PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Today, September. 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Centre 200, Sydney, NS

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 1-0-0-0
Pre-Season Record: 4-2-0-0
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 4-3 shootout win @ Acadie-Bathurst on Friday
Leading Scorer(s): Kevin Gagne, Gabriel Bourret: 1-0-2-2
Notes: The Sea Dogs are missing four players today from their active roster due to NHL camps: Yann Sauve (Vancouver), Steven Anthony (Vancouver), Simon Despres (Pittsburgh) , and Mike Thomas (Philadelphia)… the Sea Dogs are also missing Mike Hoffman (Ottawa) and Nick Peterson (Pittsburgh) but neither are listed on the roster… Marc-Antoine Gelinas is expected to get the start in goal for Saint John… The Sea Dogs were 1-1-0-0 against Cape Breton in the pre-season… Michael Kirkpatrick will make his season debut tonight after missing Friday’s game due Wild rookie camp.

Home Team: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Record: 1-0-0-0
Pre-Season Record: 4-2-0-0
Last Season Record: 46-18-3-1 (2nd Atlantic)
Last Game: 6-4 win vs Halifax on Friday
Leading Scorer(s): Michael Stinziani: 1-3-0-3
Notes: Cape Breton was 1-1-0-0 vs Saint John in the pre-season… Michael Stinziani is coming off a hat trick on Friday vs the Mooseheads… Olivier Roy, Mathieu Brodeur, Luke Adam, and Ashton Bernard are all away at NHL camps… Centre 200 has undergone some renovations that included a new score clock… Eagles forward Brad Tesink is a Saint John native.

Saint John vs Cape Breton:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-2-4-1-1-6
Home: 4-1-2-1-0-3
Road: 4-1-2-0-2-4
Goals For: 20
Goals Against: 34

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
26-8-13-1-5-22
Home: 13-3-6-1-3-10
Road: 13-5-7-0-2-12
Goals For: 65
Goals Against: 93

Station Nation Facts:

• The first time these two teams met in Cape Breton on October.30, 2005, Jason Churchill registered the first shutout in Sea Dogs franchise history. A 4-0 win over the Eagles.
• Cape Breton swept Saint John out of the 2009 Presidents Cup playoffs in the first round.
• Sea Dogs forward Michael Kirkpatrick is a native of Cape Breton.
• The Screaming Eagles are the fourth edition of the franchise that began in 1969. They have previously been the Sorel Éperviers, Granby Bisons and Predators.
• Marc-Andre Fleury of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins is an alumnus of the Eagles and had his #29 retired last season.
• This is the first game of a home-and-home with the Eagles. Game two goes this Saturday at Harbour Station.
• The Sea Dogs have never started a season with staright wins.

Important Info:
Venue: Centre 200
Capacity: 4,670

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
Live Video Streaming: http://www.qmjhl.mytelus.com/
Post Game Coverage: Telegraph-Journal, Cape Breton Post, http://www.stationnation.blogspot.com/, www.youtube.com/capebretoneagles