Game day: Islanders @ Wildcats

Date: Friday Oct. 31, 2014

Match: Charlottetown Islanders @ Moncton Wildcats

Where: Moncton Coliseum, Halifax, N.S.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

TV: Webcast

Live Tweets: @IslesLive

The Charlottetown Islanders make their visit to "Wildtown" tonight for a Halloween tilt against the Moncton Wildcats at 7:30 p.m.

Charlottetown is riding on a small, but important, two-game win streak and coming a 4-1 win in Halifax on Wednesday. The Wildcats are coming off a 6-5 win in Shawinigan on Sunday.

Both clubs have already met each other this season back on Sept. 28 at the Eastlink Centre. Moncton came out as 5-3 victors. 

A huge blow to the Wildcats last week as captain and leading scorer Chris Lalonde will be out of the lineup four to six weeks with a lower-body injury. Lalonde has 12 goals and 25 points.

Missing for the Islanders are Mitchell Balmas and Samuel Guilbault who are taking part in the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sarnia and Lambton, Ont. Ross Johnston remains out of the lineup.

Pre-game stats:

Last meeting this season:	Sept. 28, MON 5 @ CHA 3
Next game between two teams:	Nov. 4 in Charlottetown
Head-to-head record this season:	Moncton 1-0-0-0, Charlottetown 0-1-0-0
Head-to-head record for 2013-14:	Charlottetown 4-3-0-1, Moncton 4-2-0-2
Last 5 years between teams:	Charlottetown 22-9-1-1, Moncton 11-19-0-3
Last 5 years at Charlottetown:	Charlottetown 12-4-0-1, Moncton 5-11-0-1
Last 5 years at Moncton:	Charlottetown 10-5-1-0, Moncton 6-8-0-2

Regular Season Stats	Moncton Wildcats	Charlottetown Islanders
Record	9-7-0-0	8-7-1-1
Points	18	18
Standing	2nd Maritimes/8th QMJHL	3rd Maritimes/11th QMJHL
Goals For	60	51
Goals Against	57	61
Last 10 games	5-5-0-0	4-5-0-1
Streak	1-0-0-0	2-0-0-0
Last game	Oct. 26, 6-5 W @ Shawinigan	Oct. 29, 4-1 W @ Halifax
Home record	4-2-0-0	5-3-1-0
Road record	5-5-0-0	3-4-0-1
Record scoring first	7-2-0-0	6-0-0-0
Giving up first goal	2-5-0-0	2-7-1-1
Power play	4th - 21/91, 22.8%	11th - 16/83, 19/3%
Penalty kill	8th - 52/63, 82/5%	15th - 60/79, 75.9%
Points Leader	Christophe Lalonde (12-13-25)	Filip Chlapik (6-12-18)
Goals Leader	Christophe Lalonde - 12 G	Alexandre Goulet - 8 G
Assists Leader	Christophe Lalonde - 13 A Conor Garland - 13 A Jacob Sweeney - 13 A	Spenser Cobbold - 12 A Filip Chlapik - 12 A
PIM Leader	Matthew Klebanskyj - 28 PIM	David Henley - 40 PIM
Rookie Leader	Zachary Malatesta (2-6-8)	Filip Chlapik (6-12-18)
Goalie, Best GAA	Alex Dubeau - 3.24 GAA	Mason McDonald - 2.84 GAA
Goalie, Best Save %	Alex Dubeau - 0.886 Save %	Mason McDonald - 0.915 Save %

Cool Facts:

-The Islanders will be looking for its 20th franchise win at the Moncton Coliseum, dating back as the Montreal Rocket in 1999.

-Islanders have an all-time record of 47-45-3-4 with four ties in 103 games against the Wildcats, dating back as the Montreal Rocket.

-All time at the Moncton Coliseum, the Islanders have posted a 19-27-2-2 record in 50 games, dating back as the Montreal Rocket.

Artifacts:

Oct. 31 in history

1-1-1 record

-2003: Drummondville Voltigeurs 3 @ P.E.I. Rocket 6

-2009: Montreal Junior 3 @ P.E.I. Rocket 0

-2010: P.E.I. Rocket 2 @ Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3 (SO)

Chaddock scores winner in Islanders debut

Charlottetown Islanders rookie Chris Chaddock scored the game-winning goal in his first career QMJHL game as the Islanders downed the Halifax Mooseheads 4-1 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Centre.

The win improves the Islanders to 8-7-1-1 on the season. Halifax drops to 5-10-1-1.

Charlottetown also broke a 10-game losing streak against the Mooseheads and won its first game in Halifax since Jan. 6, 2012. The Islanders last beat Halifax on Sept. 13, 2013.

Guillaume Rioux-Legault (1-1) and Filip Chlapik (0-2) led the charge for the Islanders.

Charlottetown opened the scoring at the 10:29 mark of the first period with defenceman Rioux-Legault scoring his second goal of the season. Chlapik drew the lone assist. Shots were 13-10 in favour of the Mooseheads.

