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

Game Day
Acadie-Bathurst Titan vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, February 10, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Record: 20-30-3-3 (5th in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-3 shootout loss at Chicoutimi on Saturday
Leading Scorer: Eric Faille: 56 GP-27 G-39 A-66 Pts
NHL Draft Picks: David Gilbert (Chicago)
Notes: Bathurst is 0-6-0-1 against Saint John this season and are 0-3-0-0 at Harbour Station… the Titan have allowed the most goal of any team in the QMJHL with 242 goals against in 56 games this season. That’s an average of 4.32 goals a game... 4-5-0-1 in their last 10 games and are coming off a loss… 10-16-2-2 on the road this season which puts them in 11th place among road records in the QMJHL. They are 3-6-0-1 in their last 10 road games and are coming off a loss… have allowed the third most goals on the road of any team with 128 goal against… have the third worst road power play with a percentage of 15.6… Eric Faille is currently on a seven game point scoring streak. In that span, the Titan’s leading scorer has six goals and five assists… Taylor Lmabke is a stunning -41 this season in 56 games played… Lambke leads the Titan in scoring against Saint John this season. He has two goals and five assists to go along with four penalty minutes and is a -8… Jonathan Lessard has a team high three goals versus the Dogs this year… Vincent Arseneau has gotten 37 penalty minutes in seven games against Saint John… Arseneau is a team worst -11 against the Dogs… the Titan are tied with the Halifax Mooseheads for the most fights this season with 54… Arseneau is second in the league this season with 12 fights, three behind fighting leader Spencer Metcalfe who now plays with the Wildcats… Arseneau has fought Saint John three times this year against three different players. He has faced Tyrone Sock, Mike Thomas, and Christian Morin... Titan net minders Guillaume Nadeau (0-4, 5.78 G.A.A.) and Francois Lacerte (0-1, 8.20 G.A.A.) have struggled against the Sea Dogs’ high-octane offence this year.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 44-8-1-0 (1st in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 5-4 shootout in Moncton on Saturday
Leading Scorer:
NHL Draft Picks: Yann Sauve (Vancouver), Marco Cousineau (Anaheim), Simon Despres (Pittsburgh), Steven Anthony (Vancouver), Mike Hoffman (Ottawa), and Nicholas Petersen (Pittsburgh).
Notes: Mike Hoffman has killed the Titan this season on the scoreboard. His 10 points - seven goals and three assists - leads the Sea Dogs against Bathurst… Stanislav Galiev, Yann Sauve, and Kevin Gagne all have a team high six assists against the Titan this season… Nathan Beaulieu is a team high +10 against Bathurst this year… only one player on the Sea Dogs’ active roster, Danick Gauthier, has a minus rating against Bathurst… Saint John is first in the Atlantic division, first overall in the QMJHL, and ranked number one in the country in the latest BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings… Mike Thomas has three fights against Bathurst this season while Nathan Beaulieu and Nicholas Pard have two… enforcer Will “The Thrill” Johnston has been called up from Junior ‘A’ Summerside for this game. He leads the MJAHL in penalty minutes with 191… Saint John has scored the most goals of any team this year with 249. That is 20 more goals than the second ranked Quebec Remparts… 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games and have won five straight games… the Dogs are 7-0-0-0 against the Titan this year and are looking for the season sweep tonight… have the best home record in the league at 22-4-0-0. They are 8-2-0-0 in their lat 10 games at Harbour Station and have won six straight… this is the first game of a three game home stand for the Sea Dogs. They face Cape Breton on Friday and Sunday… Saint John is coming off an entertaining 5-4 shootout win Moncton on Saturday… a few players are currently on lengthy scoring streaks. Mike Hoffman is on 12 game streak where he has scored eight goals and 14 assists. Stanislav Galiev is on a nine game point streak, Tomas Jurco is on an eight game streak, Nicholas Petersen is on a six game streak, and Michael Kirkpatrick is a five game streak… Saint John has outscored Bathurst 22-5 at Harbour Station in three games this year.

Saint John vs Acadie-Bathurst:
This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
7-7-0-0-0-14
Home: 3-3-0-0-0-6
Road: 4-4-0-0-0-8
Goals For: 42
Goals Against: 18

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:

• This game was originally scheduled for Sunday, January 3, 2010 but was postponed to a massive snow storm. Because this is a rescheduled Sunday game, the V-alue Wednesday $5 ticket oromotion is unavailable for this game as far as we know. Fans that had purchased tickets to last month’s game may use them as they are printed on Wednesday.
• Fans are invited to bring their most creative sound-emitting devices to this game as it has been designated Homemade Noisemaker Night.
• Past results this season have been: 4-3 Saint John in a shootout in Bathurst, 5-2 Saint John is Bathurst, 6-1 Saint John in Saint John, 8-2 Saint John in Saint John, 6-4 Saint John in Bathurst, and 5-4 Saint John in Bathurst.
• News 88.9’s Tim Roszell is expected to back for this game after missing last weekend’s road trip. Thank goodness.
• The last Saint John – Bathurst tilt ever? Possibly. There have been quiet whispers going around that the Titan may move to Sorel, Quebec this summer. No details have been given and no major media source has reported the news.

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

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
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