Steinman Shines Again in Drummondville
2025-01-17
Jacob Steinman has been nothing short of sensational for the Mooseheads since arriving in a deadline deal with Moncton and Friday night was no exception as he made 42 saves in a 4-2 loss in Drummondville.
Halifax was done in by penalty trouble which included taking a late too many men infraction that led to Ethan Gauthier’s game-winning goal on the power play at the 14:33 mark of the third period which broke a 2-2 deadlock. Drummondville was awarded five opportunities on the man advantage to just one for the Mooseheads as the Volts played a sixth of the game with the extra attacker.
Liam Kilfoil and Shawn Carrier did the goal scoring for the Herd who played another solid game against a league contender and gave them a good run.
The Voltigeurs opened the scoring on a Jesse Allecia goal with less than five minutes to go in the first period but the lead didn’t last long as Carlos Handel made a nifty feed across to Kilfoil to tie the game 1-1 with 1:16 remaining in the stanza. It was Kilfoil’s team-leading 15th goal and his seventh point in the last three games while Handel has a five-game point streak with six points during that stretch. Steinman was the star of the period with 19 saves while Halifax scored their goal on just five shots against goalie Riley Mercer.
The Moose took their only lead of the night at 8:37 of the middle period on a pretty play that had Braeden MacPhee dish across the Amelio Santini off the rush and the rookie Santini quickly whipped the puck across to the awaiting stick of Shawn Carrier who only needed to tap it in.
That's a pretty play
MacPhee->Santini->Carrier 🚨 #GoMooseGo pic.twitter.com/n0yT8GhcCS
— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) January 18, 2025
The Western Conference leaders pulled even at 2-2 a couple of minutes later as Yan Gaudreau put one in. Neither team was willing to budge after that point, playing the next 23 minutes and 49 seconds of scoreless hockey until the power play marker by Gauthier that decided the game. Justin Larose potted an empty net tally in the final minute to seal the deal. Steinman was named the third star for his fine effort while Gauthier picked up the first star with a goal and an assist. Gaudreau was named the second star.
Regardless of the game slipping away late, it will go down as another feather in the cap for the hard-working Mooseheads against a heavyweight contender on this road trip that began with an unexpected overtime victory over the Rimouski Oceanic. The trip will conclude Saturday afternoon at 5pm AST in Blainville-Boisbriand. Catch it on 95.7 NewsRadio and CHL TV. The next home game for the Herd is Thursday, January 23rd at Scotiabank Centre versus Acadie-Bathurst at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.ca
