Mooseheads edge Phoenix as Langlois sparks Halifax offense on Sunday
SHERBROOKE, Quebec (Interstat) — The visiting Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Sherbrooke Phoenix 5-3 on Sunday at Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet before an attendance of 3,233. Halifax improved to 7-8, while Sherbrooke fell to 7-7. Nathan Langlois paced Halifax with one goal, two assists, two shots and two hits. Jackson Smail, Mateo Nobert, Evan Nee, Langlois and Shawn Carrier scored for the Mooseheads. Thomas Rousseau, Chad Bellemare and Sydney Gagnon scored for Sherbrooke. Langlois opened the third-period scoring at 4:01 before Rousseau and Gagnon pulled the Phoenix within one. Carrier sealed the win at 19:44 with his seventh goal, assisted by Langlois. Sherbrooke’s Mason St-Louis recorded an assist, and Halifax’s Daniel Walters added an assist. Langlois was named Halifax’s top star. Halifax led 1-0 after Smail scored at 12:00 of the first period. Bellemare tied it in the second before Nobert and Nee put the Mooseheads ahead. The Phoenix could not complete the comeback despite Rousseau’s five shots and Gagnon’s four shots and two hits.