Herd Rookies Get Silver at U17s

Photo - U17 Challenge Twitter

Two Halifax Mooseheads rookies have returned home to Moose Country as silver medalists after Team Canada Red was defeated by Team USA on Saturday night at the World U17 Hockey Challenge.

16 year olds Justin Barron and Xavier Parent were among the 20 players named to Canada Red, which was one of three Canadian teams at the tournament. Canada's journey to the gold medal wasn't smooth but they received a lot of help from Parent who led the team with 7 points, along with two other players. The red team had 1 win and two losses in the preliminary round before beating Canada Black and the Czech Republic in the quarter finals and semis, respectively.

Check out the goal by Parent when they played Sweden on November 6 here.

The Americans showed that they have some good young talent coming up after going 2-1-0-0 in the prelims and just dominating during the medal round. USA got out to a 5-0 lead in the second period before Canada Red were able to close the gap by scoring three goals in six minutes. The final score ended up being 6-4 Team USA.

Congratulations to Parent and Barron on winning the silver medal and representing Canada well earlier this month.

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances.

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Connor Moynihan7was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for October 2017. Moynihan had two assists in 11 games played in the month of October while also collecting 16 penalty minutes and was a plus-9.

Here's the full list:

BAC	Christopher Benoit	Cégep de Baie-Comeau	Natural Sciences
BAT	Reilly Pickard	Acadia University	Sciences
BLB	Alexandre Alain	Cégep de Saint-Jérôme	Natural Sciences
CAP	Phélix Martineau	Cégep correspondace	Cégep correspondance
CHA	Matthew Welsh	University of Prince Edward Island	Business
CHI	Zachary Bouthillier	Cégep de Chicoutimi	Human Sciences
DRU	Thomas Pelletier	Collège Saint-Bernard	Secondary 5
GAT	Charles-Antoine Roy	Cégep de l’Outaouais	Natural Sciences
HAL	Connor Moynihan	St. Mary’s University	Arts
MON	Matthew Waite	CCNB Dieppe, Université de Moncton	Physics/Math
QUE	Benjamin Gagné	Cégep de Limoilou	Human Sciences
RIM	Jimmy Lemay	Cégep de Rimouski	Human Sciences
ROU	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Natural Sciences
SHA	Samuel Blier	Collège de Shawinigan	Human Sciences, administration profile
SHE	Benjamin Tardif	Cégep de Sherbrooke	Natural Sciences
SNB	Matt Green	University of New Brunswick Saint John	Business Administration
VDO	Jérémy Michel	Polyvalente Le Carrefour	Sec. 5 with enriched math and science
VIC	James Phelan	Cégep de Victoriaville	Natural Sciences

GAMEDAY #21: vs. Sherbrooke

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

It's gameday in Moose Country! Your Halifax Mooseheads continue their homestand as they welcome the Sherbrooke Phenoix to town. The Phoenix come into town at the end of a 3 in 3 nights Maritimes road trip. The Mooseheads are looking to get back in the win column after losing the last two games the Moose will look to the Phoenix's pretty good road record to get back on the right track. With one game under their belts veteran defenceman Jordan Lepage and Walter Flower will be looked to take the bigger role for the team. They will look to Alex Gravel to come up with the big start for the team to help them get on the right track. After just having one loss in regulation at home this season the Moose will look to continue their strong start at home against the Phoenix.

OVERALL RECORDS
Phoenix: 7-9-3-2 = 19 points (6th in West division, 15th overall)
Mooseheads: 11-6-3-0 = 25 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 7th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 30pts (16G & 14A), Maxime Fortier 28pts (13G & 15A), Otto Somppi 18pts (6G & 12A)
SHE: Nicolas Poulin 21pts (10G & 11A), Yaroslav Alexeyev 18pts (7G & 11A), Marek Zachar 16pts (10G & 6A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Sherbrooke is coming off a 3-1 loss in Moncton on Friday night. Nicolas Poulin had the lone goal for the Phenoix. Evan Fitzpatrick stopped 22 of 25 shots in the loss.

Halifax is coming off a 3-2 loss to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Thursday night. Otto Somppi and Benoit-Olivier Groulx had the goals for the Herd. Alex Gravel stopped 26 of 29 shots in the loss.