In the second period, the Mooseheads tied the game with a power play goal from Philippe Gadoury at 6:41. The goal was his sixth of the season as Timo Meier and Nikolaj Ehlers drew assists.

The tie didn’t last long as Chaddock finished off a beautiful tic-tac-toe passing play with Chlapik and Daniel Sprong to give the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 7:52. Shots were 11-10 in favour of Halifax.

In the third period, Luc Deschenes gave the Islanders a two-goal lead with a power play goal at 10:52. Oliver Cooper and Dexter Weber drew assists on Deschenes’ second goal of the season. The scoring was capped off with an empty netter by Spenser Cobbold for his first goal of the season. Kameron Kielly and Rioux-Legault drew assists. Shots were 13-5 Halifax.

Mason McDonald made 36 saves in the win for Charlottetown and sees his record improve to 6-6 on the season. Zachary Fucale took the loss for Halifax making 21 saves.

The Islanders are in Moncton on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. tilt against the Wildcats.

Islanders Insights
-Kameron Kielly led the Islanders in shots with five.

-Islanders were 1-for-4 on the power play, while going 8-for-9 on the penalty kill.

-Daniel Sprong is riding on a four-game point streak after tonight’s win.

-David Henley led the Islanders in hits with three.

Game day: Islanders @ Mooseheads

Date: Wednesday Oct. 29, 2014

Match: Charlottetown Islanders @ Halifax Mooseheads

Where: Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, N.S.

Time: 7 p.m.

TV: Webcast

Live Tweets: @IslesLive

The Charlottetown Islanders will make their second trip of the season to Moose Country tonight, where they will be looking for their first win in Halifax since Jan. 6, 2012.

Despite struggling, the Mooseheads are 2-0-0-0 against the Islanders this season and have won 10 straight games between the two clubs. The Mooseheads have five wins on the season, two against Charlottetown.

Chris Chaddock will be making his Islanders debut tonight. The Islanders signed the 17-year-old on Monday after skating and practicing with the team last week. Josh Shatford, 18, will also be in the lineup after being called up on Monday. 

Pre-game stats:

Last meeting this season:	Oct. 10, CHA 2 @ HAL 3
Next game between two teams:	Sunday Nov. 2 in Charlottetown
Head-to-head record this season:	Halifax 2-0-0-0, Charlottetown 0-1-1-0
Head-to-head record for 2013-14:	Halifax 8-1-0-0, Charlottetown 1-7-1-0
Last 5 years between teams:	Halifax 27-7-0-1, Charlottetown 8-23-2-2
Last 5 years at Charlottetown:	Halifax 14-4-0-0, Charlottetown 4-10-2-2
Last 5 years at Halifax:	Halifax 13-3-0-1, Charlottetown 4-13-0-0

Regular Season Stats	Halifax Mooseheads	Charlottetown Islanders
Record	5-9-1-1	7-7-1-1
Points	12	16
Standing	5th Maritimes/16th QMJHL	3rd Maritimes/13th QMJHL
Goals For	42	47
Goals Against	70	60
Last 10 games	3-6-0-1	3-6-0-1
Streak	0-2-0-0	1-0-0-0
Last game	Oct. 26, 9-0 L @ Victoriaville	Oct. 26, 2-1 W vs Cape Breton
Home record	3-2-1-1	5-3-1-0
Road record	2-7-0-0	2-4-0-1
Record scoring first	3-2-1-0	5-0-0-0
Giving up first goal	2-7-0-1	2-7-1-1
Power play	15th - 12/79, 15.2%	11th - 15/78, 19.2%
Penalty kill	13th - 58/75, 77.3%	17th - 52/70, 74.3%
Points Leader	Timo Meier (7-10-17)	Filip Chlapik (6-10-16)
Goals Leader	Timo Meier - 7 G	Alexandre Goulet - 8 G
Assists Leader	Timo Meier - 10 A	Spenser Cobbold - 12 A
PIM Leader	Kelly Bent - 40 PIM	David Henley - 35 PIM
Rookie Leader	Morgan Nauss (2-8-10)	Filip Chlapik (6-10-16)
Goalie, Best GAA	Zachary Fucale - 3.58 GAA	Mason McDonald - 3.02 GAA
Goalie, Best Save %	Zachary Fucale - 0.889 Save %	Mason McDonald - 0.909 Save %

Cool facts:
Dating back 1999 as the Montreal Rocket, the Islanders have a franchise record of 37-53-5-6 with six ties against the Mooseheads in 107 games. In 53 road games in Halifax, the franchise is 16-31-1-2 with three ties.

Oct. 29 in Islanders history:

2000: Montreal Rocket 7 @ Chicoutimi 5

2002: Montreal Rocket 6 @ Moncton 3

2004: P.E.I. Rocket 1 @ Acadie-Bathurst 6

2005: Rouyn-Noranda 7 @ P.E.I. Rocket 4

2010: Halifax 0 @ P.E.I. Rocket 3