SYDNEY, N.S. — To say Conor Shortall and the Cape Breton Eagles are familiar with the Halifax Mooseheads would be an understatement. Cape Breton and ...
Markus Vidicek 32 48 80Brady Schultz 6 36 42Dylan MacKinnon 6 17 23Jack Martin 3 10 13Mathis Rousseau 36 7 2 3 2.48 .912As for Shortall, the 19-year-old has been a physical presence on the blueline for the team. He said he doesn’t intend to change that in the series.
This year, Halifax is the favourite in the series, but Shortall said the team is embracing being the underdog. The tide began to turn in Sydney during the second half of the season with the club finishing the regular season tied for the fifth-best winning percentage in the league. More importantly, the team saw steady growth in its young players.
Between the pipes, Oliver Satny, an in-season trade acquisition, and Nicolas Ruccia shared time between the pipes. Satny had a 16-19-2-0 record with a 3.68 goals-against average and a .891 save percentage, while Ruccia had a 14-13-2-1 record with a 3.83 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage.
Dumais, a Columbus Blue Jackets prospect, set a single-season franchise record for points with 54 goals and 86 assists in 64 games. Lawrence had 50 goals and 119 points, and Doucet notched 58 goals and 115 points in 70 games. In nine games against Cape Breton, Dumais had 18 points.
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