PLAYER INFO:

JONATHAN ANDREWS
Hometown: North River, P.E.I.
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-four and 170 pounds
How acquired: Claimed off waivers from Montreal Rocket, Aug. 26
1998-99 team: Hull Olympiques 1998-99 stats: 45 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 112 Pim
Overtime: Traded by Hull with Yannick LaChance, Casey Burnette, a third and fifth round pick to Montreal for no compensation as part of pre-expansion deal.
FREDERIC BELANGER
Hometown: Longueuil, Que.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 20 years old, six-foot-one and 200 pounds
How acquired: 1995 midget draft, fifth round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 54 GP, 6 G, 41 A, 115 Pim
Overtime: First player ever to play five seasons with Mooseheads.
BRANDON BENEDICT
Hometown : Avondale, N.S.
Position: Centre
Vitals: 17 years old, five-foot-nine and 170 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, second round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 64 GP, 18 G, 12 A, 12 Pim
Overtime: Won two AAA high school provincial titles while playing for King's-Edgehill.
MARC-ANDRE BINETTE
Hometown: Laval, Que.
Position: Left wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-one and 190 pounds
How acquired: 1997 midget draft, first round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 70 GP, 13 G, 26 A, 20 Pim
Overtime: Attended Ottawa Senators rookie camp on tryout basis in early September.
MIKE BRAY
Hometown: Halifax
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 16 years old, six-foot-two and 175 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, fifth round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 28 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 4 Pim
Overtime: Played parts of two seasons with Halifax McDonald's last two years.
JOEY DiPENTA
Hometown: Cole Harbour
Position: Defence
Vitals: 20 years old, six-foot-three and 210 pounds
How acquired: 1996 midget draft, eleventh round
1998-99 team: Boston University Terriers (NCAA Division 1)
1998-99 stats: 36 GP, 2 G, 15 A, 72 Pim
Overtime: Played two seasons at BU and was expected to be Terriers' co-captain for 1999-2000. Selected 61st overall by Florida Panthers at 1998 NHL entry draft.
RYAN FLINN
Hometown: Halifax
Position: Left wing
Vitals: 19 years old, six-foot-four and 221 pounds
How acquired: From Bathurst Titan on June 5, 1999 for a third round pick in 1999 midget draft
1998-99 team: Bathurst Titan
1998-99 stats: 44 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 195 Pim
Overtime: Went to 1999 Memorial Cup with Titan. Has 478 career penalty minutes in 126 games.
JASMIN GELINAS
Hometown: Drummondville, Que.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 20 years old, five-foot-11 and 175 pounds
How acquired: From Drummondville Voltigeurs on June 6, 1998 with Philippe Plante for Eric Laplante.
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 59 GP, 7 G, 36 A, 80 Pim
Overtime: Second on Mooseheads in plus/minus last season (+44) to Ladislav Nagy.
BRUCE GILLIS
Hometown: Dartmouth
Position: Centre
Vitals: 17 years old, five-foot-11 and 170 pounds
How acquired: 1999 midget draft, tenth round
1998-99 team: Dartmouth Subways (NSMAAA)
1998-99 stats: 33 GP, 20 G, 22 A, 54 Pim
Overtime: Played at Canada Games in Corner Brook, Nfld., and Chowder Cup at Walpole, Mass., last year.
DAVID HEMSWORTH
Hometown: Halifax
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-three and 200 pounds
How acquired: 1998 training camp invitee
1998-99 team: Dartmouth Subways
1998-99 stats: 29 GP, 6 G, 9 A, 97 Pim
Overtime: Was playing house league hockey just four years ago.
DARRELL JERRETT
Hometown: Middle Sackville, N.S.
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-two and 180 pounds
How acquired: Free agent invitee to 1999 training camp
1998-99 team: Halifax McDonald's (NSMAAA)
1998-99 stats: 30 GP, 12 G, 15 A, 40 Pim
Overtime: Served as captain for McDonald's in only season of midget AAA. Played for Millwood high school prior to joining McDonald's.
JONATHAN JOLETTE
Hometown: Quebec City, Que.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 16 years old, six-feet and 185 pounds
How acquired: 1999 midget draft, first round
1998-99 team: Ste. Foy Gouverneurs (QMAAA)
1998-99 stats: 42 GP, 3 G, 17 A, 48 Pim
Overtime: Team's top pick at 1999 midget draft.
