February 29, 2012 - When they held a two goal lead after 25 minutes of play, the Gatineau Olympiques (23-28-9) floated, slowly but surely towards their 24th win of the campaign. However, the Halifax Mooseheads (35-19-6) of Nathan MacKinnon scored six straight goals, eventually winning by a score of six to two in front of 2,748 fans at the Robert Guertin Center on Wednesday night.

Following this setback, Benoit Groulx’s protégé they haven’t tasted a win since February 17.

Tomas Hyka (Régimbald & Beauregard) and Samuel Courtemanche (Chapman & Kabbaj) light up the red light behind Zachary Fucale.

Brent Andrews (Ashley & Drouin), Konrad Abeltshauser (Frk), Alexandre Grenier (Ciampini & Boudreau), Brad Cuzner (Critchlow & Duke), Darcy Ashley (Andrews) and Luca Ciampini (Grenier) orchestrated the comeback for the visitors.

Francois Lacerte and Alexandre Michaud shared the goaltending duties for Gatineau. The first made ​​18 saves, while the second blocked nine shots. As for Fucale he pushed away 21pucks.

Alex Soumakis, Tomas Hyka and Robert Pelletier were all back in the lineup Wednesday night.
 

The Olympiques will renew with the competition on Friday, when the Drummondville Voltigeurs will be the visitors. This will be the first game of a back to back series that will conclude Saturday night in Drummondville.

Simon Bédard, Gatineau Olympiques