Halifax Mooseheads
Encyclopedia
The Halifax Mooseheads are a CHL
Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian-based major junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey...

 ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

 based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio division of the QMJHL for the 1994-1995 season. While the franchise has never won a league championship, they have appeared in the President's Cup
President's Cup (QMJHL)
The President's Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the league's playoffs champion.--Winners—Teams that went on to win the Memorial Cup are listed in bold font.-External links:* List of trophy winners....

 twice, in 2003 and 2005. The team plays their home games in the Halifax Metro Centre
Halifax Metro Centre
The Halifax Metro Centre was built in 1978, in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The building is next to the World Trade and Convention Centre, at the foot of Citadel Hill. It is the largest arena in Halifax. It originally featured a full ring of bright orange seats around the playing surface,...

 with a capacity of 10,595 seats.

History

The team was first envisioned by Moosehead Breweries
Moosehead
Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewery, located in Saint John, New Brunswick. The brewery was founded in 1867 by Susannah Oland and is still operated by the Oland family, now in the sixth generation of ownership under Derek Oland...

 regional sales manager Harold McKay in 1993, who believed that Halifax could host a QMJHL team. The QMJHL had teams exclusively located in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, so adding a team in the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...

 would add to travel costs for the other teams. McKay was confident that the Halifax franchise could be successful and received financial backing from Moosehead Breweries President and CEO Derek Oland. After careful negotiations, the QMJHL expanded to the city of Halifax for the 1994-1995 season. In their first year in 1994, the Mooseheads finished in 6th place and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Beauport Harfangs
Beauport Harfangs
The Beauport Harfangs were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1990 to 1997. They played their home games at the Aréna Marcel Bédard in the Quebec City suburb of Beauport, Quebec. The team's first coach was Alain Chainey, who was an assistant coach with the...

, taking the first place team to seven games. The Mooseheads are considered pioneers for the QMJHL. Following the success of the Mooseheads, the league began accepting franchises through relocation or expansion into Atlantic Canada, who lost their American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 franchises in the mid 1990's. The QMJHL has franchises in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Their home rink is Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.-Franchise history :...

, Moncton, New Brunswick
Moncton Wildcats
The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....

, Bathurst, New Brunswick
Acadie-Bathurst Titan
The Acadie–Bathurst Titan is a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . They play at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick.-History:...

, Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John Sea Dogs
The Saint John Sea Dogs are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, entering the league as an expansion team in 2005. The Sea Dogs play at Harbour Station, Saint John, New Brunswick, with a capacity of 6,488...

 and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
P.E.I. Rocket
The P.E.I. Rocket are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise was granted in 1999, however the Rocket were originally located in Montreal, Quebec and called the Montreal Rocket. In 2003 they were relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...

. While the league has had success with their Atlantic franchises, only the St. John's Fog Devils
St. John's Fog Devils
The St. John's Fog Devils were a junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They were based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and played out of Mile One Centre. The QMJHL expanded to St. John's to fill the void created by the departure of the...

 failed to garner the interest and following as the other franchises and moved to Verdun, Quebec after their second season.

For more information, see Mooseheads History

Coaches

  • Clement Jodoin
    Clément Jodoin
    Clément Jodoin is a retired ice hockey player, and current head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, having previously been the head coach of the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Jodoin was an assistant coach with the Canada national junior hockey...

     - 1994–95 to 1996–97
  • Shawn MacKenzie
    Shawn MacKenzie
    Shawn Kenneth MacKenzie is a retired ice hockey goaltender who played a total of 130 minutes during 4 games in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils. He had 15 goals scored against him in those 130 minutes of play, for a Goals Against Average of 6.92.From 2000 to 2004 he served as...

     - 1996–97*, 2000–01 to 2004–05
  • Danny Grant
    Danny Grant
    Daniel Frederick Grant is a retired Canadian ice hockey right winger, who played in the National Hockey League for parts of fourteen seasons, most notably for the Minnesota North Stars....

