Halifax Mooseheads winger joins elite company as he hits century club

A Halifax Mooseheadswinger is breathing rarified air after netting five points inSaturday's 5-3 win against theBaie-Comeau Drakkar.

Jordan Dumais' two goals and three assistsin the team's last regular season home game brought his season points total to 104, making him just the eighth playerin franchise history to score 100 points or more in a season.

Dumais said the stat was in the back of his mind, but he had other priorities when the puck dropped at Scotiabank Centre on Saturday.

"I was just trying to win the game," Dumais said, adding that the team is in a tight playoff race. "Our team's playing well nowso that helps, obviously."

The five-point effortalso brings the L'le-Bizard, Que, native's point total level with Nikolaj Ehlers' in 2013-14 andwithin one of Jonathan Drouin's105 in 2012-13. Dumais now joins the two Mooseheads-turned-NHLers as one of only three17-year-olds in the club's historyto hit the century mark.

With two games left in the regular season, Dumais said he's confident he can surpass Drouin'shistoric season.

"I'd be pretty disappointed if I didn't get one or two points in my next two games," Dumais said. "But yeah, I mean, it'd be cool if I did pass it."

Dumais is now third in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League scoring behindJoshua Roy of the Sherbrooke Phoenix and William Dufour of the Saint John Sea Dogs.

Rising draft stock

Mooseheads head coach SylvainFavreausaid Dumais's 100th point was inevitablegiven his recent hot streak he's recorded 32 points over his last 10 games and the number of games that remained before Saturday.

"I think, you know, the full body of work speaks for itself," Favreau said. "Jordan is a guy that [has] a high compete level and outworks his opponents game in and game out."

NHL Central Scouting has Dumais ranked 72nd amongNorth American draft-eligibleskaters and projected him as a third round pick in their mid-term rankings released in January. But Favreau said the right-winger is making a strong case to outperform the rankings come July's draft.

"Jordan was not really high on the radar to start the season just because he took a different route to the Quebecleague," he said, noting Dumaiswent to prep school in the United States instead of playing midget AAA like most players in the QMJHL.

"Smaller-type players, like Drouin and the list can go on in the NHL, they're having a lot of success."

Favreau said the NHL has adapted to favour smaller, skilled players like Dumais, who stands 5-9 and weighs 165 pounds, according to the team's website.

Gathering momentum before playoffs

After losing many games inMarch, Favreau said the team turned a corner this monthand he hopes they carry that momentum into the playoffs.

"This is the first time that we've had five straight wins all year," he said. "We're gonna be using the last two games of the season to fine-tune a couple things and make sure that we're ready."

Dumaisgave much of the credit for the team's recent turnaround to hislinemates.Along with Dumais, the team's top line features captain Elliot Desnoyersand rookieMathieu Cataford.

"Cataford jumped on our line a few games ago and as a 16-year-old he's definitely very mature and ... showing up to play every single game," Dumais said, adding that Desnoyer's leadership has been instrumental to the line's success.

The Mooseheads are sitting in fifth place in the QMJHL's Eastern Conference, out of reach of the fourth-ranked Acadie-BathurstTitan. But just three points behind the Mooseheadsare the RimouskiOcanic, who have four games left.