PRE-GAME: Halifax Mooseheads vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Game Day

Halifax Mooseheads vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Today, September.20, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: Halifax Mooseheads
Record: 0-3-0-0
Last Season Record: 19-41-3-5 (last in Atlantic)
Last Game: 3-1 loss vs Acadie-Bathurst on Friday
Leading Scorer(s): Konrad Abeltshauser: 3-2-2-4
Notes: The Mooseheads finished in last place in the entire QMJHL last season… Tomas Knotek was recently named the captain of the Moose… Halifax has no NHL draft picks.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 3-0-0-0
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 5-4 overtime Win vs Cape Breton yesterday
Leading Scorer(s): Kevin Gagne: 3-0-5-5
Notes: The Sea Dogs are missing three players today from their active roster due to NHL camps: Yann Sauve (Vancouver), Simon Despres (Pittsburgh), and Mike Thomas (Philadelphia)… Saint John is coming off an electrifying overtime win in their home opener.

Saint John vs Halifax:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-5-3-0-0-10
Home: 4-2-2-0-0-4
Road: 4-3-1-0-0-6
Goals For: 32
Goals Against: 28

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
26-11-13-1-1-24
Home: 13-6-6-1-0-13
Road: 13-5-7-0-1-11
Goals For: 86
Goals Against: 103

Station Nation Facts:

• There are two former Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads, defenseman Pascal Amyot and forward Matthew Stoddard.
• Amyot was traded to Halifax in exchange for Mooseheads’ CHL import draft selection. The selection turned out to be number one overall.
• Stoddard left the Sea Dogs this summer as he felt he would not get as much ice time in Saint John.
• The first win in Sea Dogs history was a home game vs Halifax. It was also the Sea Dogs second home game of the season.
• There will be a post-game autograph session along with fans receiving a free magnetic schedule.

Important Info:
Venue: Harbour Station
Capacity: 6,297

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
Live Video Streaming: http://www.qmjhl.mytelus.com/
Post-Game Coverage: http://www.stationnation.blogspot.com/, Telegraph-Journal, Metro News Halifax, The Chronicle-Herald

Post-Game Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/user/seadogstv