     - 1997–98
  • Robert Mongrain - 1998–99 to 1999–2000
  • Cam Russell
    Cam Russell
    Cameron Russell is a Canadian former National Hockey League defenceman. Chosen in the 3rd round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, Russell played 10 seasons, almost all of which came within the Chicago Blackhawks organization. He finished his career in 1998–99 with the...

     - 2000–01*
  • Chris Donnelly - 2003–04*

  • Marcel Patenaude - 2004–05*
  • Al MacAdam
    Al MacAdam
    Reginald Allan MacAdam is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1973 and 1985, and was twice selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game. He is best known for his time with the Minnesota North Stars, where he was one of the franchise's...

     - 2004–05 to 2005–06
  • Cam Russell
    Cam Russell
    Cameron Russell is a Canadian former National Hockey League defenceman. Chosen in the 3rd round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, Russell played 10 seasons, almost all of which came within the Chicago Blackhawks organization. He finished his career in 1998–99 with the...

     - 2006–10
  • Bobby Smith - 2010 to 2011
  • Dominique Ducharme - 2011 -


*interim (regular head coach fired, sick or suspended)

NHL alumni

  • Ramzi Abid
    Ramzi Abid
    Ramzi Abid is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian EBEL...

  • Andrew Bodnarchuk
    Andrew Bodnarchuk
    Andrew Scott Bodnarchuk is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently with the Boston Bruins organization of the National Hockey League...

  • David Brine
    David Brine
    David Brine is a professional ice hockey center for KHL Medveščak of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

  • Frederic Cassivi
    Frederic Cassivi
    Frédéric Cassivi is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who is currently a Free Agent. He most recently played for the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian Hockey League.-Playing career:...

  • Marc Chouinard
    Marc Chouinard
    Marc Chouinard is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre-winger who most recently played for Kölner Haie. He has not formally announced his retirement, but has not played in over two and a half seasons.-Career:...

  • Joe DiPenta
    Joe DiPenta
    Joseph DiPenta is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.-Playing career:...


  • Jeremy Duchesne
    Jeremy Duchesne
    Jeremy Duchesne is an American-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Saint-Georges CRS Express of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey . His father is the late Gaetan Duchesne, and was born in the Washington D.C...

  • Benoit Dusablon
    Benoit Dusablon
    Benoit Dusablon was a professional ice hockey player who played three games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers.- References :...

  • Ryan Flinn
  • Jean-Sebastien Giguere
    Jean-Sébastien Giguère
    Jean-Sébastien Giguère is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League . He played major junior with the Verdun Collège Français and Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , where he was drafted 13th...

  • Eric Houde
    Eric Houde
    Éric Houde is a professional ice hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens...

  • Milan Jurcina
    Milan Jurcina
    Milan Jurcina is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman currently with the New York Islanders of the NHL.- Playing career :The 6-foot-4 Slovak was drafted by the Boston Bruins 241st overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...


  • Jason King
  • Pascal Leclaire
    Pascal Leclaire
    Pascal Leclaire is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Leclaire is currently an unrestricted free agent. Leclaire played three years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and was selected eighth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...

  • Joey MacDonald
    Joey MacDonald
    Joseph MacDonald is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender in the Detroit Red Wings organization who currently plays with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League . He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders, and the Toronto Maple Leafs...

  • Brad Marchand
    Brad Marchand
    Bradley Kevin Marchand is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing left wing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . Marchand was selected by the Bruins, 71st overall, at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He played his junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League...

  • Ladislav Nagy
    Ladislav Nagy
    Ladislav Nagy is a Slovak professional hockey player who plays for HC Lev Poprad of the KHL.- Playing career :Nagy, who is of Hungarian descent, was drafted 177th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Nagy had played in the Slovak Extraliga as a junior prior to being drafted...

  • Alexandre Picard
    Alexandre R. Picard
    Alexandre R. Picard is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins organization.-Playing career:...


  • Brandon Reid
    Brandon Reid
    Brandon Reid is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who has spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League.-Junior career:...

  • Jody Shelley
    Jody Shelley
    Jody Shelley is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League...

