Wildcats Beat Mooseheads

The Wildcats traveled to Dartmouth on Friday night to take on the Halifax Mooseheads at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. The Wildcats were the ones walking away with the win.

Halifax opened the scoring in the first period at 9:54 when Charles Bety scored a powerplay goal. The Wildcats tied up the game at 12:34 on the powerplay. Julien Tremblay put the puck past Moose starting goalie Mark Yetman, for his third goal in preseason action. Moncton outshot Halifax 14-11 in the first.

Moncton got the only goal of the second period. Matt Eagles got on the board at 7:48. Matt Boyle with the assist. Moncton once again outshot Halifax, this time by a 9-8 margin.

There was no scoring in the third period. Halifax held the edge in shots, outshooting the Wildcats 7-5.

Final shots on goal :
Moncton - 14 + 9 + 5 = 28
Halifax - 11 + 8 + 7 = 26

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Moncton returns to exhibition action on Saturday night when they host the Halifax Mooseheads at the 4plex. Game time is 7pm.

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The Wildcats have sent down defenceman Patrick Downe to the Midget AAA Fredericton Canadiens.