015-16; Luca Ciampini (Concordia), Phil Gadoury (Dalhousie), Max Lindsay (Toronto), Austyn Hardie (Saint Mary's) and Jesse Lussier (Dalhousie). Second year Saint Mary's Huskies forward Stephen MacAulay had a good week, being named the team's athlete of the week on Monday.

You'll find below a list of former players and their stats up to November 1, 2015 plus a few goaltenders

Name	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Konrad Abeltshauser	Chicago Wolves	6	0	2	2	8
Liam Alcalde	South Shore Lumberjacks	16	1	2	3	44
Brent Andrews	UPEI Panthers	6	1	3	4	2
Darcy Ashley	UPEI Panthers	6	2	2	4	2
Linden Bahm	Mississippi RiverKings	3	1	0	1	2
Dominic Beachemin	Concordia Stingers	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu	Trois-Rivieres Blizzard	5	1	2	3	10
Brandon Benedict	Belfast Giants	17	4	4	8	12
Jessyko Bernard	Concordia Stingers	8	6	6	12	2
Marc-Andre Bernier	Gap	5	5	2	7	4
Andrew Bodnarchuk	Lake Erie Monsters	7	1	2	3	8
Matthew Boudreau	Concordia Stingers	5	2	2	4	0
David Brine	Lowen Frankfurt	15	0	5	5	2
Frederik Cabana	Bietigheim Steelers	14	11	5	16	12
Luca Ciampini	Concordia Stingers	8	0	3	3	2
Garrett Clarke	Allen Americans	3	1	1	2	4
	Rapid City Rush	2	0	2	2	0
Kevin Cormier	Saint-Georges COOL-FM	7	0	0	0	43
Peter-James Corsi	Jonquiere Marquis	7	5	4	9	19
Alexandre Cote	Dalhousie Tigers	6	0	3	3	2
Cameron Critchlow	UNB Varsity Reds	6	2	1	3	12
Brad Cuzner	St. FX X-Men	6	0	3	3	2
Gabriel Desjardins	Florida Everblades	9	1	2	3	12
Simon Desmarais	Riviere-du-Loup 3L	4	0	2	2	5
Jonathan Drouin	Tampa Bay Lightning	10	1	5	6	4
Brendan Duke	Dalhousie Tigers	5	0	1	1	20
Chad Earle	Clarenville Caribous	1	0	1	1	0
Nikolaj Ehlers	Winnipeg Jets	12	4	5	9	4
Stefan Fournier	Brampton Beast	4	0	0	0	19
Martin Frk	Grand Rapids Griffins	5	2	0	2	6
Philippe Gadoury	Dalhousie Tigers	7	5	3	8	26
Randy Gazzola	UNB Varsity Reds	6	2	1	3	2
Carl Gelinas	Trois-Rivieres Blizzard	4	0	1	1	4
Stephen Gillard	Saint Mary's Huskies	5	1	0	1	2
Gerrad Grant	Saint Mary's Huskies	7	0	6	6	12
Alexandre Grenier	Utica Comets	5	1	0	1	4
Francois-Pierre Guenette	Rouen	7	3	6	9	0
Sawyer Hannay	St. Thomas Tommies	7	0	0	0	22
Austyn Hardie	Saint Mary's Huskies	4	0	0	0	4
Samuel Hunter	St. Michael's Buzzers	14	1	2	3	18
Milan Jurcina	Medvescak Zagreb	20	4	5	9	8
Jordan King	Amherst Ramblers	10	4	3	7	4
Tomas Knotek	HK Hradec Kralove	16	3	7	10	4
Eric Laplante	Laval Predateurs	2	0	0	0	17
Samuel Leblanc	Amherst Ramblers	12	2	6	8	19
Trey Lewis	St. FX X-Men	6	1	1	2	6
Max Lindsay	Toronto Varsity Blues	7	1	1	2	8
Eric Louis-Seize	RMC Paladins	8	1	5	6	2
Jesse Lussier	Dalhousie Tigers	4	0	0	0	16
Stephen MacAulay	Saint Mary's Huskies	7	3	5	8	4
Alex MacDonald	Concordia Stingers	8	0	1	1	4
Bradley MacDonald	Laurentien Voyageurs	7	0	2	2	6
Franklin MacDonald	Clarenville Caribous	1	1	0	1	-
Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	11	4	6	10	0
Logan MacMillan	Nottingham Panthers	17	3	3	6	26
Brad Marchand	Boston Bruins	8	5	4	9	21
Spencer Metcalfe	UPEI Panthers	5	0	0	0	34
Matt Murphy	Quebec Remparts	17	3	7	10	16
Ladislav Nagy	HC Slovan Bratislava	23	4	6	10	20
Gabriel O'Connor	Nantes	5	1	2	3	22
Shawn O'Donnell	Hartford Wolf Pack	4	1	0	1	6
Jonathan Parisien	Jonquiere Marquis	7	0	1	1	0
Alexandre Picard	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	19	1	4	5	0
Travis Randell	Acadia Axemen	7	1	0	1	0
Giulio Scandella	Val Pusteria	4	3	2	5	2
Jimmy Sharrow	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	15	2	1	3	2
Andrei Shefer	Severstal Cherepovets	21	4	5	9	6
Daniel Sparre	EHC Munchen	16	6	3	9	16
Jan Stransky	Bili Tygri Liberec	16	2	2	4	6
Bryce Swan	Riviere-du-Loup 3L	8	1	5	6	27
Alex Tanguay	Colorado Avalanche	11	2	4	6	10
Jakub Voracek	Philadelphia Flyers	11	0	4	4	2
Petr Vrana	Brynas IF	4	0	2	2	2
Mackenzie Weegar	Portland Weegar	6	1	2	3	8