  • Alex Tanguay
    Alex Tanguay
    Alexandre Tanguay is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He has additionally played with the Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL and briefly for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A in...

  • Jakub Voracek
    Jakub Vorácek
    Jakub Voráček is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League...

  • Petr Vrana
    Petr Vrána
    Petr Vrána is a professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 42nd overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.played with the halifax mooseheads in junior...



Retired numbers

  • 18 Alex Tanguay
    Alex Tanguay
    Alexandre Tanguay is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He has additionally played with the Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL and briefly for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A in...

  • 25 Jody Shelley
    Jody Shelley
    Jody Shelley is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League...

  • 47 Jean-Sebastien Giguere
    Jean-Sébastien Giguère
    Jean-Sébastien Giguère is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League . He played major junior with the Verdun Collège Français and Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , where he was drafted 13th...


Top scorers

List of top scorers by season.
  • 1994–95 - Brant Blackned - 97 pts
  • 1995–96 - Eric Houde
    Eric Houde
    Éric Houde is a professional ice hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens...

     - 88 pts
  • 1996–97 - Francois Sasseville
    François Sasseville
    -Career statistics:- References :...

     - 73 pts
  • 1997–98 - Alex Tanguay
    Alex Tanguay
    Alexandre Tanguay is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He has additionally played with the Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL and briefly for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A in...

     - 85 pts
  • 1998–99 - Ladislav Nagy
    Ladislav Nagy
    Ladislav Nagy is a Slovak professional hockey player who plays for HC Lev Poprad of the KHL.- Playing career :Nagy, who is of Hungarian descent, was drafted 177th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Nagy had played in the Slovak Extraliga as a junior prior to being drafted...

     - 126 pts
  • 1999–2000 - Ramzi Abid
    Ramzi Abid
    Ramzi Abid is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian EBEL...

     - 158 pts
  • 2000–01 - Jason King - 89 pts
  • 2001–02 - Jason King - 99 pts
  • 2002–03 - Stuart MacRae - 96 pts
  • 2003–04 - Daniel Sparre
    Daniel Sparre
    Daniel Sparre is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Straubing Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:...

     - 68 pts
  • 2004–05 - Daniel Sparre - 68 pts
  • 2005–06 - David Brine
    David Brine
    David Brine is a professional ice hockey center for KHL Medveščak of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

     - 100 pts
  • 2006–07 - Jakub Voracek
    Jakub Vorácek
    Jakub Voráček is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League...

     - 86 pts
  • 2007–08 - Jakub Voracek - 101 pts
  • 2008-09 - Tomas Knotek
    Tomas Knotek
    Tomáš Knotek is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Kladno in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season.-External links:...

     and Yuri Cheremetiev, tie - 49 pts
  • 2009-10 - Tomas Knotek - 59 pts
  • 2010-11 - Carl Gelinas - 54 pts


Current roster

# Player Position Age From NHL Draft
4  Canada Mitchell Shewfelt D 17 Halifax, NS Undrafted
5  Canada Alexandre Grenier RW 20 Laval, QC Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

 2011
6  Canada Josh Desmond D 17 Halifax, NS Undrafted
7  Canada Trey Lewis D 18 Moncton, NB 2011
9  Canada Andrew Ryan LW 17 St. John's, NL 2012
10  Germany Konrad Abeltshauser D 19 Bad Tolz, Germany San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 2010
11  Canada Cameron Critchlow LW 20 Summerside, PEI Undrafted
16  Canada Travis Randell RW 20 Twillingate, NL Undrafted
17  Canada Darcy Ashley RW 18 Summerside, PE 2011
19  Canada Ryan Falkenham RW 16 Halifax, NS 2013
21  Canada Gabriel Desjardins LW 19 Montreal, QC 2011
22  Canada Nathan MacKinnon
Nathan MacKinnon
Nathan MacKinnon is a Canadian major junior ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League...

