Friday, October 10, 2014

Game day: Islanders @ Mooseheads


Date:Friday Oct. 10, 2014
Match: Charlottetown Islanders
Where: Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, N.S.
Time:7 p.m.
TV: Eastlink, Webcast
Live Tweets: @IslesLive

The Charlottetown Islanders will make their first trip of the season to Halifax to battle the struggling Mooseheads.

Danish superstar Nikolaj Ehlers has returned for the Mooseheads and will be making his season debut tonight.

Both teams have already met each other this season back on Sept. 13 in Charlottetown. The Islanders were down 5-3 in the final minutes when they had a five-minute power play to tie the game up before losing in overtime on a questionable no-call by the referee for goaltender interference. None the less, the game is in the past and the Islanders will be looking to rebound from Saturday's 7-0 home loss to Rouyn-Noranda. 

Dating back to last season, the Mooseheads have won nine-straight games against the Islanders. Charlottetown has not won a game against Halifax since last season's home opener on Sept. 12, 2013.

Good news came to the Island this week when Ross Johnston returned to the Islanders from his NHL camp with the New York Islanders. The bad news is, he will be out four to six weeks with an upper body injury. 

Dating back to the Islanders' franchise history as the Montreal Rocket in 1999, the team is 37-52-5-6 with six ties in 106 games against the Mooseheads.

Pre-game stats:

Last meeting this season:
Sept. 13, HAL 6 @ CHA 5 (OT)
Next game between two teams:
Oct. 29 in Halifax
Head-to-head record this season:
Halifax 1-0-0-0, Charlottetown  0-0-1-0
Head-to-head record for 2013-14:
Halifax 8-1-0-0, Charlottetown 1-7-1-0
Last 5 years between teams:
Halifax 26-7-0-1, Charlottetown 8-22-2-2
Last 5 years at Charlottetown:
Halifax 14-4-0-0, Charlottetown 4-10-2-2
Last 5 years at Halifax:
Halifax 12-3-0-1, Charlottetown 4-12-0-0

Regular Season Stats
Halifax Mooseheads
Charlottetown Islanders
Record
2-4-1-1
5-3-1-1
Points
6
12
Standing
5th Maritimes/16th QMJHL
3rd Maritimes/7th QMJHL
Last 10 games
2-4-1-1
5-3-1-1
Streak
0-2-0-1
0-1-0-0
Last game
Oct. 5, 4-3 SOL vs Val-d’Or
Oct. 4, 7-0 L vs Rouyn-Noranda
Home record
1-2-1-1
3-2-1-0
Road record
1-2-0-0
2-1-0-1
Record scoring first
2-0-1-0
3-0-0-0
Giving up first goal
0-3-0-1
2-3-1-1
Power play
8th - 8/36, 22.2 %
13th - 10/58, 17.2 %
Penalty kill
17th - 30/43, 69.8%
18th - 34/50, 68 %
Points Leader
Timo Meier (4-5-9)
Kameron Kielly (6-6-12)
Goals Leader
Ryan Falkenham - 5G
Kameron Kielly - 6G
Assists Leader
Timo Meier - 5A
Maxime Fortier - 5A
Spenser Cobbold - 8A
PIM Leader
Brandon Vuic - 21 PIM
David Heney - 28 PIM
Rookie Leader
Maxime Fortier (1-5-6)
Filip Chlapik (5-5-10)
Goalie, Best GAA
Kevin Resop - 3.96 GAA
Mason McDonald - 3.52 GAA
Goalie, Best Save %
Zachary Fucale - 0.876 Save %
Mason McDonald - 0.898 Save %


This day in history - Oct. 10:
2012 - Antoine Bibeau records his first shutout, making 22 saves in a 4-0 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs.
2009 - P.E.I. Rocket edges Rouyn-Noranda 2-1 in overtime at home.
2008 - Rocket rookies Brandon MacLean and Brandon Street score their fist career QMJHL goals in a 3-1 P.E.I. Rocket win in Baie-Comeau.
2003 - Milan Hruska scores his first QMJHL goal in a 4-3 home win over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
2001 - Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3 @ Montreal Rocket 2
1999 -  Montreal Rocket 0 @ Victoriaville Tigres 7



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