Halifax Mooseheads
| Halifax Mooseheads | |
|---|---|
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| City | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | Telus |
| Division | Telus Maritimes |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Home arena | Halifax Metro Centre |
| Colours |
green, white, red, black |
| General manager |
 Cam Russell |
| Head coach |
Dominique Ducharme |
| Championships | 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup Champions |
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Website www.halifaxmooseheads.ca | |
The Halifax Mooseheads are a CHL ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio division of the QMJHL for the 1994–1995 season.[1] They have appeared in the President's Cup Finals three times, winning in 2013. The other two appearances were in 2003 and 2005. They hosted the Memorial Cup tournament in 2000, and won the Memorial Cup in 2013. The team plays their home games in the Halifax Metro Centre with a capacity of 10,595 seats.
History
The team was first envisioned by Moosehead Brewery Vice President of Sales and Marketing Harold MacKay in 1993, who believed that Halifax could host a QMJHL team. The QMJHL had teams exclusively located in Quebec, so adding a team in the Maritimes would add to travel costs for the other teams. MacKay was confident that the Halifax franchise could be successful and received financial backing from Moosehead Breweries President and CEO Derek Oland. After careful negotiations, the QMJHL expanded to the city of Halifax for the 1994–1995 season. In their first year in 1994, the Mooseheads finished in 6th place and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Beauport Harfangs, taking the first place team to seven games. The Mooseheads and Mackay are considered pioneers for the QMJHL. Following the success of the Mooseheads, the league began accepting franchises through relocation or expansion into Atlantic Canada, which lost most of its American Hockey League franchises in the mid 1990s. The QMJHL has franchises in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Moncton, New Brunswick, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (the Bathurst, Charlottetown, and Sydney franchises were relocations from Quebec). While the league has had success with most of its Atlantic franchises, only the St. John's Fog Devils failed to garner the interest and following and moved to Verdun, Quebec after the 2007-2008 season which was only their third season in existence. In 2013 the Mooseheads won the President's cup as champions of the QMJHL. The Mooseheads then went on to compete in the Memorial Cup final in Saskatoon, SK where they faced and defeated the Portland Winterhawks on May 26, 2013 by a score of 6-4 with Nathan MacKinnon recording a hat trick into an empty net with only 22 seconds left in the game.
Coaches
- Clément Jodoin – 1994–95 to 1996–97
- Shawn MacKenzie – 1996–97*, 2000–01 to 2004–05
- Danny Grant – 1997–98
- Robert Mongrain – 1998–99 to 1999–2000
- Cam Russell – 2000–01*
- Chris Donnelly – 2003–04*
- Marcel Patenaude – 2004–05*
- Al MacAdam – 2004–05 to 2005–06
- Cam Russell – 2006–10
- Bobby Smith – 2010 to 2011
- Dominique Ducharme – 2011–12 - Present
*interim (regular head coach fired, sick or suspended)
Players
NHL Alumni
- Ramzi Abid
- Andrew Bodnarchuk
- David Brine
- Frédéric Cassivi
- Marc Chouinard
- Joe DiPenta
- Jeremy Duchesne
- Benoit Dusablon
- Ryan Flinn
- Jean-Sébastien Giguère
- Éric Houde
- Milan Jurčina
- Jason King
- Pascal Leclaire
- Joey MacDonald
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Brad Marchand
- Ladislav Nagy
- Alexandre Picard
- Brandon Reid
- Jody Shelley
- Alex Tanguay
- Jakub Voráček
- Petr Vrána
Retired numbers
Top scorers
List of top scorers by season.
- 1994–95 – Brant Blackned – 97 pts
- 1995–96 – Éric Houde – 88 pts
- 1996–97 – François Sasseville – 73 pts
- 1997–98 – Alex Tanguay – 85 pts
- 1998–99 – Ladislav Nagy – 126 pts
- 1999–2000 – Ramzi Abid – 158 pts
- 2000–01 – Jason King – 89 pts
- 2001–02 – Jason King – 99 pts
- 2002–03 – Stuart MacRae – 96 pts
- 2003–04 – Daniel Sparre – 68 pts
- 2004–05 – Daniel Sparre – 68 pts
- 2005–06 – David Brine – 100 pts
- 2006–07 – Jakub Voráček – 86 pts
- 2007–08 – Jakub Voráček – 101 pts
- 2008–09 – Tomáš Knotek and Yuri Cheremetiev, tie – 49 pts
- 2009–10 – Tomáš Knotek – 59 pts
- 2010–11 – Carl Gelinas – 54 pts
