Chaddock strikes in debut
Charlottetown Islanders score rare win over the Mooseheads in Halifax
Talk about making an immediate impact.
Chris Chaddock scored the game-winning goal in his first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Wednesday as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Halifax Mooseheads 4-1.
It was Charlottetown's first win in Halifax since Jan. 6, 2012.
Chaddock, a 17-year-old centre who grew in the Saint John, N.B., area, scored at 7:52 of the second period with assists to Daniel Sprong and Filip Chlapik, who had two helpers on the night.
Guillaume Rioux-Legault and Luc Deschenes both scored their second goals of the season. Spenser Cobbold iced the game with a shorthanded marker into the empty net with six seconds left. It was his first goal of the season.
Oliver Cooper, Dexter Weber, Kameron Kielly and Rioux-Legault added assists.
Philippe Gadoury from Timo Meier and Nikolaj Ehler scored a second-period power-play goal for the Mooseheads in front of 6,339 fans at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.
Mason McDonald, a Halifax native, made 36 saves for the win and was named the first star of the game. Zachary Fucale stopped 21 shots in the loss.
Halifax was 1-for-9 on the power play while Charlottetown was 1-for-4.
The win improves the Islanders to 8-7-1-1 while the Mooseheads are 5-10-11.
The Islanders play in Moncton on Friday at 7 p.m. before hosting the Mooseheads Sunday at 4 p.m.