Gatineau at Halifax - Season Opener Preview

Can the Moose make it 3 straight wins to start the season?

Tale of the Tape

Halifax vs. Gatineau

Mooseheads won both match-ups last year - 5-3 in Halifax and 6-2 in Gatineau

Injuries - GAT: Robert Steeves (starting goalie) & Mathieu Boily HFX: Steve Gillard

Leading Scorers - HFX: Jonathan Drouin 2-2-5-7 GAT: Rock Regimbald 1-1-0-1



Halifax Mooseheads fans are buzzing over the Mooseheads (2-0-0) season opener this Friday night against Gatineau (0-2-0), and they have plenty of reason to do so. Coming off an exciting overtime win against Cape Breton and 8-1 schlacking of the P.E.I Islanders Rocket, optimism is abundant in Moose Country. Offensive wizards Nathan Mackinnon and Jonathan Drouin have exceeded expectations to start the season, with Drouin putting up 2 goals and 5 assists for CHL player of the week honours while Mackinnon had 3 goals and 2 assists over the weekend. The Mooseheads have been so dominant in their first two games, they outshot their opponents 91-39. On the injury front, the Mooseheads are healthy with the exception of Steve Gillard, who could be out this weekend with an undisclosed injury. Gillard did not practice this week per Matthew Huest of Metro News.
 

Gatineau, though off to a slow start, still must be respected in this match-up. Coming off losses to Baie-Comeau and Chicoutimi where they put up only one goal in two games, the Olympiques will be hungry for their first win coming into a season of high expectations in Gatineau. In this off-season, the Olympiques acquired a lot of talent (Yannick Dubé, Martin Reway, Taylor Burke & Robert Steeves) and appeared ready to contend. Watch for Gatineau to come out flying to show the QMJHL they are ready to match up against the best.