- 2011–12 – Nathan MacKinnon – 78 pts
- 2012-13 - Jonathan Drouin - 105 pts
Current roster
| # | align=left!!width=15%|Player | Position | Age | From | NHL Draft | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Chris Clarke | G | 19 | Halifax, NS | Undrafted |
| 5 | |
Brian Lovell | D | 17 | Chateauguay, QC | Undrafted |
| 6 | |
Brennan Bailey | D | 18 | Lunenberg, NS | Undrafted |
| 7 | |
Trey Lewis | D | 19 | Rexton, NB | Undrafted |
| 8 | |
Brendan Duke | D | 19 | Cole Harbour, NS | Undrafted |
| 9 | |
Andrew Ryan | LW | 18 | St. John's, NL | Undrafted |
| 10 |  |
Konrad Abeltshauser | D | 20 | Bad Tolz, Germany | San Jose Sharks 2010 |
| 17 | |
Darcy Ashley | RW | 19 | Summerside, PE | Undrafted |
| 19 | |
Ryan Falkenham | RW | 17 | Halifax, NS | Eligible 2014 |
| 20 | |
Liam Alcalde | LW | 17 | Montreal, QC | Undrafted |
| 21 | |
Dominic Beauchemin | LW | 19 | Longueuil, QC | Undrafted |
| 22 | |
Nathan MacKinnon | RW | 18 | Cole Harbour, NS | Colorado Avalanche 2013 |
| 24 | |
Matt Murphy | D | 17 | Fredericton, NB | Undrafted |
| 27 | |
Jonathan Drouin | LW | 17 | Ste-Agathe, QC | Tampa Bay Lightning 2013 |
| 28 | |
Max Lindsay | LW | 18 | Hamilton, ON | Undrafted |
| 31 | |
Zach Fucale | G | 17 | Rosemere, QC | Montreal Canadiens 2013 |
| 48 | |
Luca Ciampini | LW | 18 | Montreal, QC | Undrafted |
| 51 | |
Jonathan Lacroix-Courville | LW | 17 | Gatineau, Qc | Eligible 2014 |
| 52 | |
Mackenzie Weegar | D | 18 | Ottawa, On | Florida Panthers 2013 |
| 57 | |
Matthew Boudreau | C | 18 | St-Eustache, QC | Undrafted |
| 73 |  |
Anthony Terenzio | G | 20 | New Canaan, CT, USA | Undrafted |
| 73 | |
Jordan Kennedy | G | 17 | Undrafted | |
| 74 | |
Stefan Fournier | LW | 20 | Dorval, QC | Undrafted |
| 79 | |
Brent Andrews | LW | 19 | Hunter River, PE | Nashville Predators 2011 |
| 81 | |
Stephen MacAulay | RW | 20 | Cole Harbour, NS | St. Louis Blues 2010 |
| 88 | |
Austyn Hardie | D | 18 | Montreal, QC | Undrafted |
| 91 |  |
Martin Frk | LW | 18 | Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep. | Detroit Red Wings 2012 |
[2] Roster as of 03/09/13
Yearly results
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SL | Points | Pct % | Goals for | Goals against | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | 72 | 24 | 42 | 6 | - | - | 54 | 0.375 | 257 | 317 | 6th in Dilio |
| 1995–96 | 70 | 32 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 66 | 0.471 | 258 | 262 | 4th in Dilio |
| 1996–97 | 70 | 37 | 29 | 4 | - | - | 78 | 0.557 | 267 | 255 | 3rd in Dilio |
| 1997–98 | 70 | 24 | 41 | 5 | - | - | 53 | 0.379 | 263 | 316 | 5th in Dilio |
| 1998–99 | 70 | 46 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 96 | 0.686 | 298 | 206 | 2nd in Dilio |
| 1999–2000 | 72 | 41 | 20 | 6 | 5 | - | 93 | 0.611 | 316 | 259 | 2nd in Maritimes |
| 2000–01 | 72 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | - | 80 | 0.514 | 235 | 253 | 1st in Maritimes |
| 2001–02 | 72 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 3 | - | 90 | 0.604 | 267 | 197 | 2nd in Maritimes |
| 2002–03 | 72 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 3 | - | 101 | 0.681 | 289 | 206 | 1st in Maritimes |
| 2003–04 | 70 | 17 | 43 | 7 | 3 | - | 44 | 0.293 | 194 | 274 | 4th in Atlantic |
| 2004–05 | 70 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 2 | - | 96 | 0.671 | 242 | 172 | 1st in Atlantic |
| 2005–06 | 70 | 35 | 33 | - | 1 | 1 | 72 | 0.507 | 246 | 258 | 5th in East |
| 2006–07 | 70 | 32 | 31 | - | 3 | 4 | 71 | 0.457 | 269 | 287 | 6th in East |
| 2007–08 | 70 | 42 | 23 | - | 0 | 5 | 89 | 0.600 | 278 | 241 | 1st in East |
| 2008–09 | 68 | 19 | 41 | - | 3 | 5 | 46 | 0.279 | 193 | 290 | 6th in Atlantic |
| 2009–10 | 68 | 13 | 48 | - | 3 | 4 | 33 | 0.191 | 171 | 288 | 6th in Atlantic |
| 2010–11 | 68 | 20 | 43 | - | 2 | 3 | 45 | 0.331 | 186 | 262 | 5th in Maritimes Division |
| 2011–12 | 68 | 39 | 22 | - | 2 | 5 | 85 | 0.625 | 250 | 238 | 2nd in Maritimes Division |
| 2012–13 | 68 | 58 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 120 | 0.882 | 347 | 176 | President's Cup and Memorial Cup Champions |
References
- ↑ http://www.halifaxmooseheads.ca/default.asp?mn=1.7.25 Mooseheads history
- ↑ http://halifaxmooseheads.ca/roster/index/team/57/sort/last
External links
- Mooseheads official web site
- The Q Files Metro Halifax's Mooseheads Blog
- QMJHL Arena Guide profile
- QMJHL official web site
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