PRE-GAME: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Game Day
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, February 12, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Record: 31-19-2-3 (3rd in Atlantic division)
Last Game: 3-2 loss at Halifax on Saturday
Leading Scorer: Luke Adam: 43 GP-38 G-30A-68 Pts
NHL Draft Picks: Olivier Roy (Edmonton), Mathieu Brodeur (Phoenix), Jacob Legace (Buffalo), Luke Adam (Buffalo), Maxime Legault (Buffalo), and Ashton Bernard (New Jersey).
Notes: The Eagles have three Buffalo Sabers prospects on their roster… 6-4-0-0 in their last 10 games and are coming off a loss… have the seventh ranked penalty kill in the league with a rating of 81.0%... have the sixth best road record in the league at 15-9-1-2. They are 5-5-0-0 in their last 10 road games and are coming off a loss… have allowed the fourth fewest goals on the road season with 80 goals against – one more than Saint John… have allowed the third fewest amount of goals in the league this season with 156 against in 55 games… the Eagles are 10 games back of Moncton for second in the Atlantic division and have played one more game than the ‘Cats. They sit 24 points behind Saint John… Luke Adam and his World Junior silver medal lead the league in goals scored with 38 in just 43 games. Saint John’s Mike Hoffman sits three goals behind him while Nicholas Petersen is four back… in 12 games with Cape Breton after being traded from Chicoutimi, Jacob Legace has one goal and nine assists… Legace laeds the Eagles in assists with 32… Kalin Paul was hurt in a fight against Saint John’s Will Johnston on January 8 at Harbour Station in an epic fight. Paul has a team worst -8 rating this season… Nick McNeil and Luke Adman both have a team high four points against the Sea Dogs this season… only one player, Christopher Riguse, has a plus rating against Saint John… Marc Bourgeois is a team worst -7 in five games against Saint John this year… Paul has a team high 13 penalty minutes against the Dogs. Eight with Baie-Comeau and five with Cape Breton… star goalie Olivier Roy is 0-3 against Saint John this year. He has allowed 13 goals against and has a G.A.A. of 4.23 to go along with a save percentage of 0.874%.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 45-8-1-0 (1st in Atlantic division)
Last Game: 5-1 Win vs Acadie-Bathurst on Wednesday
Leading Scorer: Michael Kirkpatrick: 53 GP-24 G-47 A-71 Pts
NHL Draft Picks: Yann Sauve (Vancouver), Marco Cousineau (Anaheim), Simon Despres (Pittsburgh), Steven Anthony (Vancouver), Mike Hoffman (Ottawa), and Nicholas Petersen (Pittsburgh).
Notes: The Sea Dogs have been hit with an injury bug for the first time this season. Stephen MacAulay missed Saturday and Wednesday’s games with an upper body injury. Kevin Gagne missed his first game of the year on Wednesday with a lower body injury… two Sea Dogs were hurt in Wednesday’s win over Bathurst. Will Johnston, recalled from the MJAHL to replace MacAulay, left in the first after being hit behind the net. Also, Nathan Beaulieu left in the third and did return after blocking a shot with his leg… Saint John is first in the Atlantic division, first overall in the QMJHL, and are ranked number one in the country for the fourth straight week… Saint John has a 14 point lead in the division heading into tonight’s action over Moncton… 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games and have won six straight games… have scored the most goals of any team in the league with 254 goals for… Saint John has allowed the second fewest goals against with 143. Only the Wildcats are better with 139… the Sea Dogs now have the fourth best power play in the league thanks to a 3/5 effort against the Titan on Wednesday. They have a rating of 24.7%... the Sea Dogs have a penalty kill rating of 77.8% and went 6/6 against Bathurst… have the best home record in the league at 23-4-0-0. They are 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 games at Harbour Station and have seven straight at home… Stanislav Galiev has extended his rookie point scoring lead to five points over Petr Straka of Rimouski. In 53 games, the Russian has 14 goals and 14 assists. He also leads first year players with a rating of +37 while Straka is -6… Mike Hoffman is on a 13 game point scoring streak, the second longest active streak in the league. In that span, the center has nine goals and 15 assists… Galiev is on a 10 game point streak, Tomas Jurco is on a nine game point streak, Nicholas Petersen is on a seven game point streak, and Michael Kirkpatrick is on a six game streak… Kirkpatrick leads the Sea Dogs in points against the Eagles with six… Jurco has three goals against C.B.

Saint John vs Cape Breton:
This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
5-5-0-0-0-10
Home: 2-2-0-0-0-4
Road: 3-3-0-0-0-6
Goals For: 21
Goals Against: 10

Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-2-4-1-1-6
Home: 4-1-2-1-0-3
Road: 4-1-2-0-2-4
Goals For: 20
Goals Against: 34

All-Time-Not including this season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
26-8-13-1-5-22
Home: 13-3-6-1-3-10
Road: 13-5-7-0-2-12
Goals For: 65
Goals Against: 93

STATION NATION FACTS:

• Friday’s game has been designated Hockey Night in Saint John, with fans being encouraged to wear their favourite all-time jerseys to Harbour Station as they cheer on the top-ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League. Old-time organ music will also be played throughout the evening.
• This is the first game of double header against these two teams. They play again on Sunday with several Valentine’s Day-themed promotions will be staged as the Sea Dogs look to break the hearts of Screaming Eagles fans and take another step towards the first QMJHL Atlantic title in franchise history.
• Kenny McNeil hosts a decent 30 minute pre-game show on 103.5 FM The Eagle out of Sydney. Check it out online if you can’t go to the game tonight.
• Cape Breton swept Saint John out of the first round of last year’s playoffs. As of right now, the Eagles would play Moncton in the first round this season.

HNISJ FACTS

• The Sea Dogs are 0-2-0-0 all-time on Hockey Night in Saint John.
• Saint John hs been outscored 8-5.
• The Sea Dogs are averaging 5,387 fans.
• This is the first time the St. John’s Fog Devils franchise has not been part of this game. The Fog Devils defeated the Dogs in 2008 and then again in 2009 as the Montreal Junior.
• Jake Allen has been in goal for both previous games.
• Tonight will be third straight year Luke Adam has been on the opposing team’s roster for HNISJ.

2008 VIDEO INTRO (No sound because the music people got mad)


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

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (www.news889.com)
Live Video Streaming: www.qmjhl.mytelus.com
Post-Game Coverage: Telegraph-Journal, Cape Breton Post
Post-Game Highlights: www.youtube.com/seadogstv

POST-GAME NOTICE
We are not going to be at this game. We are not watching this game online. We are not listening to this game on the radio. Therefore, there will be no in game in tweets tonight or post-game recap following the game. Luckily, we make a fortune off this website and will be watching the game on the Telus Archives.

We are back on Sunday. Good luck, and go Dogs.

This has nothing to with the Olympics.