Mooseheads end regular season with 5-4 win over Eagles

The Halifax Mooseheads ended their regular season with a 5-4 win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Sunday.

Dylan MacKinnon opened up the scoring with his first goal of the regular season, giving Halifax a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.

Elliot Desnoyers, Jordan Dumais, Zack Jones and James Swan added to the Herd's lead in the second, making it 5-0.

Nicholas Girouard and Émile Hegarty-Aubin put the Eagles on the board early in the third period.

Cam Squires scored a pair to bring the Eagles within one but the Herd held on to win it 5-4.

The Mooseheads will make their way to Bathurst to take on the Titan in the first round of the playoffs.

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