SEA DOGS POST-GAME NOTEBOOK

SEA DOGS – HUSKIES GAME AT A GLANCE
Final Score/SO: Saint John 6, Rouyn-Noranda 5
Saint John Goals: Mike Hoffman (41, 42, 43), Nicholas Petersen (37), and Michael Kirkpatrick (28)
Rouyn-Noranda Goals: Gabriel O’Conner (9), Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (20), Jean-Sebastien Berube (23), Gabriel Levesque (23), and Christopher Losier (13)
Winning Goaltender: SNB – Karel St. Laurent (17-4-0)
Losing Goaltender: Nicholas Champion (24-20-0)

THE NUMBERS
Power Play: Huskies 0/6, Sea Dogs: 2/5
Shots on Goal: Huskies: 13+9+15+5=42, Sea Dogs: 6+11+9+6=32
Attendance: 2,248

SAINT JOHN SCRATCHES
Aiden Kelly was a healthy scratch in favour of Gabriel Bourret. Head coach Gerard Gallant wanted to get Bourret in the lineup before the road trip ended. Steven Anthony missed his fourth straight game with a groin injury.

Other injury news involves Jonathan Huberdeau who left the in their period with an upper body injury.

ROUGH START
Rouyn-Noranda came out of the gates flying and outshot the Sea Dogs 13-6 in the first period. The huskies scored twice but Saint John managed to beat Nicholas Champion twice also to send the game into the intermission all tied up.

After the Huskies took the lead again in the second, Saint John scored two goals in the first minute of the third period. The game would then go to the eventual shootout.

THIS IS RIDICULUS
Mike Hoffman - this guy in is not human.

The 20-year old scored three goals, one assist, had four penalty minutes, took seven shots, and was a +2 on the night. That is not to mention the fact that he tied the game in the last minute of the third period to send this one to an eventual overtime.

In the shootout, Hoffman went all Peter Forsberg on Champion to net the winner. Tomas Jurco also scored while Karel St. Laurent stopped both Rouyn-Noranda shooters.

Hoffman leads the league with 15 game winning goals. No other player is even double digits in the category.

NEW RECORD
By scoring his 41st, 42nd, and 43rd goal of the season, Mike Hoffman has now placed his name in the Sea Dogs’ record.

He tied and broke Scott Howes’ goals in a season team record which was previously set by Howes during the 2007-08 campaign when he scored 42.

Just like Hoffman, Howes wore number 27 and was a native of Ontario.

SOLID SWEEP
With their 6-5 victory in Rouyn-Noranda, the Sea Dogs swept their final three game Quebec road trip of the season. They defeated Gatineau 7-5 on Wednesday and Val-d’Or 9-3 on Friday.

Saint John has now won four straight games and seven straight on the road. They are also 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games and have the best road record (26-4-1-0) in the league.

The Sea Dogs have one more three game road trip remaining this year. March 10 to 14, the Sea Dogs play in Cape Breton, Charlottetown, and Moncton to close out the regular season.

ZAMBONI PLAY-BY-PLAY/KEON FUN FACTS
This is why Tim Roszell gets paid the big bucks by News 88.9.

There was a small delay before the shootout started as the Zamboni had left a pile of snow on the ice in the Huskies crease area. The ice resurfacing machine came back out and was described beautifully by Roszell as it wiped away the slush. He went on to describe how the Zamboni has to back in to the exit to get off the ice. Doesn’t get much more modern then the ole’ Dave Keon Arena.

Speaking of “The Keon,” the music is still cranked up beyond legal limits and the fans are very loud. The creepy, yet cool Husky eyes are still shining bright on the concourse wall. “Disastromatic” sent us this on Twitter:

@station_nation It's not haunted, it's just old man Keon scaring folks away! Woulda got away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids.

OUT OF TOWN
CHRONICLE HERALD
Screaming Eagles 6, Titan 1: At Sydney, Luke Adam had a hat trick for Cape Breton.

Juniors 6, Cataractes 1: At Shawinigan, Que., Eliezer Sherbatov scored twice for Montreal in the win.

Drakkar 4, Rocket 3 (SO): At Baie-Comeau, Que., Simon Olsson and Marc-Olivier Mimar scored in the shootout for the Drakkar.

Wildcats 4, Mooseheads 3: "I think we played pretty good but in the third period they showed how good they really are," said Halifax captain Tomas Knotek. It was Halifax’s last home game of the season due to the Brier taking over the Metro Centre.

QUICK HITS
Saint John improves to 3-0-0-0 this year against Rouyn-Noranda… the Huskies have already clinched first place in the Telus Western division… Saint John is 9-0 in the shootout this season and have gotten 21 points out of the breakaway contest this year. The next best team is Bathurst who has gotten 12 points… Gerard Gallant flipped out at the linesman during the third period after they missed an obvious icing call against the Huskies. Rouyn-Noranda came back up ice and scored… Jordan Caron lost his cool on the bench in the second period. The official skated over and handed him a 10 minute misconduct.

NEXT GAME
Up next for the league-leading Sea Dogs is a Wednesday night home game versus the P.E.I. Rocket at 7:00 pm at Harbour Station. Special $5.00 upper bowl seats are available for this match, which is being sponsored by Irwin Industrial Tools.

It is also been designated “Faith and Family Night,” which will feature an inspirational post-game speech by Team Chaplain Bruce Smith.