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The Mooseheads are carrying 25 players –which is actually fine heading into the beginning of the season with five players heading to NHL camps. However, the team can only carry three 20-year-old’s and they have five on the training camp roster. Forwards Cameron Critchlow (20) Alexandre Grenier (20) Travis Randell (20) Defenseman Jonathan Parisien (20) [...]

  Sixteen-year-old Brian Lovell will play another year of Midget AAA this year after the Mooseheads made another cut on the roster. Lovell was selected 49th overall at June’s QMJHL entry draft. Scouts describe the 6-foot-1, 167-pound defenseman as a smooth skater that likes the physical game. That leaves the Mooseheads roster with eight defensemen [...]

  The Mooseheads made three more cuts Monday morning sending three forwards home. 18-year-old Instigator Ryan Davis who got under the skin of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in pre-season action goes home. 17-year-old Brandon Pye and 18-year-old Luke Warner were also cut. The latest round of cuts puts the Mooseheads roster at 26. FORWARD [...]

The Halifax Mooseheads built up a 3-1 lead in the first period and that’s all they needed Saturday night in Bathurst. Brent Andrews, Matt Boudreau and Alex Grenier picked up the goals. Gabe Desjardins added an empty-netter late in the game to make it a 4-1 final. With the win the Herd improve to 4-0 [...]

Both Martin Frk and Nathan MacKinnon will sit out Saturday’s pre-season game against the Titan. On the blueline veterans Konrad Abeltschauser, Steve Gillard and Sawyer Hannay team up with three rookies. Forwards: Ryan Falkenham Brad Cuzner Alex Cote Darcy Ashley Gabriel Desjardins Brent Andrews Alex Grenier Matt Boudreau Travis Randell Brandon Pye Ryan Davis Luca [...]

The powerplay again looked excellent for the Mooseheads who scored on 66 per cent of their chances Friday easily handling the Bathurst Titan 10-4. Nine different Mooseheads put the puck in the net including two from 19-year-old defenseman Konrad Abeltshauser. Gabe Desjardins, Andrew Ryan, Martin Frk, Brandon Pye, Alex Cote, Sawyer Hannay, Darcy Ashley and [...]

Some changes are coming this season to the QMJHL after the league’s Board of Governors meeting Friday. The league must come up with new protocols to educate teams and players about hits to the head. “The Board of Govenors made it very clear that player safety must be at the forefront of the discussions,” said [...]

Here is tonight’s unofficial lineup for the game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at the Halifax Forum at 7 p.m. Forwards Brad Cuzner and Alex Cote, both chosen off waivers earlier this week, will make their debut with the team. Forward: Marty Frk Brad Cuzner Cameron Critchlow Nathan MacKinnon Gabriel Desjardins Brent Andrews Alex Cote Luca [...]

  Five cuts remain among forwards at camp after the team announced Friday 17-year-old forward Joel Blanchard has been cut. The Mooseheads picked up Blanchard in the 8th round in this year’s entry draft. Blanchard will play this year in the Maritime Junior League with the Dieppe Commandos. The cut brings the training camp roster [...]

Only nine defensemen are vying for a spot on the roster after the Mooseheads announced Thursday that 19-year-old Anthony Goulet has left the club citing personal reasons. Goulet was picked up at the trade deadline last year last year in a trade with Victoriaville. The Mooseheads gave up a 4th round pick in the 2012 [...]