Schultz breaks record, Mooseheads defeat Eagles
Posted Mar 16, 2025 05:57:35 PM.
Last Updated Mar 16, 2025 05:57:40 PM.
Mooseheads captain Brady Schultz set the record for the most points by a defenceman in the teams history as the Herd defeated the Cape Breton Eagles 5-3 on Sunday.
Cape Breton scored the lone goal of the first period. Sambro native Jacob Newcombe continuing his strong play against the Herd beating Steinman on the powerplay off an assist from Cam Squires.
The two teams traded goals in the second period. The Eagles struck first on the penalty kill as Luke Patterson took advantage of a defensive error from the Mooseheads. Caylen Blake struck back for the Herd ripping a puck past Jakub Milota from top of the left faceoff circle on the powerplay. Cam Squires restored Cape Bretons two goal lead before Liam Kilfoil beat Eagles netminder Milota for his 20th goal of the season with less than a second left in the period, burying a rebound off Shawn Carrier’s shot also assisted by Brady Schultz.
With the assist on Kilfoil’s goal Halifax captain Brady Schultz has set a new all-time points by a defenceman record for the Mooseheads, passing Konrad Abeltshauser’s 150 points during his career with the Herd from 2009 to 2013.
Halifax scored 3 unanswered goals in the third. Caylen Blake and Quinn Kennedy scoring for the Herd and an empty net goal by Shawn Carrier insured the victory for the Mooseheads and punching the teams ticket to the playoffs.
With the win the Herd improve to 19-34-9 while the Eagles fall to 32-23-7
Captain Brady Schultz claimed first star of the game with two assists, during his record breaking game. Second star was awarded to Caylen Blake with two goals in the game while third star went to Eagles captain Jacob Newcombe.
Halifax will be back in action on Friday, Mar 21st as they travel to Moncton take on the Wildcats for the Mooseheads last road game of the regular season. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m., and you can catch all the action here on 95.7 NewsRadio.