Name	Team	GP	GAA	SAV%
Mathieu Corbeil	HC Banska Bystrica	5	1.20	0.945
Peter Delmas	Western Mustangs	3	2.57	0.882
Jeremy Duchesne	Jonquiere Marquis	2	2.94	0.905
Zachary Fucale	St. John's IceCaps	5	2.61	0.920
Joey MacDonald	Schwenninger Wild Wings	10	3.08	0.920
Pier-Olivier Pelletier	Saint-Georges COOL-FM	4	3.78	0.902
Frederic Piche	Jonquiere Marquis	1	3.21	0.889

Alumni Update: Where Are They Now?

Bryce Swan
Photo - CHL.ca

Now that the hockey season at all levels is in full swing, let's see where some former Halifax Mooseheads are playing this year. This list includes players in professional leagues in North America and Europe, players on university hockey teams, plus senior and junior leagues. A few former Herd have made the move from the Mooseheads to the pros and playing hockey while going to school, including last season's team leading scorer Nikolaj Ehlers in the NHL, Phil Gadoury and Jesse Lussier at Dalhousie and Zach Fucale playing in the AHL.

National Hockey League
Colorado Avalanche - Nathan MacKinnon & Alex Tanguay
Tampa Bay Lightning - Jonathan Drouin
Winnipeg Jets - Nikolaj Ehlers
Philadelphia Flyers - Jakub Voracek
Boston Bruins - Brad Marchand

American Hockey League
Chicago Wolves (STL) - Konrad Abeltshauser
Lake Erie Monsters (CLB) - Andrew Bodnarchuk
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) - Martin Frk
Portland Pirates (FLA) - Mackenzie Weegar
St. John's IceCaps (MTL) - Zach Fucale & Stefan Fournier
Utica Comets (VAN) - Alexandre Grenier
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) - Shawn O'Donnell

ECHL
Allen Americans (SJ) Rapid City Rush (ARI) - Garrett Clarke
Florida Everblades (CAR) - Gabriel Desjardins

