Mooseheads drop season opener to Charlottetown

CITYnews halifax / By Mark Hodgins

The Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night in the regular-season opener.

The game was in Charlottetown, the first of a home-and-home between the clubs to open the season.

And the Islanders gave their home crowd lots to cheer about in this one.

Falmouth, Nova Scotia native William Shields scored two goals in the first period to give Charlottetown the early lead. The Islanders added another goal early in the second period, nabbing a commanding 2-0 lead.

Halifax would respond a short time later, as new Mooseheads Jasu Mensonen scored the team’s first goal of the new season. The Mooseheads failed to convert on a four minute double minor penalty later in the second period.

The Islanders answered with a quick strike just 26 seconds into the third period off the stick of Matthew Butler.

Charlottetown held on for a 4-1 win.

Halifax will be back in action on Saturday evening for the home opener at Scotiabank Centre. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.

You can catch all the action on 95.7 NewsRadio, starting with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m.