CHL Today: Mooseheads remain perfect with fourth straight win

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Headlines

• The Halifax Mooseheads remain the only perfect team left in the QMJHL after they won their fourth straight Sunday courtesy of a 4-1 road win against Moncton. Full story
• Saint John’s Eriks Mateiko (WSH) and Rimouski’s Spencer Gill (PHI) both signed their entry-level contracts earlier this week. Full story.

CHL Top 10

• A 4-1 defeat to Halifax meant the Moncton Wildcats (4) suffered its first regulation loss of the campaign. The Wildcats are 2-1-1 early on this season.
• A 6-3 loss to Blainville-Boisbriand saw the Rimouski Oceanic (5) beaten for the third time in four contests to start the season.
• The Cape Breton Eagles (6) fell 2-1 to Saint John in a shootout to register their first point of the season. The Eagles have struggled out of the gate with an 0-3-1 record.
• The Oshawa Generals (8) collected a point in a 4-3 OT loss to Ottawa. The Gens are 1-1-1 after Opening Week.
• The Kelowna Rockets (10) dropped to 0-3-0 after they were doubled up 6-3 by Everett.

NHL Prospect Watch

• Andrei Loshko (SEA) had his second straight multi-point game to start the season as he tallied three points (1G, 2A) as Niagara won 5-2 in Kingston. Loshko seems to have adjusted well to life in the OHL with five points (two goals) in two contests.
• Kevin He (WPG) scored twice for the IceDogs, who are now 2-0-0, in their win over the Fronts. He’s three goals are tied for the third most in the OHL this season.
• Cooper Foster (PIT) scored twice, that included the overtime winner, as Ottawa beat Oshawa 4-3 for their first win of the season.
• Carson Wetsch’s (SJ) first goal of the season stood as the game-winner as Calgary beat Lethbridge 3-1 to record their first win of the campaign.

Nightly notes

• Quebec’s Benjamin Vigneault (2G, 3A) and Justin Cotê (5A) each had five points in a dominant 9-1 victory over Victoriaville. Cotê’s 12 points are tied for the QMJHL scoring lead through just four games.
• Rookie Yoan Tassé had four points (2G, 2A) as Drummondville defeated Val-d’Or 7-1. Tassé was a fourth round pick by the Volts in the 2023 QMJHL Draft.
• Nicolas Ruccia stopped all 25 shots he faced to register his first shutout as a member of the Islanders as Charlottetown beat Acadie-Bathurst 2-0. It was the ninth shutout of Ruccia’s QMJHL career.
• Carter Bear (2025) had three points (1G, 2A) in Everett’s 6-3 win over Kelowna. A year ago, Bear had 25 goals and 57 points.

OHL results (Sept. 29, 2024)

Niagara 5-2 Kingston
Ottawa 4-3 Oshawa (OT)

QMJHL results (Sept. 29, 2024)

Halifax 4-1 Moncton
Charlottetown 2-0 Acadie-Bathurst
Saint John 2-1 Cape Breton (SO)
Blainville-Boisbriand 6-3 Rimouski
Drummondville 7-1 Val-d’Or
Quebec 9-1 Victoriaville
Baie-Comeau 6-5 Chicoutimi (OT)

WHL results (Sept. 29, 2024)

Calgary 3-1 Lethbridge
Everett 6-3 Kelowna
Wenatchee 4-2 Prince George
Regina 4-3 Moose Jaw (OT)