JASON KING
Hometown: Corner Brook, Nfld.
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 17 years old, six-foot-two and 195 pounds
How acquired: Free agent invitee 1998
1998-99 team: Western Kings (Nfld MAAA)
1998-99 stats: 23 GP, 66 Pts
Overtime: Won scoring title in Newfoundland Midget AAA League last year. Turns 18 on Tuesday.
VINCENT LAROCHE
Hometown: Terrebonne, Que.
Position: Goaltender
Vitals: 19 years old, six-feet and 165 pounds
How acquired: 1997 midget draft, seventh round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 4 GP, 118 Min, 2.04 GAA
Overtime: Dressed for 21 games with Halifax last year but played majority of season with Amherst Rambers of MJAHL.
PASCAL LECLAIRE
Hometown: Repentigny, Que.
Position: Goaltender
Vitals: 16 years old, six-foot-one and 170 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, first round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 33 GP, 1828 Min, 3.15 GAA
Overtime: Backstopped Team Canada to a gold medal at the 1999 Four Nations Cup Under-18 Hockey Championships in Slovakia in August.
PJ LYNCH
Hometown: Halifax
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-one and 187 pounds
How acquired: 1997 midget draft, third round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 23 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 42 Pim
Overtime: Missed majority of last season with concussion and shoulder problems.
ALI MacEACHERN
Hometown: Inverness, N.S.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 18 years old, five-foot-11 and 177 pounds
How acquired: 1996 midget draft, fifth round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 70 GP, 9 G, 28 A, 87 Pim
Overtime: Made team in 1996 as a 15-year-old but returned to Cape Breton for one more year of AAA midget.
MATHIEU PAUL
Hometown: Tracy, Que.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 18 years old, five-foot-11 and 160 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, third round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 43 GP, 1 G, 10 A, 22 Pim
Overtime: Won the Air Canada Cup, Canada's midget championship, two years ago.
BRANDON REID
Hometown: Kirkland, Que.
Position: Centre
Vitals: 18 years old, five-foot-nine and 165 pounds
How acquired: 1997 midget draft, second round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 70 GP, 32 G, 25 A, 33 Pim
Overtime: Attending New York Rangers training camp on tryout basis.
TYLER REID
Hometown: Kirkland, Que.
Position: Defence
Vitals: 17 years old, six-foot-one and 185 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, fourth round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 49 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 42 Pim
Overtime: Though they are from the same home town Brandon and Tyler Reid are not related.
SAMUEL SEGUIN
Hometown: Boucherville, Que.
Position: Left wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-one and 175 pounds
How acquired: 1998 midget draft, third round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 70 GP, 16 G, 33 A, 45 Pim
Overtime: Led Mooseheads' rookies in scoring last year. Attended Nashville Predators rookie camp on tryout basis in early September.
ANDREI SHEFER
Hometown: Yekateringburg, Russia
Position: Right wing
Vitals: 18 years old, six-foot-one and 195 pounds
How acquired: 1999 CHL import draft, first round
1998-99 team: Cherepovets (Russian Tier 2 pro)
1998-99 stats: 82 GP, 31 G, 18 A
Overtime: Selected 43rd overall by Los Angeles Kings at 1999 NHL entry draft. Played eight games in Russian Elite League last season.
JASON TROINI
Hometown: Dartmouth
Position: Centre
Vitals: 20 years old, five-foot-nine and 178 pounds
How acquired: 1996 midget draft, first round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 70 GP, 23 G, 40 A, 78 Pim
Overtime: Top scoring returnee. Out for at least two more months with a broken left ankle.
ALEXEI VOLKOV
Hometown: Yekateringburg, Russia
Position: Goaltender
Vitals: 19 years old, six-foot-three and 193 pounds
How acquired: 1998 CHL import draft, first round
1998-99 team: Mooseheads
1998-99 stats: 39 GP, 2332 Min, 2.70 GAA
Overtime: Third-round pick of the Los Angeles Kings (76th overall, 1998). Led Russia to gold medal at last year's World Junior Championship.
