QMJHL PLAYOFFS: Mooseheads full sweep of Eagles to advance to second spherical

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Posted By: jasabacklink April 16, 2023

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The duty is full for the Halifax Mooseheads.

They edged the Cape Breton Eagles 3-2 at Centre 200 on Wednesday to finish a 4-0 sweep of their first-round best-of-seven sequence.

“They all the time say the fourth one is the toughest one to get and so they weren’t going to provide us the sequence. They performed us tight, they performed us arduous and it made for a fairly thrilling end.”

-Mooseheads head coach Sylvain Favreau

“It’s extremely satisfying,” Mooseheads head coach Sylvain Favreau mentioned. “We got here shut final yr however that is our first playoff sequence win with this group of coaches and gamers which have been round for the reason that starting of this rebuild so it is tremendous thrilling. 

“They all the time say the fourth one is the toughest one to get and so they weren’t going to provide us the sequence. They performed us tight, they performed us arduous and it made for a fairly thrilling end.”

The historical past books will present it as a reasonably easy sequence win by a heavy favorite however that is not fairly the reality. You can actually argue Halifax’s 4-3 time beyond regulation win in Sport 2 ought to’ve been a Cape Breton victory and this one may’ve simply as simply gone the Eagles’ means as properly.

Sadly for them, the sport turned in opposition to them on a sequence that began as their greatest alternative to take the momentum from the Mooseheads. Late within the second interval with the rating tied 2-2 and the Eagles on a two-man benefit, Halifax’s Alexandre Doucet scored off a feed from Josh Lawrence and the Eagles could not get better.

“We had been simply concentrating on getting a kill at that time,” Favreau mentioned. “It is kind of unlucky that some calls that went their means weren’t going our means so far as clutch and grabs and hooks so we had been slightly bit fired up from having to go from an influence play to a five-on-three kill.

“However I believe that purpose was an enormous increase and you might undoubtedly inform their feelings went slightly bit low after it. They got here again arduous afterwards and so they pushed us all the best way till the previous couple of seconds so it was an enormous accomplishment for our hockey membership and we’ll take a while now to relaxation and prepare for the subsequent spherical.”

Markus Vidicek and Jordan Dumais had the opposite targets for the Mooseheads and Lawrence added two extra assists to his totals. Charles Boutin and Olivier Houde had been the scorers for the Eagles.

Mathis Rousseau made 29 saves for Halifax and Oliver Satny stopped 30 pictures for Cape Breton.

Earlier than leaving Sydney, Favreau praised the Eagles for his or her effort degree and enchancment from the beginning of the season.

“I’ve mentioned all yr they are a staff that ought to most likely be increased within the standings than the place they completed,” Favreau mentioned. “That they had a tricky begin to the season with some accidents to key gamers and stuff like that. I actually suppose that they need to’ve been increased as a result of they are a good hockey membership. You have a look at Ivan Ivan and (Samuel) Johnson and (Cam) Squires – these are top-end gamers and so they gave us an incredible problem.”

The Mooseheads will now have eight days off earlier than their subsequent recreation. Sport 1 of their second-round sequence will likely be on the Scotiabank Centre subsequent Friday. Their opponent hasn’t but been decided.

Notes: Mooseheads defenceman Dylan MacKinnon could not play due to an sickness so affiliate participant Dylan Chisholm took his place within the lineup. … Cam Whynot, Liam Welsh and Jake Todd had been additionally out for Halifax. … Eagles rookie defenceman Tomas Lavoie harm himself within the second interval and didn’t return for the third. … The Quebec Remparts additionally wrapped up a sweep of the Charlottetown Islanders.