PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Tonight, December 12, 2009 at 7:00 pm
K.C. Irving Regional Centre

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 29-4-1-0 (1st in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-1 Win at PEI last night
Leading Scorer: Nicholas Petersen: 26-19-18-37
Notes: Saint John has won 21 consecutive games entering tonight’s tilt. The streak is third all-time in the QMJHL history books… despite the Confederation Bridge being closed yesterday, News 88.9 reported that the Dogs were planning on traveling to Miramichi to stay the night after the game in PEI… their game last night was delayed 50 minutes than originally planned because of the bridge closure… second game of a tough three-in-three through the Maritimes. They play tomorrow afternoon in Moncton… have the QMJHL’s best road record at 14-2-1-0… despite a 21 game winning streak, the Sea Dogs are 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 road games… their last loss came on the road against the Rocket on October 13… expect to see Karel St. Laurent get the start between the pipes tonight… in four games against the Titan this season, Stanislav Galiev has a team high two goals and seven assists for seven points… Mike Hoffman has five goals in three games versus Bathurst… Mike Thomas has a team high 10 penalty minutes against the Titan this season. He fought Brendon Wright of the PEI Rocket last night… Jonathan Huberdeau and Yann Sauve have a +7 rating against Bathurst… Nicholas Petersen leads the league in +/- with a rating of +33… Hoffman is fourth in the league with 21 goals in only 23 games… Galiev leads all rookies in points with 33 in 33 games.

Home Team: Acadie-Bathurst
Record: 14-15-2-2 (5th in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-3 Shootout loss at Val-d’Or on Wednesday
Leading Scorer: Eric Faille: 33-17-23-40
Notes: They've secured points in seven of their last eight games and that includes six victories. In their last outing Wednesday, the Titan fell 4-3 in a shootout to the hometown Val d'Or Foreurs… the Titan only have one player on their roster with a plus rating. Three other players have a zero rating while the rest are in negatives… Bathurst acquired Yuri Cheremetiev from the Mooseheads earlier this season. He had only one goal and one assist in 13 games before he was released on December 3… Taylor Lambke has a team high five points – all assists – in four games against Saint John… Remi Blanchard is a -7 against Saint John this season… 7-2-0-1 in their last games… 7-7-1-1 at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre this season… averaging a league worst 1,432 fans per game… the Titan have no NHL draft picks on their roster… Eric Faille is on a 14 game point streak. He had a goal and an assist on Wednesday… their largest attended game was on September 11 when the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 4-3 in a shootout… the least attended game also came against Saint John on October 22 when 1,003 made the trip to the arena… Vincent Arseneau fought rookie Tyrone Sock on September 11… on October 22, Marshal Worden fought Mike Thomas.

Saint John vs Acadie-Bathurst:
This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
4-4-0-0-0-8
Home: 2-2-0-0-0-4
Road: 2-2-0-0-0-4
Goals For: 23
Goals Against: 8

Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-7-0-0-1-15
Home: 4-4-0-0-0-8
Road: 4-3-0-0-3-7
Goals For: 27
Goals Against: 19

All-Time-Not including this season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
36-14-19-1-2-31
Home: 18-8-13-0-1-17
Road: 18-6-6-1-1-14
Goals For: 112
Goals Against: 141

Station Nation Facts:

• Did you know former Sea Dog Charles Bergeron was the first player ever the play for all three New Brunswick based QMJHL teams? He was traded from the Dogs to Bathurst in 2006-07. He played for the Wildcats before coming to Saint John.
• Saint John defeated Acadie-Bathurst 4-3 in a shootout on September 11 in the season opener for both clubs. Jonathan Huberdeau scored the shootout winner in his first career QMJHL game.
• One of the most entertaining games of the Sea Dogs’ season came on October 25 at Harbour Station. Four fights took place including a candidate for fight of the year when Nathan Beaulieu took on Bryce Milson.
• The Sea Dogs defeated the Titan in the second round of the 2008 playoffs. The Dogs won the series four games to two.
• In 1998, the owner of the team, Léo-Guy Morrissette, announced that the Titan were leaving the confines of Laval Colisée after 27 seasons to move to the K.C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst.
• Over the years, the team has won five titles while participating in ten league finals. Moreover, it won five regular season crowns, making it one of the most successful franchises in League history.
• The team’s notables over the years include: Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Martin Lapointe, François Beauchemin, Mathieu Benoit and Roberto Luongo.
• The K.C. Irving Regional Centre is the home of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, a team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Centre provides 24 private boxes at the mezzanine level. These private boxes are located in equal numbers on both sides of the lounge and can accomodate approximately 150 persons.

Important Info:
Venue: K.C. Irving Regional Centre
Capacity: 3,162
Arena Guide: http://www.qmjhlarenaguide.com/titan.htm

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