It was quite a surreal night for Jack Milner to make his debut for the Halifax Mooseheads. The 18-year-old rookie from Antigonish got the start on Friday ...
Halifax Mooseheads right-winger Brody Fournier tries to tip a shot past Charlottetown Islanders goalie Carter Bickle during the Mooseheads' home opener on Friday. The Mooseheads lost 3-1. - Ryan TaplinJann Arden in HRM helping Habitat for Humanity | SaltWireThe 18-year-old rookie from Antigonish got the start on Friday with No.
Milner and the rest of the players hung on MacKinnon's every word during his speech to the fans prior to the game and also soaked up the tribute videos from the likes of Sidney Crosby and Mooseheads legends Alex Tanguay and Jody Shelley. The ceremony pushed the start time of the game back by about 25 minutes but everyone on and off the ice seemed to savour every second of it.
"Getting the monkey off the back early is always nice," Kilfoil said."It was crazy, you kind of black out with the full crowd cheering like that. But obviously it was a very cool moment to score on this night." "We definitely settled in and when it's your first game of the season, you know there's going to be some loose play and a few bounces that won't happen in Game 50. But I think we had a good third period and were all over them and just couldn't bury."
Key players Jordan Dumais , Dylan MacKinnon , Mathieu Cataford , Mathis Rousseau and Jake Furlong were all away at NHL training camps so the Mooseheads had an even younger lineup than they were expecting.
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