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.