SEA DOGS NOTEBOOK

GETTING CLEARER
Harbour Station sent this Tweet out on Wednesday on their new high definition video screen:

HD is coming to HS!! The new score clock displays and video equipment are expected to arrive at the end of the hockey season!

If you are not following the building on Facebook, you are really missing out on comments like this one:

This Fri Nite -Seadogs Kick Ass at Harbour Station.Lets make it a SELL OUT!!!!!!

2007-08 FLASHBACK PICTURES
We stumbled across some Sea Dogs pictures from the 2007-08 season on Twitter the other day. Click HERE to check them out.

POLL RESULTS
This week’s poll results are in. The question was: How many game will the Sea Dogs’ first round playoff series last?

Four Games- 8
Five Games- 13
Six Games- 5
Seven Games- 2

Thanks to all who voted. This week’s question is: Should horns be allowed at Harbour Station.

HIT VIDEO SENT TO LEAGUE
It was revealed by the Guardian newspaper in Charlottetown on Tuesday that a DVD of Jordan Southorn’s hit on Chuckie Schembri on Saturday was sent to the league for review. Southorn was given a five minute charging major and a game misconduct on the play.

The league reviewed the tape and did not suspend Southorn for game three.

Mike Kelly, Sea Dogs director of hockey operations and associate coach, followed through on his promise to media after the game he would look at the hit on video and, if need be, send it to the league.

“I don’t understand what Mike Kelly and Gerard Gallant (Sea Dogs head coach and Summerside native) are doing with that,” said Rocket president Serge Savard Jr.

“It was borderline two minutes. (They’re) just trying to play in our head.”

PEI got their revenge by sending in a copy of Yann Sauve’s game three elbow to the league. No suspension was given out on that either.

WALL RETURNS TO MONCTON
Alex Wall returned to the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday night in Cape Breton. He suffered a concussion on a hit from Mike Thomas on March 5 at Harbour Station.

Thomas, who also returned Tuesday, was suspended six games for the hit.

NO MORE WHALES
The Plymouth Whalers have chosen the slogan of death for their playoff run. That’s a shame.


TURK THROWS A TURKEY FIT
If you missed Wednesday’s Telegraph-Journal, you really missed out some great lines from Sea Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant. Remember, this came after a 3-0 road win.

"We got away with a win. They were flat, too, and things didn't go well for them, but that's not the way we (need) to play. Our D turned the puck over more tonight than we did all season long.

"That's embarrassing for me. It doesn't matter what your opponent plays like, we have a game to play and we have to play it.''

Click the link for more.

TICKET INFO
From saintjohnseadogs.com:

In the event that Saint John wins on Friday, tickets to Round Two of the playoffs will go on sale on Saturday at 12pm noon at the Harbour Station Box Office (657-1234). Should the series be extended by P.E.I. on Friday and again on Sunday, tickets to Game 7 would go on sale Monday morning at 10am.

FINAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS
The Saint John Sea Dogs averaged 4,141 fans per game this season at Harbour Station. It is the fourth highest average in the QMJHL and the second highest in club history.

The number, however, is only 65.75% of Harbour Station’s total capacity of 6,297.

Bathurst had the smallest average again this season with only 1,390 fans per game. Lewiston finished 15th with an average of 1,853. They had less than 900 fans for both of their post-season games against Drummondville on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Quebec Remparts averaged a league 12,088 fans per game. According to ESPN, the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes are only averaging 11,581 fans.

STILL LEADING THE WAY
While Chris DiDomenico helped his Drummondville Voltigeurs sweep the Lewiston MAINEiacs out of round one, he also picked up the league’s playoff scoring lead. DiDomenico has two goals and eight assists in four games.

MAKES YOU THINK
Goaltender Karel St. Laurent could become a statistical anomaly if he keeps this post-season going. St. Laurent has the misfortune of allowing an empty net goal while never facing a shot in one minute and 15 seconds of playoff action.

May have been done before, but it’s snazzy either way.

MAKES YOU THINK AGAIN
Interesting tweet from “Hawkalicious” on Twitter:

Tickets for Toronto at Atlanta tonight are about 40 per cent cheaper than P.E.I. at Saint John (QMJHL) set for Friday.