In last night’s game, Gabriel Levesque, Sébastien Trudeau, David Gilbert and Sébastien Payette scored for the Titan while Olivier Hotte added two assists. Jonathan Huberdeau replied for the Sea Dogs.
Huberdeau’s third period unassisted marker was the first and only goal allowed by the Titan in this year’s pre-season. The Titan have outscored their opponents 13-1 in three exhibition games.
Frédéric Piché and Ian O'Brien combined to stop 31 shots for Saint John while all-star net minder Olivier Roy stopped 36 shots in the win.
Tonight’s sea Dogs lineup should be posted later today on the teams website.
Today’s contest could be a physical affair with some rough stuff taking place at the KC Irving Regional Centre last night.
“The game wasn't without its share of rough stuff with Saint John's Yohann Mathieu and Acadie-Bathurst's Christophe Losier going toe-to-toe on two occasions,” writes Titan beat reporter for the Telegraph-Journal Peter Assaff. “Mathieu wound up getting an instigator penalty after their first encounter, a draw, in the opening period. Losier managed to land the majority of the punches when the two squared off again late in the third period.”
Mathieu, a free agent invite to camp by the Sea Dogs, had a team high 14 penalty minutes.
Alec Jon Banville currently leads the Titan in scoring with three points (one goal and two assists). Mike Thomas (two goals), Colin Campbell (two assists), and Ryan Tesink (two assists) lead Saint John in exhibition scoring with two points each.
After tonight’s game, the Sea Dogs will prepare for Wednesday night battle at Harbour Station against the Halifax Mooseheads. The Mooseheads’ roster could have a different look by then.
"We’ll most likely make at least three or four cuts after the weekend," said Halifax General Manager and Head Coach Cam Russell to the Chronicle Herald. "Some guys are on the bubble so they need to play. We’ll get them in and take a look at them. After these games we’ll have to get down pretty close to our line-up so we can play the final two (pre-season) games with the guys who will be here for the season. We want to get them in there and get some experience because it’s not like we were just playing three months ago; our guys have been off for a long time."
Saint John wraps up the pre-season Thursday in Charlottetown, PEI.
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