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by: Matthew Wuest November 17, 2009 12:02 PM comments: (0)  
Mathieu Corbeil’s strong play in the Halifax Mooseheads’ net has turned the heads of NHL Central Scouting. The 18-year-old was ranked second among QMJHL goaltenders for the 2010 NHL draft yesterday. He’s put himself on the map in the past two weeks, winning back-to-back QMJHL defensive player ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 16, 2009 7:25 AM comments: (0)  
Mathieu Corbeil has done it again. The Halifax Mooseheads goaltender collected his second consecutive QMJHL defensive player of the week honour after backstopping his club to a pair of victories on the weekend. Corbeil was the first star in Friday's 2-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats, stop ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 14, 2009 8:20 PM comments: (0)  
Where did this come from? After losing 19 of their first 20 games, the Halifax Mooseheads have suddenly manufactured an impressive and unexpected four-game winning streak, their longest stretch of success in almost two years. The Mooseheads dumped the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-1 on Saturday ni ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 14, 2009 7:53 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads will be without defencemen Garrett Clarke and Konrad Abeltshauser for "seven to 10 days, minimum," according to head coach Cam Russell. Both suffered knee injuries in Friday's win over the Moncton Wildcats and did not play in Saturday's victory over the Baie-C ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 13, 2009 8:37 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads are making the most of a five-game homestand. The Mooseheads extended their modest winning streak to three games on Friday night at the Metro Centre, earning a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Moncton Wildcats before a crowd of 5,233 and adding to last weekend’s home tr ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 13, 2009 8:04 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads will likely be without two of their top defencemen on Saturday against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Konrad Abeltshauser and Garrett Clarke, a pair of 17-year-old standouts who log a ton of ice time, both went down with knee injuries in Friday's 2-1 win over the Moncton Wild ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 13, 2009 5:27 PM comments: (0)  
Lineup for the Halifax Mooseheads versus the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night at the Metro Centre. FORWARDSGerrad Grant/Tomas Knotek/Travis RandellCarl Gelinas/Brent Andrews/Alex LemieuxMatthew Stoddard/Charles Bety/Linden BahmJordan Costello/Tomas Knotek/Gabriel Desjardins DEFENCEMEN(seve ...more
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by: Matthew Wuest November 12, 2009 5:30 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads are last in the QMJHL, but they're one of the league's leaders in pugilism. The Mooseheads are second in the Q with 25 fights, trailing only to the Bathurst Titan's 33 according to hockeyfights.com. Not only that, but 19-year-old defenceman Spencer Metcalfe sits atop th ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 12, 2009 2:35 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads have a makeup date for their postponed game with the Shawinigan Cataractes. The Mooseheads, who were originally scheduled to play the Cataractes this past Tuesday until a half-dozen members of the Cataractes began showing symptoms of H1N1, will host the Cataractes on Tu ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 12, 2009 1:47 PM comments: (0)  
Right-winger Jessyko Bernard (flu) and defenceman Alexandre Brunet (groin) are ready to return to the Halifax Mooseheads' lineup on Friday against the Moncton Wildcats. But will they actually get on the ice? The Mooseheads won back-to-back games last weekend with the same 20-man roster and ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 12, 2009 1:08 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads are a young team, but one of their youngest, brightest prospects isn't even on the roster -- centre Matthew Boudreau. The slick 16-year-old, a third-round draft choice in June, was sent back to the Quebec midget AAA ranks out of training camp because the Mooseheads didn ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 11, 2009 12:50 PM comments: (0)  
Halifax Mooseheads defenceman Konrad Abeltshauser will represent Germany internationally in December, but it won't be at the world junior hockey championship in Saskatchewan. Abeltshauser, who was named to Germany's under-20 team this week, will actually be competing at the second-tier world  ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 11, 2009 11:22 AM comments: (1)  
Hammonds Plains native and former Halifax Mooseheads forward Brad Marchand is still learning the ropes in the NHL, particularly when it comes to discipline. The 21-year-old was a healthy scratch on Monday for the first time since being called up by the Boston Bruins on Oct. 18. He has one ass ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 11, 2009 11:04 AM comments: (0)  
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch penned a nice piece on former Mooseheads star Jakub Voracek, who is putting together a solid sophomore campaign with the NHL's Blue Jackets. Here are a few snippets. "I've never seen a happier guy," center Derick Brassard said. "Every ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 09, 2009 8:21 AM comments: (0)  
Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Mathieu Corbeil was named QMJHL defensive player of the week on Monday. Corbeil started three games, going 2-1 and earning a pair of first-star selections in the victories and getting a second-star nod in the loss. He posted a 1.67 goals-against average and a .94 ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 08, 2009 6:26 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads' home game on Tuesday against the Shawinigan Cataractes has been postponed. Following is the official press release. BOUCHERVILLE, Sunday, November 8, 2009 – The Commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Gilles Courteau, today announced that next Tuesday’ g ...more
by: Matthew Wuest November 07, 2009 8:17 PM comments: (0)  
The Halifax Mooseheads have their first winning streak of the season and they owe a big thank you to Mathieu Corbeil. The 18-year-old was the first star for the second straight night, putting the finishing touches on one of the best weekends of goaltending the Mooseheads have seen in ages as  ...more

Matthew Wuest is the Halifax Mooseheads' beat reporter at Metro Halifax. His blog, The Q Files, complements his coverage in Metro Halifax, focusing primarily on the Mooseheads but also on other teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Follow him on Twitter @metroqfiles.



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Now the Boston fans know what Moose fans had to put up with last year, lots of luck to them, I doubt he stays up with the big club

By ratcat0072

Re: Marchand learning not to be 'a liability'



You hit it right on the head Matthew. We paid dearly for a player we did not need. I believe we could have picked up a couple of solid defencemen for 4th or 5th round picks. The teams chemistry was...

By ratcat0072

Re: Maxime Sauve, the almost-Moosehead



This was a really good effort by the team. If they keep playing this way the bounces will start going their way. Keep up the good work. Ratcat

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