Mooseheads suffer winless weekend against Wildcats

The Halifax Mooseheads fell 3-1 to the Moncton Wildcats on Monday afternoon at the Scotiabank Centre, the second 3-1 loss the Herd faced against Moncton over the long weekend.

The Mooseheads scored the lone goal of the first period. After a massive save from Jacob Steinman, Liam Kilfoil powered up the ice before finding Shawn Carrier who ripped a shot from the left-wing face-off circle past Rudy Guimond 13:58 into the period.

Moncton returned fire in the second, tying up the game at the 14:07 mark as Vincent Collard tapped Juraj Pekarcik’s shot past Jakob Steinman on the powerplay. Both teams lost a player for the rest of the game as Mooseheads rookie Danny Walters and Wildcats Maxime Côté dropped the gloves and were both handed a game misconduct 7:11 into the period.

The Wildcats continued pressure in the third, Dylan Gill firing the go-ahead goal through traffic and into the Mooseheads net for Moncton’s first lead of the game with just two minutes remaining in the game. Markus Vidicek sent an insurance marker into an empty Mooseheads net to secure victory for the Wildcats.

With the loss the Herd fall to 17-29-7 while the Wildcats improve to 41-9-2.

Jakob Steinman earned first star for Halifax, making 26 saves in the loss. Second star went to Mooseheads captain Brady Schultz, and third star was awarded to Moncton defenceman Dyllan Gill who scored the game winner for the Wildcats.

The Herd will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 21 as they welcome the Charlottetown Islanders to the Scotiabank Centre.

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