PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Montreal Junior

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Montreal Junior
Tonight, October 2, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Verdun Auditorium

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 5-2-0-0 (Tied 1st Atlantic)
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 3-2 Shootout win vs Moncton on Sunday
Leading Scorer: Kevin Gagne: 7-0-7-7
Notes: The Sea Dogs are 2-0-0-0 on the road this season… Nick Petersen is expected to make his Saint John debut… Mike Hoffman is scratched with a hairline fracture in his foot after blocking a shot… Mike Thomas is serving the third game of a six game suspension… only the second game played in Montreal in franchise history… first game of a three game road trip through Quebec… have four overage players on its current roster... four of the five Sea Dogs wins have been by one goal- one in overtime and two in a shootout… #10 ranked team in the country.

Home Team: Montreal Junior
Record: 4-3-0-0 (3rd Telus West Division)
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (2nd Telus West Division)
Last Game: 6-2 Win vs PEI on Wednesday
Leading Scorer: Trevor Parkes: 6-5-3-8
Notes: Junior have two NHL draft picks: Jake Allen (St. Louis) and Jean-Francois Berube (Los Angeles)… both draft picks are goaltenders… were picked to finish second last overall in the league by The Hockey News… Montreal is trying to attract fans by playing local players… Emile ‘Butch’ Bouchard, a former player of the Montreal Canadiens, will be honored before the game… the Junior sent star Luke Adam to Cape Breton in a blockbuster deal at the draft.

Saint John vs Montreal:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
3-1-2-0-0-2
Home: 2-1-1-0-0-2
Road: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Goals For: 8
Goals Against: 9

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
(St. John’s & Montreal)
23-8-15-0-0-16
Home: 11-6-5-0-0-12
Road: 12-2-10-0-0-4
Goals For: 73
Goals Against: 86

(St. John’s only)
20-7-13-0-0-14
Home: 9-5-4-0-0-10
Road: 11-2-9-0-0-4
Goals For: 65
Goals Against: 77

Station Nation Facts:

• The Sea Dogs and Junior finished last season with identical records (34-30-2-2).
• The Junior moved to Verdun last season after three seasons in St. John’s as the Fog Devils.
• The Sea Dogs and Junior are expansion cousins, both coming into the league in 2005-06.
• The Fog Devils move was not based solely on attendance. It was a devilish arena deal that did in the junior team’s time on the rock. The Fog Devils, property of the Dobbin Family, were sold to Mr. Farrel Miller. The new owner of the franchise transfers the team to Montreal (QC) for the start of the 2008-09 season.
• The team’s notables over the years include: Réal Paiement, Wesley Welcher, Scott Brophy, Jean-Simon Allard and Luke Gallant.
• The Fog Devils were the opponent in the Sea Dogs inaugural game in 2005 that the Devils won 3-2.

Important Info:
Venue: Verdun Auditorium
Capacity: 3,780

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