PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads
Tonight, October 24, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Halifax Metro Centre

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 11-4-1-0 (1st in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 5-2 Win @ Acadie-Bathurst on Thursday
Leading Scorer: Steven Anthony: 14-8-7-15; Stanislav Galiev: 16-4-11-15
Notes: This is the first visit to Halifax this season… the Sea Dogs have won three straight games… Mike Hoffman is coming off a hat trick on Thursday in Bathurst. He has scored six goals in his last three games… Saint John defeated Halifax 6-1 earlier this season. The game was much closer than the score indicates… Tomas Jurco will miss this game due to chicken pox. He will not play tomorrow vs Bathurst either… Stanislav Galiev had four assists on Thursday. He assisted on all three of Hoffman’s goals… the line of Hoffman-Galiev-Petersen has been on fire in the last few games... center Michael Kirkpatrick will be in the line-up after leaving the game late in the third period on Thursday… Steven Anthony recorded his first career hat trick on September 20 of this season in a win over the Moose… Saint John is tied for second place in the QMJHL.

Home Team: Halifax Mooseheads
Record: 1-14-0-1 (6th in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-2 loss @ Acadie-Bathurst Yesterday
Leading Scorer: Travis Randell: 16-7-8-15; Tomas Knotek: 15-8-7-15
Notes: The Mooseheads have no NHL draft picks… no players from the Moose were chosen to play in the 2009 Subway Super Series… they have the worst record in the QMJHL… the Moose have only one win in 16 games this season. The fewest wins in one season in franchise history was 17 in 2003-04… former Sea Dog Pascal Amyot is a team low -12… The Acadie-Bathurst Titan acquired forward Yuri Cheremetiev from the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday. The Titan also picked up a fifth-round pick in the 2011 draft in the deal, with Halifax receiving a third-round pick in 2011. The 20-year-old Cheremetiev has three goals and four assists in 14 games this season… The Mooseheads released free agent invite Lester Brown earlier this week… Halifax acquired former Moncton Wildcat Paul Dimitruk off waivers.

Saint John vs Halifax:
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: 6
Goals Against: 1

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-Not including this season (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:

• The ice at the Metro Centre will be painted pink tonight is support of breast cancer research. The Mooseheads will also wear pink jerseys in the second annual ‘Pink in the Rink Night.’
• Saint John played their first road game in franchise history in Halifax at the Metro Centre.
• Two former Sea Dogs play for the Mooseheads: Pascal Amyot and Matthew Stoddard.
• The Mooseheads were expected to finish last in the league by almost every news publication.
• Halifax is reportedly not finished making roster moves. They have been very active over the past two weeks on the trade front.
• John Moore, voice of the Mooseheads on News 95.7, always has some good post-game content on his website at http://www.sportsandmoore.com/. He has lots of video’s posted on his site.

Important Info:
Venue: Halifax Metro Centre
Capacity: 10,595

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