QMJHL
Matt Murphy - Quebec Remparts

Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Brent Andrews - UPEI
Darcy Ashley - UPEI
Dominic Beauchemin - Concordia
Jessyko Bernard - Concordia
Joel Blanchard - U de Moncton
Matthew Boudreau - Concordia
Luca Ciampini - Concordia
Chris Clarke - Queen's
Alexandre Cote - Dalhousie
Cameron Critchlow - UNB
Brad Cuzner - St. Francis Xavier
Marc-Olivier Daigle - Alberta
Peter Delmas - Western Ontario
Brendan Duke - Dalhousie
Philippe Gadoury - Dalhousie
Randy Gazzola - UNB
Stephen Gillard - Saint Mary's
Gerrad Grant - Saint Mary's
Sawyer Hannay - St. Thomas
Austyn Hardie - Saint Mary's
Trey Lewis - St. Francis Xavier
Max Lindsay - Toronto
Jesse Lussier - Dalhousie
Stephan MacAulay - Saint Mary's
Alex MacDonald - Concordia
Bradley MacDonald - Laurentian
Spencer Metcalfe - UPEI
Travis Randell - Acadia

Europe
Tomas Knotek - HK Hradec Kralove, Czech
Jan Stransky - Bili Tygri Liberec, Czech
Joey MacDonald - Schwenninger Wild Wings, DEL
Jimmy Sharrow - Grizzlys Wolfsburg, DEL
Daniel Sparre - EHC Munchen, DEL
David Brine - Lowen Frankfurt, DEL2
Kris Sparre - Lowen Frankfurt, DEL2
Frederik Cabana - Bietigheim Steelers, DEL2
Brandon Benedict - Belfast Giant, EIHL
Logan MacMillan - Nottingham Panthers, EIHL
Marc-Andre Bernier - Gap, France
Francois-Pierre Guenette - Rouen, France
Gabriel O'Connor - Nantes, France2
Guilio Scandella - Val Pusteria (Brunico), Italy
Milan Jurcina - Medvescak Zagreb, KHL
Ladislav Nagy - HC Slovan Bratislava, KHL
Andrei Shefer - Severstal Cherepovets, KHL
Alexandre Picard - HC Fribourg-Gotteron, NLA
Jan Steber - Stoczniowiec 2014 Gdansk, Poland
Petr Vrana - Brynas IF, SHL
Mathieu Corbeil - HC Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Maritime Junior (MJAHL)
Liam Alcalde - South Shore Lumberjacks
Jordan King - Amherst Ramblers
Samuel Leblanc - Amherst Ramblers

Newfoundland Senior (NLSHL)
Jason Churchill - Clarenville Caribous
Chad Earle - Clarenville Caribous
Franklin MacDonald - Clarenville Caribous

Quebec Senior (LNAH)
Jonquiere - Peter-James Corsi
Jonquiere - Jeremy Duchesne
Jonquiere - Jonathan Parisien
Jonquiere - Frederic Piche
Laval - Eric Laplante
Riviere-du-Loup - Simon Desmarais
Riviere-du-Loup - Bryce Swan
Riviere-du-Loup - Francis Turbide
Saint-Georges - Kevin Cormier
Saint-Georges - Pier-Olivier Pelletier
Trois-Rivieres - Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu
Trois-Rivieres - Carl Gelinas

Southern Professional Hockey League
Linden Bahm - Mississippi RiverKings

Durandeau Added to U17 Challenge, Joins Flower in BC

Photo - CHL.ca

Arnaud Durandeau will be gone from the Halifax Mooseheads lineup until next weekend. The 16 year old was a late addition to Team Canada's U17 Challenge roster after a player originally named to the team was injured. Durandeau will be on Canada Black for the U17 World Hockey Challenge which begins today and goes to November 7.

The U17 Challenge pits players from Canada, Czech Republic, Sweden, United States, Russia and Finland who are 17 and younger. Hockey Canada hosts the event every year and puts 3 teams together to go up against the other teams in the 8 day tournament. Each team plays 3 preliminary games against the teams in their group.

