Mooseheads fall in Steinman’s return to Moncton

The Mooseheads fell to the Wildcats after travelling up to the Avenir Centre on Saturday evening, losing 3-1 in Jacob Steinman’s return to Moncton.

The teams exchanged goals in the opening frame. Moncton struck first just 14 seconds into the game with Markus Vidicek capitalizing on a rebound off Maxime Côté’s chance in close to give the Wildcats the early lead. The Mooseheads answered back 7:32 into the first with Will Bent redirecting a pass from Carlos Handel past the pad of Wildcats netminder Rudy Guimond.

The second period remained scoreless but 9:06 into the third period Caleb Desnoyers found Adam Fortier-Gendron off the draw, who fired it past Steinman to regain the lead for the Wildcats. Côté scored the insurance marker for the Wildcats burying a feed by Juraj Pekarcik.

With the loss the Herd fall to 17-28-7 while the Wildcats remain atop the standings of the QMJHL, improving to 40-9-2.

Maxime Côté earned first star for the Wildcats tallying a goal and assist in the win. Second star went to Mooseheads netminder Jacob Steinman after making 48 saves against his old club, while third star went to former Moosehead Markus Vidicek.

Halifax will be back in action Monday, Feb. 17, as they host the Wildcats at the Scotiabank Centre. Puck drop is at 2 p.m., and you can catch all the action here on 95.7 NewsRadio.