RW 16 Cole Harbour, NS 2013
27  Canada Brad Cuzner LW 19 Glace Bay, NS Undrafted
31  Canada Zachary Fucale G 16 Rosemère, QC 2013
44  Canada Steve Gillard D 19 St. John's, NL Undrafted
48  Canada Luca Ciampini LW 17 Montreal, QC 2012
57  Canada Matthew Boudreau C 18 St-Eustache, QC 2011
73  United States Anthony Terenzio G 18 Norwalk, CT 2011
77  Canada Sawyer Hannay D 19 Moncton, NB Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

 2010
79  Canada Brent Andrews LW 18 Hunter River, PE Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 2011
81  Canada Alexandre Côté C 19 Kirkland, QC 2011
88  Canada Austyn Hardie D 17 Montreal, QC 2011
91  Czech Republic Martin Frk RW 18 Karlov Vary, Czech Republic 2012
Roster as of 06/09/11

Yearly results

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
Season
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

 
Games Won Lost Tied OTL SL Points Pct % Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing
1994–95
1994–95 QMJHL season
The 1994–95 QMJHL season was the 26th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The QMJHL unveils an updated logo one season after its special 25th anniversary logo, using a stylized ice skate and the letters of the league's French acronym...

72 24 42 6
54 0.375 257 317 6th in Dilio
1995–96
1995–96 QMJHL season
The 1995–96 QMJHL season was the 27th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continued to expand eastward, adding an expansion team in Moncton, New Brunswick, and the Saint-Jean Lynx relocated to the eastern Quebec city of Rimouski in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region...

70 32 36 2
66 0.471 258 262 4th in Dilio
1996–97
1996–97 QMJHL season
The 1996–97 QMJHL season was the 28th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continues explore new markets as the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser move north to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The New Faces Cup is renamed the RDS Cup, for its new sponsor, Réseau des sports. Fourteen...

70 37 29 4
78 0.557 267 255 3rd in Dilio
1997–98
1997–98 QMJHL season
The 1997–98 QMJHL season was the 29th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Quebec Remparts name is revived after twelve years when the Beauport Harfangs change identities...

70 24 41 5
53 0.379 263 316 5th in Dilio
1998–99
1998–99 QMJHL season
The 1998–99 QMJHL season was the 30th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continued its trend of teams relocating into the Atlantic Canada market, when Laval moved to Bathurst, New Brunswick. Fifteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule...

70 46 20 4
96 0.686 298 206 2nd in Dilio
1999–2000
1999–2000 QMJHL season
The 1999–2000 QMJHL season was the 31st season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. The QMJHL splits into four divisions, retaining the names Lebel and Dilio for...

72 41 20 6 5
93 0.611 316 259 2nd in Maritimes
2000–01
2000–01 QMJHL season
The 2000–01 QMJHL season was the 32nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...

72 32 24 10 6
80 0.514 235 253 1st in Maritimes
2001–02
2001–02 QMJHL season
The 2001–02 QMJHL season was the 33rd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Luc Robitaille Trophy for the team that scored the most goals during the regular season. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...

72 39 21 9 3
90 0.604 267 197 2nd in Maritimes
2002–03 72 44 15 10 3
101 0.681 289 206 1st in Maritimes
2003–04 70 17 43 7 3
44 0.293 194 274 4th in Atlantic
2004–05 70 42 16 10 2
96 0.671 242 172 1st in Atlantic
2005–06 70 35 33
1 1 72 0.507 246 258 5th in East
2006–07 70 32 31
3 4 71 0.457 269 287 6th in East
2007–08
2007–08 QMJHL season
The 2007–08 QMJHL season was the 39th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. At the season-opening press conference, the QMJHL announced in partnership with Telus, all 630 regular season games would be available by internet broadcast. The regular season started on September...

70 42 23
0 5 89 0.600 278 241 1st in East
2008–09
2008–09 QMJHL season
The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008....

68 19 41
3 5 46 0.279 193 290 6th in Atlantic
2009–10 68 13 48
3 4 33 0.191 171 288 6th in Atlantic
2010–11 68 20 43
2 3 45 0.331 186 262 5th in Maritimes Division

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK