Tuesday, January 21, 2014

GAMEDAY 46 - vs Mooseheads

A preview of tonight’s game between the Halifax Mooseheads and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Tonight at 7 pm AST, Harbour Station

TV/Radio: TELUS Webcast/News 88.9

Records: The Mooseheads are first in the Telus Maritimes Division and third overall in the QMJHL with a 30-16-0-1 record for 61 points. The Sea Dogs are sixth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 17th overall with a 14-27-1-3 record for 32 points.

Last games: Halifax is coming off a 9-1 dismantling of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday afternoon. The Moose outshot the Titan 52-23 in the game. Saint John is coming off a 4-3 victory over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday night at Harbour Station. Samuel Dove-McFalls had two goals for the Sea Dogs.

2013-14 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-4-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 4-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: January 4th at Harbour Station when the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 5-3. Darcy Ashley had two goals and two assists while Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and four assists.

Random stat: If you haven’t heard, Halifax goaltender Zach Fucale is a win away from becoming the first netminder in league history to register 100 wins in under 150 games.

HFX notes: The Mooseheads have a 10-point lead in the Maritimes Division and are three-points back of first overall in the QMJHL… winners of four straight and are 7-3-0-0 in their last 10 games. They’ve also outscored opponents 17-2 over the past two games… Nikolaj Ehlers is seventh in the league in scoring with 62 points. Jonathan Drouin is ninth with 60 points… Drouin is fourth in assists with 42… Ehlers is third in shots on goal with 121… Darcy Ashley is tied for the league lead in game-winning goals with eight… Zach Fucale has the league’s best GAA (2.36) and is second in wins (22)… Ehlers leads all rookies in scoring (62), goals (27), and assists (35)… MacKenzie Weegar is seventh in defensemen scoring with 37 points… 20-10-0-0 against the Maritimes Division… averaging 4.02 goals per game, second most in the league… averaging 2.77 goals against per game, second fewest in the league… Ashley has goals in seven straight games… Drouin has points in 12 straight road games.

SJ notes: Winners of three straight and have picked up points in each of their past four games… two points out of a playoff spot with two games in-hand on the Sherbrooke Phoenix… Sebastien Auger now leads the league in save percentage (0.918) and saves (1,263) and is second in minutes played… Sea Dogs have won three straight at home… Noah Zilbert has five goals and three assists in his past five games… Samuel Dove-McFalls has points in his past three games.

Leading Scorers
Halifax
PointsNikolaj Ehlers62 (27+35)
GoalsNikolaj Ehlers27
AssistsJonathan Drouin42
Rookie PointsNikolaj Ehlers62 (27+35)
D-Man PointsMacKenzie Weegar37 (11+26)
vs Saint JohnNikolaj Ehlers12 (6+6)

Leading Scorers
Saint John
PointsOliver Cooper39 (15+24)
GoalsOliver Cooper15
AssistsOliver Cooper & Olivier LeBlanc24
Rookie PointsNathan Noel26 (11+15)
D-Man PointsOlivier LeBlanc30 (6+24)
vs HalifaxStephen Anderson & Nathan Noel4

Goaltenders
Halifax
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Zach Fucale22-7-0-12.360.906
Kevin Darveau8-9-0-03.390.895

Saint John
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Sebastien Auger12-21-1-33.070.918
Kyle Porter- - -- - -- - -

SJ Next Five Games
Today vs Halifax
Saturday, January 25th vs Baie-Comeau
Sunday, January 26th vs Bathurst
Wednesday, January 29th at Shawinigan
Friday, January 31st at Val-d’Or

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