Saint John Sea Dogs forward Steven Anthony is “questionable” for the first game of the Presidents Cup Final on Friday at Harbour Station.
“We’re hoping to have him ready, but we’re not 100 per cent sure yet,” Sea Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant said to Metro Halifax.
“We definitely won’t push him, but Steven’s a big part of our team,” Gallant said. “We’d obviously like to have him back to that but it’s not going to happen in one game.”
Anthony has played in only four of the Sea Dogs’ 15 playoff games because of a nagging groin injury. He has not played since game two of the semi-finals against Victoriaville. The third year Sea Dog has been held pointless in his short stint of action.
The Vancouver Canucks draft pick had 18 goals and 23 assists in the regular season while playing in 61 games.
Also on the shelf for most of the playoffs has been Kevin Gagne, who is still nursing a knee injury.
Forward Nicholas Pard was sidelined for game five and six of the semi-finals after blocking a shot with his foot.
Replacing the three have been forwards Will Johnston, Chuckie Schembri, and defenseman Gabriel Bourret.
Schembri, a QMJHL castoff before being picked-up by the Dogs, was plastered on the front of the Telegraph-Journal today.
"There have been a lot of ups and downs,” said Schembri, “and at one point I almost gave up.
"But things are great now."
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