Durandeau joins rookie defenseman Walter Flower in British Columbia for the week. Flower will be on Canada Red. Both boys play today, Durandeau and Canada Black against Canada White at 5:30pm Atlantic time while Flower and Canada Red will go against the United States at 10pm. The two Mooseheads rookies won't play each other until possibly the quarter finals or later, depending on where each team places.

For more info, check out the website.

STATS SUNDAY: October

Games played: 14
Record: 6-8-0-0, 12pts
Goals for/against: 42/50
Powerplay*: 18.4%
Penalty kill*: 80.2%
Shutouts: one

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Danny Moynihan 17, Timo Meier 15, Otto Somppi 13, Cavan Fitzgerald 13, Maxime Fortier 13
Goals: Danny Moynihan 12, Maxime Fortier 6, Cavan Fitzgerald 4, Timo Meier 3, Connor Moynihan 3
Assists: Timo Meier 12, Otto Somppi 11, Cavan Fitzgerald 9, Maxime Fortier 7, Vincent Watt 6
Penalty minutes: Taylor Ford 19, Connor Moynihan 19, Cavan Fitzgerald 15, Jean-Sebastien Taillefer 14, Danny Moynihan 12
Plus/minus: Jean-Sebastien Taillefer +1, Otto Somppi +1, Cody Donaghey +1, Timo Meier 0, Morgan Nauss 0
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 13, Arnaud Durandeau 4, Cooper Jones 3, Ilya Putintsev 2, Barrett Dachyshyn 1

Goaltending stats
Eric Brassard: 6-6-0-1    3.25 GAA     0.895 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 1-5-1-0    3.90 GAA     0.866 SAV%

Oct 23: Mooseheads vs. Screaming Eagles preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Tonight is East Night at the game as the first 7,000 fans will receive a limited edition East Coast Lifestyle Mooseheads t-shirt. The Herd look to keep the momentum rolling after the win over the Wildcats last night. In that win that was one of the best games that we have seen them play all season. With five different guys scoring last night they are going to look for that kind of offence tonight when they take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at the Scotiabank Centre. They are going to look to Eric Brassard for another solid performance as he has given them this year so far. Tonight concludes the two game home stand and as well they are concluding rivalry week with the match up against the Screaming Eagles.

Overall RecordMooseheads: 6-8-1-1 = 14 points (T4th in Maritimes division, T12th overall)
Eagles: 6-8-2-0 =  14points (T4th in Maritimes division, T12th overall)

Team LeadersCAP: Pierre-Luc Dubois 16pts (7G & 9A), Maxim Lazarev 15pts(6G & 9A), Evgeny Svechnikov 11pts (7G & 4A),
HAL: Maxime Fortier 20pts (9G & 11A), Otto Somppi 17pts (3G & 14A), Danny Moynihan 16pts (8G & 8A)

Last Games
Cape Breton is coming off a 5-2 loss on the road against the Charlottetown Islanders last night. Alexandre Belanger made 24 saves in the defeat while Evegny Svechnikov and Clark Bishop scored for the Screaming Eagles.

Halifax is coming off a 5-3 win on home ice against the Moncton Wildcats. Goals were scored by Max Fortier, Arnaud Durandeau, Andrew Shewfelt, Danny Moynihan, and Otto Somppi for the Mooseheads. Eric Brassard made 22 saves in the win.

Season Series
Head to Head: 1-0-1-0 = 3 points
September 27 Cape Breton 3 at Halifax 2OT
October 20 Halifax 3 at Cape Breton 1
October 23 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
November 24 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
December 29 Halifax at Cape Bretton - 7pm
December 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 6pm
January 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 3pm
February 18 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
March 5 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm

Out of TownIslanders at Titan 7:00pm
Armada at Olympique 8:00pm
Voltigeurs at Phoenix 8:00pm
Saguenéens at Drakkar 8:30pm
Remparts at Oceanic 8:30pm
Tigre at Cataracts 8:30pm
Huskies at Foreurs 8:30pm

After the BuzzerHalifax will travel to Acadie Bathurst for a game against the Titan on Wednesday night before they head to Quebec for two games. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.

