The Next Captain

With the Halifax Mooseheads finalizing their roster on Wednesday, all the debate as to who will stay and who will be cut can now be settled. Now that we know who will be on the roster, Cam Russell and company face yet another captaincy decision this season. Last season, Ryan Falkenham was named captain of the team, but unfortunately an ongoing hip issue has made Falkenham decide to leave the Mooseheads this season.

That leaves the captaincy vacant once again. I believe it is between 2 candidates this year. Let's get to it:

1. THE FRONT RUNNER- DANNY MOYNIHAN

The native of Windham, New Hampshire is entering his third season with the Halifax Mooseheads. He put up career high numbers in his sophomore season as a Moosehead, tallying 33 goals and 37 points for a total of 70 points in the regular season; and 9 goals and 11 assists for a total of 20 points this past post-season. Receiving captaincy would be a credit to Moynihan's numbers last season, also he will be expected to carry most of the offensive load with 6 rookies up front this season, he and Timo Meier will be looked on to provide the brunt of the offence.

2.KELLY BENT 

Kelly Bent is entering his 20-year old season. He is a Halifax native. In the past the Mooseheads have used an enforcer/agitator in the captaincy role in Trey Lewis. Bent tallied 2 goals and 9 assists for a total of 11 points in his first season as a Halifax Moosehead last season, More notably for Bent's play style he tallied 160 penalty minutes. In the playoffs Bent had 2 goals and 2 assists with a total of 26 Penalty minutes. I consider Bent an outside shot at being named captain, being a local guy, it may be possible that the Organization continues to go that route, as they had done with Ryan Falkenham last season. 

Those are my two captaincy picks for the Halifax Mooseheads for the 2015-2016 season. Feel free to tweet your choices to @HerdwellHerald. The Halifax Mooseheads will face the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles back at the Halifax Forum on September 3rd looking for their first pre-season win in their final pre-season game. Puck drop is 7 p.m. The regular season starts 2 weeks from tonight in Charlottetown.  Photo credits to the Halifax Mooseheads website, and Kelly Bent's twitter.