MOOSEHEADS DIRECTORY
Home rink: Halifax Metro Centre, total capacity: 9,815 spectators
President: Ken Mounce
Governor: Joe Richard
Coach/general manager: Bob Mongrain
Assistant coaches: Shawn MacKenzie, Fabian Joseph
Goalie coach: Mario Baril
Athletic Trainer: Chris McQuaid
Mailing address: 5284 Duke St., Halifax, N.S., B3J 3L2
Phone: (902) 496-5993
Fax: (902) 423-6413
E-mail: mooseheads@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.mooseheads.ns.sympatico.ca
BOB MONGRAIN
Position: Head coach and general manager
Age: 40
QMJHL coaching experience: Hull Olympiques (1994-96), Sherbrooke Faucons (1996-98) and Mooseheads (1998-present)
NHL career playing stats: 81 GP, 13 G, 14 A, 14 Pim collected in parts of five seasons with Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings (1979-86).
Overtime: Will participate in his fourth Memorial Cup in May. Played for Trois Rivieres Draveurs in two (1978, 1979) and coached Hull Olympiques in one (1995).

SCHEDULE:

Halifax Mooseheads 1999-2000
When they play AT HOME (36)
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, 12th - Cape Breton, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, 15th - Moncton, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 29th - Bathurst, 7 p.m.
OCTOBER Friday, 1st - Montreal, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 2nd - Quebec, 7 p.m.
Friday, 15th - Drummondville, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 17th - Victoriaville, 2 p.m.
Thursday, 21st - Shawinigan, 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER Thursday, 4th - Hull, 7 p.m.
Friday, 5th - Rimouski, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 11th - Chicoutimi, 7 p.m.
Friday, 12th - Baie-Comeau, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, 16th - Moncton, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 18th - Montreal, 7 p.m.
DECEMBER Friday, 3rd - Cape Breton, 7 p.m.
Friday, 10th - Rouyn-Noranda, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 11th - Val-d'Or, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 15th - Drummondville, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 18th - Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, 28th - Bathurst, 7 p.m.
JANUARY Sunday, 2nd - Cape Breton, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, 5th - Rimouski, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 6th - Hull, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 9th - Bathurst, 6 p.m.
Thursday, 20th - Quebec, 7 p.m.
Friday, 21st - Shawinigan, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 27th - Victoriaville, 7 p.m.
Friday, 28th - Baie-Comeau, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 30th - Moncton, 2 p.m.
FEBRUARY Friday, 11th - Cape Breton, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 24th - Chicoutimi, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 26th - Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.
MARCH Wednesday, 1st - Bathurst, 7 p.m.
Friday, 3rd - Rouyn-Noranda, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 4th - Val-d'Or, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, 14th - Moncton, 7 p.m.
ON THE ROAD (36)
SEPTEMBER Sunday, 19th - Cape Breton, 2 p.m. Friday, 24th - Moncton, 7 p.m. OCTOBER Tuesday, 5th - Rimouski, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 6th - Baie-Comeau, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8th - Chicoutimi, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, 10th - Drummondville, 3 p.m. Friday, 22nd - Moncton, 7 p.m. Friday, 29th - Bathurst, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 31st - Drummondville, 3 p.m. NOVEMBER Monday, 1st - Montreal, 8 p.m. Sunday, 7th - Cape Breton, 2 p.m. Friday, 19th - Moncton, 7 p.m. Sunday, 21st - Bathurst, 4 p.m. Wednesday, 24th - Val-d'Or, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 26th - Rouyn-Noranda, 9 p.m. Sunday, 28th - Hull, 8 p.m. DECEMBER Sunday, 5th - Bathurst, 4 p.m. Tuesday, 7th - Quebec, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 30th - Cape Breton, 7:30 p.m. JANUARY Tuesday, 11th - Rimouski, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 13th - Baie-Comeau, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 14th - Chicoutimi, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, 16th - Quebec, 5 p.m. Sunday, 23rd - Bathurst, 4 p.m. FEBRUARY Thursday, 3rd - Shawinigan, 9 p.m. Friday, 4th - Sherbrooke, 9 p.m. Sunday, 6th - Victoriaville, 5 p.m. Tuesday, 15th - Val-d'Or, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 16th - Rouyn-Noranda, 8 p.m. Friday, 18th - Hull, 8:30 p.m. MARCH Tuesday, 7th - Victoriaville, 8 p.m. Wednesday, 8th - Sherbrooke, 8 p.m. Friday, 10th - Shawinigan, 9 p.m. Sunday, 12th - Montreal, 5 p.m. Wednesday, 15th - Cape Breton, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 19th - Moncton, 2 p.m.