A Team Effort In Moose Win Over Wildcats

Halifax kept the momentum going that they had coming into this game as they came out on top against their division rivals; the Moncton Wildcats. The Herd had some secondary scoring with each of the five goals being scored by different players. The Mooseheads had an early goal called off for it being put in the net with a hand pass but after that Max Fortier drew a penalty and scored on the power play to lead the game 1-0. Arnaud Durandeau added another goal for Halifax before the first period was over. In the second Andrew Shewfelt scored a nice goal from a beauty of a pass from Vince Watt, then before the end of the period Danny Moynihan added a goal on the power play to take a 4-0 lead. In the third Otto Somppi scored his first goal of the season on home ice which came on a 5 on 3 power play for the Herd. Eric Brassard lost his shut out bid with 9:52 left in the game when Moncton scored their first of the night and would score one more before the end of the period. It was a very physical game for the rivalry week match up. Eric Brassard made some big saves to keep his team in the game.

FINAL: Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Eric Brassard HAL | 2. Danny Moynihan HAL | 1. Max Fortier HAL
Attendance: 5,056
MC’s Top Herd – Eric Brassard

GAME LOG
First period
1:21 HAL Max Fortier (9), PP | A: Moynihan & Somppi
18:05 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (3) | A: Watt & Jones

Second period
12:50 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (3) | A: Bishop & Watt
7:33 HAL Danny Moynihan (8), PP | A: Fitzgerald & Fortier

Third period
5:44 HAL Otto Somppi (3), PP | A: Fortier & Moynihan
10:08 MON Max Glaessl (2) | A: Garland & MacEwen
16:54 MON Wiederer (8) | A: Bower & Murphy

Powerplay: MON – 0-for-4; HAL – 3-for-10
Shots: 36 to 24 in favour of Halifax

Scores
Cape Breton 2 at Charlottetown 5
Bathurst 3 at Saint John 8

UP NEXT: Halifax will finish their two game home stand as their provincial rivals the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles come to town tomorrow. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.

Oct 22: Mooseheads vs. Wildcats preview

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

Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to continue the momentum that they gained the other day with a gutsy road win against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles when they take on the Moncton Wildcats tonight. After a 7-1 loss in Moncton on Sunday the Herd will look to stop the red hot Wildcats player Conor Garland, who has 22 points in 9 games. The Herd will look to their captain to help with the offence which has been hot and cold so far. Halifax will try to tame the Cats for the first time this season and show that even though they are young, they can give the top teams a hard time. This is the first of a two game home stand for the Mooseheads this week.

Overall Record
Mooseheads: 5-8-1-1 = 12 points (5th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)
Wildcats: 9-4-0-0 = 19 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)

Team Leaders 
MON: Conor Garland 22pts (7G & 15A), Manuel Wiederer 17pts (7G & 10A), Kevin Kilma 17pts (6G & 11A) 
HAL: Maxime Fortier 17pts (8G & 9A), Otto Somppi 15pts (2G & 13A), Danny Moynihan 13pts (7G & 6A)

Last Game
Halifax is coming off a 3-1 win on the road against provincial rivals Cape Breton as part of rivalry week. Connor Moynihan led the team with 2 goals and Kevin Resop got the start, collecting his first victory of the season, stopping 25 of the Eagle's shots on Tuesday.

Moncton is coming off a 7-1 win on home ice against the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday afternoon. Conor Garland led the rush with 2 goals while Sebastien Dupre made 13 saves for the Wildcats.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-2-0-0 = 0 points
September 25 Moncton 4 at Halifax 1
October 18 Halifax 1 at Moncton 7
October 22 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
November 13 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
December 17 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
December 28 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
January 30 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
March 11 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
March 18 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Out of town
Islanders vs Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome their provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles to town tomorrow night. Puck drop is at 7pm.