ALUM ON PHOENIX
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 21  Halifax 3 at Sherbrooke 1
November 11  Sherbrooke at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Acadie Bathurst at Blainville    5pm
Val D'or at Drummondville    8pm
Victoriaville at Gatineau    8pm
Rouyn Noranda at Quebec    8pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay home and welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs on Friday night for the annual DND appreciation night. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #20: vs. Baie-Comeau

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR

Puck drops at 7pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Back at home! Your Halifax Mooseheads are back on Scotiabank Centre ice tonight for the first student night of the season. The Herd have played 7 of their last eight games on the road but will now play 5 straight at home, the team's longest homestand this year. Halifax has been really good to start the year in Moose Country, going without a regulation loss in seven games and the boys will try to keep that streak going when they host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar this evening. The Drakkar have been okay on the road this season and are in the midst of a three game - 3 day Atlantic trip. Baie-Comeau will have to deal with one of the top goaltenders in the league in Blade Mann-Dixon and the return of veteran defensemen Walter Flower and Jordan Lepage.

This is the first game of the season between the two teams. Halifax was 0-1-0-1 against the Drakkar last year while Baie-Comeau had a 2-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads in 2016-17. The last match was back on January 20 in Moose Country where Baie-Comeau received 2 goals from Jordan Martel to lead the team to a 7-4 win. Blade Mann-Dixon took the loss stopping 22 shots after taking over for Alexis Gravel who started for Halifax.

OVERALL RECORDS
Drakkar: 8-9-1-0 = 17 points (4th in East division, 14th overall)
Mooseheads: 11-5-3-0 = 25 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 29pts (16G & 13A), Maxime Fortier 27pts (13G & 14A), Otto Somppi 16pts (5G & 11A)
BAC: Jordan Martel 24pts ( 12G & 12A), Gabriel Fortier 19pts (9G & 10A), Bradley Lalonde 17pts (5G & 12A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Baie-Comeau is coming off a 3-2 loss in Moncton on Wednesday. Jordan Martel led the Drakkar with a goal and an assist while Antoine Samuel made 29 saves against the Wildcats.

Halifax is coming off a 2-1 overtime loss on Saturday evening in Drummondville. Rookie Filip Zadina had the lone goal for the Mooseheads while Blade Mann-Dixon took the defeat stopping 34 of the Voltigeurs 36 shots.

ALUM ON DRAKKAR
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
November 9  Baie-Comeau at Halifax - 7pm
March 4  Halifax at Baie-Comeau - 5pm

OUT OF TOWN
Sea Dogs vs. Phoenix   7:00pm
Tigres vs. Titan   8:00pm
Oceanic vs. Remparts   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay home and welcome the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

Big Night for the Mooseheads in Gatineau

Tonight's game had some milestones in it, where it saw Benoit-Olivier Groulx have a big homecoming to rookie sensation Filip Zadina recording his first career hat trick. It was also announced tonight during the game that captain Max Fortier has signed an entry-level deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. As we all have seen the last few years, this is a well deserving contract for the captain. This was a big effort out of the team where they lost the first game of this road trip to Quebec on Wednesday night. This game saw a complete team effort. Combined for most of the scoring it saw Max Fortier and Filip Zadina factor for 5G & 2A it was a treat for the Moosehead faithful that made the trip to see the team play. There was some solid goaltending from Blade Mann-Dixon that kept the Moose lead at times especially when the Herd took a 5 on 3 powerplay. The penalty kill stayed strong as they went 6 for 6 on the kill. The Mooseheads will look to finish the trip up strong as they head to Drummondville to take on the Volts tomorrow.

What a treat for this great crowd of Mooseheads fans in Gatieneau tonight. Zadina doing it all. #HatTrickpic.twitter.com/HyDG3jI1JJ

— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) November 4, 2017

FINAL: Halifax 7 at Gatineau 5
Stars: 3. Max Fortier HAL | 2. Vitalii Abramov GAT | 1. Filip Zadina HAL
Attendance: 3,188
MC’s Top Herd: Filip Zadina

GAME LOG
First period
5:28 GAT Mitchell Balmas (9) | A: Abramov & Shestopalov
11:01 HAL Filip Zadina (13) | A: McIssac
15:08 GAT Vitalii Abramov (7) | A: Bilodeau & Durocher
16:49 HAL Max Fortier (12) | A: Durandeau & Chainey

Second period
4:32 HAL Filip Zadina (14) SH | A: Chainey & Somppi
5:16 HAL  Max Fortier (13) SH | A: Barbossa
10:24 GAT Jeffery Durocher (5) | A: Roy & Hatto
13:48 HAL Filip Zadina (15) | A: Moynihan

