PRE-GAME: Victoriaville Tigres vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Game Day
Victoriaville Tigres vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, September.25, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: Victoriaville Tigres
Record: 2-2-0-1
Last Season Record: 32-32-2-2 (3rd Telus Central)
Last Game: 4-3 loss vs Drummondville on Sunday
Leading Scorer: Brandon Hynes: 5-4-1-5
Notes: The Tigres have four NHL drafted players: Kevin Poulin (New York Iskanders), Andej Nestrasil (Detroit), Tomas Kubalic (Columbus), and Joel Chouinard (Colorada)… leading scorer Brandon Hynes is a native of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 4-1-0-0
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 6-1 loss vs PEI on Wednesday
Leading Scorer: Kevin Gagne: 5-0-7-7
Notes: Simon Despres will be making his 2009-10 season debut after a long stint at Pittsburgh Penguins training camp… the team is still without Nick Peterson who is in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton but is not listed on the team’s roster… Yann Sauve was sent back to Saint John by Vancouver but is unlikely to play… Kevin Gagne has an assist in every game this season... Saint John is coming off their first loss of the season.

Saint John vs Victoriaville:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
2-1-1-0-0-2
Home: 1-1-0-0-0-2
Road: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Goals For: 7
Goals Against: 7

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-2-6-0-0-4
Home: 4-2-2-0-0-4
Road: 4-0-4-0-0-0
Goals For: 17
Goals Against: 36

Station Nation Facts:

• Tonight’s game is the first TGIF-anatical game, which will be featuring the 97.3 FM The Wave Extreme Team.
• The Tigres moved from Longueuil to Victoriaville in 1987.
• One of the biggest busts in NHL draft history, Alexandre Daigle, played for the Tigres. He went first overall to the Ottawa Senators in 1993.
• The team’s notables over the years include: Jacques Lemaire, Guy Rouleau, Stéphane Fiset, Reginald Savage, Yves Racine, Alexandre Daigle, Mathieu Garon, Carl Mallette, Danny Groulx, Matthew Lombardi and Antoine Vermette.
• Victoriaville won the QMJHL title in 2001-02 and eventually lost in the Memorial Cup final 6-3 to the Kootenay Ice.

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