PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Victoriaville Tigres

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Victoriaville Tigres
Today, October 4, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
Desjardins Colisee

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 5-3-1-0
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 5-4 Overtime loss @ Shawinigan yesterday
Leading Scorer: Olivier Oullet: 9-4-4-8
Notes: Sea Dogs are ranked #10 in the CHL… have lost two straight games… the Dogs are 2-1-1-0 on the road this season but have not won a road game outside the division… the third and final game of a three game Quebec road swing… Mike Hoffman is out with a fractured foot… Mike Thomas is serving the fifth game of a six game aggressor suspension… have never won a game in Victoriaville... Marc-Antoine Gelinas is expected to start in goal. He had a rough last outing in Montreal on Friday and was pulled.

Home Team: Victoriaville Tigres
Record: 6-2-0-1
Last Season Record: 32-32-2-2 (3rd Telus Central)
Last Game: 4-3 shootout win vs Shawinigan
Leading Scorer: Philipe-Michael Devos: 9-4-5-9
Notes: The Tigres have four NHL drafted players: Kevin Poulin (New York Iskanders), Andej Nestrasil (Detroit), Tomas Kubalic (Columbus), and Joel Chouinard… the Tigres have won four straight games… the Tigres have not scored more than five goals in one game… three of Victoriaville’s six wins have been by one goal... ranked the #8 team in the CHL this week.

Saint John vs Victoriaville:
This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
1-0-1-0-0-0
Home: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Road: 0-0-0-0-0-0
Goals For: 2
Goals Against: 5

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-not including this season (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:

• These two teams faced each other last Friday at Harbour Station with Victoriaville winning 5-2.
• Victoriaville’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.
• The Tigres last won the President’s Cup in 2001-02.

Important Info:
Venue: Desjardins Colisee
Capacity: 2,318

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