The Moncton Wildcats take their second road trip of the season to face the Lewiston MAINEiacs Friday night. They challenge the Halifax Mooseheads Sunday in Halifax. The Wildcats are yet to face the either team this season. Ted Stephens, Scott Brannon and Sasha Famin lead the Wildcats in scoring with 8, 8 and 6 points respectively so far this year.
LAST WEEK
Saturday September 20th vs PEI Charlottetown Civic Centre 7:00PM
GAME NOTES:
Wildcats 3 Rocket 2
The Moncton Wildcats picked up a win on the road Saturday night against the PEI Rocket.
Pierre-Marc Lessard opened the scoring at 6:14 on an assist from Brannon. PEI waited until 19:18 for Simon OPlsson to respond with a goal.
In the second period, Lessard and MacAusland assisted David Savard for Moncton's second goal of the game at 17:16.
Jean-Philippe Mathieu scored at 17:03 to force an overtime. The overtime went scoreless and the Wildcats and Rocket went for the shoot-out.
Ted Stephens and Matthew Bissonnette each scored for Moncton during the shoot-out and Nicola Riopel made two saves.
Moncton outshot PEI 35-29. The three stars of the game were Simon Olsson, Matt Eagles and Bobby Nadeau.
Sunday September 21st vs Val-d'Or Moncton Coliseum 4:00PM
GAME NOTES
Cats win fourth straight
Three goals in each of the first and third period plus a single marker in the middle frame gave the hometown Moncton Wildcats a 7-2 victory over the Val d'Or Foreurs on Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum.
The game was only 1:23 old when Sasha Famin scored from Ted Stephens and Matt Eagles. Famin got his third of the season, second of the game, at 15:57 with Mark Barberio and Matthew Bissonnette scoring on the power play. Eagles got his first of the year at 17:54, Stephens and Famin set up the goal.
35 seconds into the second frame and the Wildcats had a 4-0 lead on Scott Brannon's fifth of the season, Pierre-Marc Lessard and Devon MacAusland set up the play. Val d'Or scored its first goal at 5:59 of the period when Cedrick Henley beat Nicola Riopel, Alexandre Monahan and Maxime Levesque got the assists.
The Foreurs made it interesting with Christian Morin's goal at 6:03 of the third, Gabriel Beaupre and Henley drew the assists. Then the Wildcats took over scoring three power play goals in a row. Ted Stephens with his fifth of the young season from Eagles and Barberio at 10:05, then David Savard from Scott Brannon and Jodoin at 10:56 and finally Eagles with his second of the game from Lessard and Barberio at 14:57.
Moncton outshot the visitors 36-24. On the power play, the Wildcats went 4 for 16 while Val d'Or was 0 for 8.
The three starts were Eagles, Stephens and Famin.
THIS WEEK
Friday September 26th vs Lewiston Androscoggin Bank Colisée 7:00PM
GAME NOTES:
The Moncton Wildcats will battle against the Lewiston MANIEiacs Friday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée. The MANIEiacs are 4th in the Telus Central Division with 4 points. Marc Bourgeois leads the MANIEiacs with 3 goals, 1 assists and 4 points in 4 games so far this season.
Sunday September 27th vs Halifax Halifax Metro Centre 2:00PM
GAME NOTES:
The Moncton Wildcats will face the Halifax Mooseheads. The Mooseheads are currently 5th in the Atlantic Division with 2 points. Linden Bahm leads the Mooseheads with 3 goal, 2 assists and 5 points in 4 games so far this season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Quick Stats
Overall Record: 4-0-0-0
Home Record: 3-0-0-0
Road Record: 1-0-0-0
Overtime Record: 1-0-0
Shootout Record: 1-0
Penalty Kill: 1/28 96.4%
Power Play: 5/29 17.2%
Most goals: Ted Stephens (5) Scott Brannon (5)
Most assists: Pierre-Marc Lessard (1)
Most power play goals: Scott Brannon (1) Ted Stephens (1) Sasha Famin (1) Matt Eagles (1) David Savard (1)
Most shorthanded goals: N/A
Most Game winners: Ted Stephens (1) Scott Brannon (1) Matt Eagles (1)
Most Wins: Nicola Riopel (4)
Most PIMs: Jordan Lane (12)
Leading Scorers
Ted Stephens 5-3-8
Scott Brannon 5-3-8
Sasha Famin 3-3-6
Leading Goaltenders
Nicola Riopel (4-0-0) 1.71 .938
Plus/Minus Leaders
Ted Stephens (6)
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Moncton Coliseum Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday 10am-6pm - Saturday: 10m - 2pm
377 Killam Drive, Unit 1,
Moncton, NB, E1C 3T1
Phone: 506-857-4100 Fax: 506-859-2678
Great seats are still available and can be purchased by calling (506) 857-4100, purchasing online at www.tickets.moncton.ca or visiting the Moncton Coliseum Box Office. Information on Flex Ticket Plans and Discounted Group Rates for the 2008-09 season of Moncton Wildcats Hockey is available by calling 382-5555 or logging on www.moncton-wildcats.com.
To book a group to a Wildcats game call 506-382-5555.
Your Moncton Wildcats are proud once again to partner with Downtown Moncton Inc. for the annual Cat's Cup Ball Hockey and BBQ on September 27th beginning at 9am. Children ages 5 - 10 years old are invited to register through ballots being made available in the Times & Transcript, L'Etoile or on line at www.moncton-wildcats.com
These two events are free, open to the general public and will go rain or shine. This is a great community event, so come cheer potential prospects, meet the Wildcats and enjoy a free lunch.
For more information contact the Wildcats business office at 382-5555.
CATCH THE WILDCATS ACTION
All Moncton Wildcats games, home and away, are broadcast on Radio 91.9 and on the Wildcats website at www.moncton-wildcats.com. Join the voice of the Wildcats, Gerry Green for all the play-by-play action.
All Wildcats games will also be webcast on www.moncton-wildcats.com
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