For the first time this season, the Cape Breton Eagles have won two straight games.
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Cape Breton doubled the Halifax Mooseheads 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on Friday night.
The six goals in the game were a season-high for the Eagles.
Liam Lefebvre led the offence with two goals and an assist, while Maxim Schäfer and Jack Brodrick each had a goal and an assist. Romain Litalien and Brayden Reynolds also found the back of the net for the Eagles.
Quinn Kennedy and Mateo Nobert had a goal and an assist each, while Shawn Carrier also added a goal for the Mooseheads.
Cape Breton’s Lucas Beckman made 33 saves. Halifax’s Carson Mertz stopped 34 of 40 shots.
The Mooseheads jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the first 10 minutes of the game with goals by Nobert and Carrier, but the Eagles responded to pulled to within one with Reynolds’ first career QMJHL goal shortly after.
Kennedy made the score 3-1 at 15:10 of the opening frame, but Cape Breton answered before the end of the period with Lefebvre’s sixth of the season, making the game 3-2 going into the second period.
Cape Breton tied the game early in the second period with Broderick netting his first career QMJHL goal. The Eagles would take their first lead late in the middle stanza with Schäfer’s fifth of the campaign at 19:36.
The Eagles added to their lead early in the third period with Lefebvre’s second of the game on the power play at 2:58. Litalien would add a goal later in the frame to secure the 6-3 victory.
Cape Breton outshot Halifax 40-36, while going 1-for-4 on the power play. The Mooseheads were 0-for-1 with the man-advantage.
Eagles forward Cole Chandler returned to the team’s lineup after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury. He had two assists in the contest.
Cape Breton will return to Centre 200 for their first game at home since Oct. 4 on Sunday when they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m.
It will be the Islanders’ second game in as many days as the Prince Edward Island-based club is slated to play the Mooseheads in Halifax on Saturday night.
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