PRE-GAME: Moncton Wildcats vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Game Day
Moncton Wildcats vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, October 17, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: Moncton Wildcats
Record: 9-4-0-1 (1st in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-0 Win @ PEI last night
Leading Scorer: Randy Cameron: 14-5-10-15
Notes: The Wildcats are playing there third game in three days. That included a home-and-home with the PEI Rocket… this is the first time playing at Harbour Station for highly touted Russian left winger Kirill Kabanov… Wendell Vye had a shutout in PEI last night but number one goalie Louis Domingue may start in goal… Randy Cameron is the Wildcats leading scoring but as of Friday evening is a -1… Moncton lost to Saint John at Harbour Station in a shootout in September and have not met since… Moncton has three NHL draft picks: Randy Cameron (Detroit), Mark Barberio (Tampa Bay), and David Savard (Columbus)... Pierre-Marc Lessard is suspended fot tonights game after checking a Rocket player from behind on Wednseday.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 8-4-1-0 (3rd in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-0 loss @ PEI on Tuesday
Leading Scorer: Steven Anthony: 11-7-5-12
Notes: The Sea Dogs are coming off six straight road games. They went 3-2-1-0 in the six games through Quebec, PEI, and Cape Breton… Karel St. Laurent had a strong relief appearance on Tuesday in PEI and could get the start in goal… coming off being shutout for the first time this season… this is Nicholas Petersen’s first regular season home game at Harbour Station… Mike Hoffman and Mike Thomas have only played one game each at home this season following NHL camps... expect Scott Oke and either Zach Phillips or Jonathan Huberdeau to be healthy scractes. Scratch either Benjamin Lecomte or Gabriel Bourett on defense... Marc-Antoine Gelinas got a new mask earlier this week to accompany his new equipment... Stanislav Galiev was ranked 19th for the upcoming NHL entry draft yesterday by the ISS.

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

Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-2-6-0-0-4
Home: 4-1-3-0-0-2
Road: 4-1-3-0-0-2
Goals For: 19
Goals Against: 31

All-Time- Not Including This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
32-11-19-2-0-24
Home: 16-7-8-1-0-15
Road: 16-4-11-1-0-9
Goals For: 96
Goals Against: 139

Station Nation Facts:

• The Sea Dogs will be wearing pink jerseys in honor of breast cancer awareness. The jerseys will be auctioned off via silent auction at Sea Dogs Central during the game.
• Tonight will feature a mascot race between Sea Dogs mascot Fleaburn and Wild Willie of the Wildcats. A Rivalry Cup point will be rewarded to the winner. The Sea Dogs website has a rather scary feature of Wild Willy.
• Tonight features eight NHL drafted players in Mike Hoffman, Nicholas Petersen, Yann Sauve, Simon Despres, Steven Anthony, Randy Cameron, Mark Barberio, and David Savard.
• There are four players that are projected to go in the opening round of the 2010 NHL entry draft in Stanislav Galiev, Kirill Kabanov, Brandon Gormely, and Louis Domingue.
• Tomas Jurco is a projected first rounder in the 2011 NHL draft.
• This is the second of eight meetings between the two teams and the second of four games at Harbour Station.
• It's Saturday which means it's "Sea Dogs Night Out" featuring the 97.3 The Wave Extreme Team.
• Gelinas' new mask features an image of horror movie icon Jason Voorhees, the main antagonist in the long-running Friday the 13th film franchise.

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

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