L’Heureux hat trick propels Mooseheads to lead in QMJHL quarterfinal

Mooseheads opened the scoring late in the 1^st period when Zach L’Heureux found the net while on the powerplay with just 7 seconds left in the opening frame. Josh Lawrence and Alexandre Doucet with the assists.

The Moose took a two-goal lead 7:45 into the 2^nd period when Brody Fournier beat Moncton goalie Jacob Steinman to make it 2-0. Logan Crosby and Brady Schultz with helpers on the goal.

Zach L’Heureux tallied his second of the game just 1:33 into the 3^rd period on a feed from Cameron Whynot to give the Mooseheads a 3-0 lead.

Moncton got on the board at the 6:52 mark of the 3^rd with a goal from Thomas Auger off a faceoff in the Moosehead’s end. Connor Trenholm and Etienne Morin with assists on the Wildcat marker.

Then, just over three minutes later, Moncton made the score 3-2 with a goal from Oscar Plandowski.  Vincent Labelle and Jacob Steinman with the assists.

Moncton pulled their goalie for the extra attacker with 2:02 left in the period. With 38 seconds remaining in the contest, Zach L’Heureux completed the hat trick with an empty net goal sealing the 4-2 win for Halifax, who now lead their best-of-seven series two games to one.

Game 4 is set for Wednesday night at the Avenir Centre in Moncton. You can listen to the action live with Garreth MacDonald at 7 p.m.