MOOSEHEADS
If you somehow haven’t heard, the Halifax Mooseheads won
their first President Cup last night at the Metro Centre.
The team has a few Sea Dogs connections. Forward Stephen
MacAulay won his third President Cup last night after winning it in 2011 and
2012 with Saint John. Moose assistant coach Jim Midgley was one of Jacques
Beaulieu’s assistants back in the day. And Bob (Tipper) Leblanc, Halifax’s
assistant general manager, is a former Sea Dogs general manager.
Halifax begins the Memorial Cup tournament next Saturday
in Saskatoon. They will play either the Portland Winterhawks or the Edmonton
Oil Kings.
GAME DAY
Via the Twitter, some significant news regarding the Sea
Dogs game day experience.
It's official, I have stepped down from the 'Game Host' position at the Sea Dogs games, the last 3 seasons were great; glad to be part of it
— Kyle Ferguson (@kjferg87) May 11, 2013
Ferguson will continue to be manager of corporate sales
for the Sea Dogs. He’s had the game day host gig for the past few seasons so it’ll
certainly be a change not hearing him at Harbour Station.
So… who replaces him?
McHAPPY DAY
The Sea Dogs took part in McHappy Day once again this
year. According to the Sea Dogs website, “president Wayne Long, along with
Manager of Sales and Sponsorship Kyle Ferguson and Sea Dogs Foundation Chair
Jane Forestell, flipped some burgers and sold some fries (Wednesday) in support
of McHappy Day 2013.”
“We always look forward to participating in McHappy Days
every year,” said Long. “McDonalds is a great community partner and a great
sponsor of ours and we are thrilled to be involved.”
Both Atlantic teams are in action today as the RBC Cup
begins in Summerside. The Brooks Bandits take on the Fred Page Cup Champion
Truro Bearcats today at 3pm and the Minnesota Wilderness take on the host
Western Capitals tonight at 7:30pm.
There are plenty of former Sea Dogs involved in this year’s
junior ‘A’ national championship. Truro has David Mosher, Dylan McGuigan, and
Grant West while Summerside has Spencer MacDonald, Jason Seed, and Danny
Chiasson.
AHL
The second-round of the Calder Cup Playoffs began last
night.
It was a bizarre night for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins as they lost 8-5 to the Providence Bruins. Former Sea Dogs captain
Alex Grant was a -3 with one shot and five penalty minutes.
Tomas Jurco and the Grand Rapids Griffins pounded the Toronto Marlies 7-0. Jurco had one assist, three shots, and two
penalty minutes in the win.
ECHL
The Reading Royals now lead the ECHL Eastern Conference Final
3-1 thanks to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Cyclones last night.
Former Sea Dogs defensemen Charles Olivier-Roussel and
David MacDonald were each a -1 in the loss.
All four games in this series have been decided by one
goal. Game 5 is tonight in Cincinnati.
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