Third period
11:53 HAL Raphael Lavoie (5) | A: Zadina & Groulx
17:30 GAT Mikhail Shestopalov (3) | A: none
19:41 HAL Otto Somppi (5) SH | A: Fortier
19:48 GAT Samuel Hatto (2) | A: Roy & Malo

Powerplay: GAT – 0-for-6; HAL – 0-for-2
Shots: 30-29 in favour of Gatineau

NOT DRESSED – Walter Flower (injured), Jordan Lepage (injured), Xavier Parent (U-17's) and Justin Barron (U-17's)

SCORES
Cape Breton 3 at Acadie Bathurst 6
Moncton 3 at Quebec 5
Blainville 5 at Sherbrooke 3
Charlottetown 5 at Victoriaville 3
Saint John 0 at Chicoutimi 6
Drummondville 3 at Shawinigan 4
Rimouski 3 at Val D'or 2

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to take on the Voltiguers tomorrow evening in Drummondville. Puck drops at 4pm.

Mooseheads Back in Top-10 rankings

After a couple of weeks off of the rankings, your Mooseheads have jumped up to number 10 on the Canadian Hockey League BMO Top 10 rankings. With two victories last week, the Herd jumped into the rankings this week. The CHL announced the rankings earlier this evening with five QMJHL on the list. Check it out below.

Week 7’s CHL Top 10

1. Sarnia Sting (14-1-0-0) last week: 1
2. Swift Current Broncos (10-2-1-0) last week: 2
3. Blainville Boisbriand Armada (10-3-1-0) last week: 10
4. Moose Jaw Warriors (11-4-0-0) last week: 4
5. Royun Noranda Huskies (10-2-2-2) last week: 3
6. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (10-3-2-0) last week: 6
7. Victoria Royals (12-4-1-0) last week: 9
8. Quebec Remparts (10-4-1-0) last week: 8
9. Portland Winterhawks (9-4-0-0) last week: 5
10. Halifax Mooseheads (10-4-2-0) last week: -

Honourable mention
Barrie Colts (9-4-1-0)
Moncton Wildcats (11-4-2-0)
Tri-City Americans (9-4-2-0)

GAMEDAY #17: at Quebec

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS QUEBEC REMPARTS
Puck drops at 8:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Centre Videotron (18,259) ~ Quebec City, QC

After having just one game at home your Mooseheads head back on the road to Quebec. With all of the injuries and the two players away with Hockey Canada, the Mooseheads announced that they have recalled goaltender Raphael Blais as well as forward Cole Stewart. After the game between these two teams at the Scotiabank Centre, its expected to be a tight playoff-like game. You can expect to see some good goaltending out of veteran goalie Blade Mann-Dixon like we have seen most of the season and more so now that Alex Gravel is gone down due to injury. This is the first of three games in Quebec for the Herd. With getting 8 of a possible 10 points in the last five games, your Mooseheads look to build on the early success that they have had already this season. As the last trip to Quebec was, this is going to be a big test for the young team. They will look for the continued offence from captain Maxime Fortier, rookie Filip Zadina as well as sophomore player Benoit-Oliver Groulx as well as others to help and keep the strong play going.

OVERALL RECORDS
Remparts: 11-4-1-0 = 23 points (1st in East division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 10-4-2-0 = 22 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 24pts (12G & 12A), Maxime Fortier 23pts (11G & 12A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 14pts (8G & 6A)
QUE: Matthew Boucher 20pts (7G & 13A), Derek Gentile 17pts (5G & 12A),  Philip Kurashev 15pts (5G & 10A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Quebec is coming off a 4-3 overtime win against the Sherbrooke Phenoix. Matthew Boucher scored the overtime winner while Derek Gentile added a goal and an assist and Dereck Barribeau made 23 saves in the win.

Halifax is coming off a 6-2 win against the Charlottetown Islanders. Xavier Parent and Justin Barron added a goal and an assist each and Blade Mann-Dixon made 27 saves in the win.

ALUM ON REMPARTS
None

MISSING IN ACTION – Jordan Lepage, Walter Flower, and Alex Gravel are out with injuries. Justin Barron and Xavier Parent are gone with Hockey Canada for the U17's

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 6  Quebec 3 at Halifax 2 OT
November 1 Halifax at Quebec – 8pm

OUT OF TOWN
Wildcats vs Olympiques    8:30pm
Oceanic vs Foreurs    8:30 pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will continue on their three-game road trip on Friday night as they travel to Gatineau to take on the Olympiques. Puck drop is at 8:30pm.