Herd Take First Two games

HALIFAX NS-  Halifax will head to Centre Henry-Leonard in Baie-Comeau with a 2-0 series lead over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

The first two games of this series, held in front of a packed Scotiabank Centre saw all of the intensity that fans would expect from this rivalry. Baie-Comeau showed Halifax that they can stick with them despite entering the series as the 13th seed. Game one saw the Drakkar open the scoring on a goal by Xavier Bouchard before Halifax countered with three unanswered goals on route to a 5-2 victory.

The Three Stars of game 1 were:

1.) Max Fortier- 2 goals
2.) Alexis Gravel- 36 saves
3.) Xavier Parent- 1 goal, 1 assist 

Game 2 saw Baie-Comeau playing with a hint of desperation as they tried to even up the series at 1-1 heading back home. Despite tying the game at 3 in the third thanks to Ivan Chekovich's second goal of these young playoffs, BO Groulx scored the game winning goal past Francis Leclerc, before Xavier Parent sealed the 5-3 Mooseheads victory

The Three Stars of game 2 were:

1.) Joel Bishop- 1 goal, 2 assists
2.) Filip Zadina- 1 goal, 1 assist
3.) BO Groulx- 1 goal

Positive takeaways from this series are that rookies Xavier Parent (2 goals 1 assist) and Justin Barron (1 assist) have looked great as has captain Max Fortier, and goaltender Alex Gravel seems to have returned to his playoff form making some stellar saves and posting a 2-0 record with a 2.83 goals against average and a save percentage of 0.924 percent.

The Mooseheads will look to take a 3-0 series stranglehold  in front of a hostile crowd of Drakkar faithful at Centre Henry Leonard at 8:30 AT tomorrow, with game 4 going on Wednesday night at 8:30. If necessary game 5, will be played on Friday. Go Moose Go!