GAME DAY
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, March 18, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Harbour Station
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – Well here we are in the final weekend of the 2010-11 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular season and the Saint John Sea Dogs are closing in on some league history.
The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles this evening at Harbour Station in a match that means nothing in the standings. But the game does mean something as a win would put the Dogs within one victory of tying the all-time QMJHL record for wins in a single season. A win would also keep Saint John’s hopes of becoming the first team in league history to go an entire season without losing a regulation game on home ice.
After this evening’s game, the Dogs host the Prince Edward Island Rocket on Sunday at Harbour Station. It is fan appreciation day and a limited amount of tickets are available.
But for now, the Sea Dogs are focused on this evening’s tilt with the Screaming Eagles. It was confirmed last weekend these two teams would meet in the first round on playoffs which will hopefully add some flavour to tonight’s match.
Saint John is 56-7-1-2 but are coming off a rare loss in Charlottetown on Wednesday night. The Rocket had their ways with Saint John, thanks in most part to the goaltending performance of Evan Mosher. PEI won the game 5-2.
The Sea Dogs have been pretty good against the Eagles this season and will look for a good bounce-back game tonight. Saint John is 6-1-0-0 against Cape Breton and 3-0-0-0 against them at Harbour Station this season. The two teams battled recently last Sunday in Sydney with the Dogs coming out on top 4-1 and also on March 5 at the Station with the home team winning 8-0.
The Eagles sit 16th overall in the QMJHL standings and last in the Maritimes Division with a record of 17-44-1-4. They play in Saint John tonight and close out their campaign Sunday afternoon in Halifax against the Mooseheads.
THE NUMBERS
| Cape Breton | Saint John | |
| Record | 17-44-1-4 (6th Maritimes Division) | 56-7-1-2 (1st Maritimes) |
| Home Record | - - - | 30-0-1-1 |
| Road Record | 7-23-0-2 | - - - |
| Streak | 0-5-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last 10 | 2-8-0-0 | 8-2-0-0 |
| Goals For | 149 | 309 |
| Goals Against | 266 | 162 |
| Overall PP | 15.2% (16th) | 24.5% (5th) |
| Home PP | - - - | 23.2% (9th) |
| Road PP | 16.9% (14th) | - - - |
| Overall PK | 74.0% (17th) | 83.6% (1st) |
| Home PK | - - - | 86.1% (1st) |
| Road PK | 74.0% (17th) | - - - |
| PIM/GAME | 16.0 (6th) | 12.9 (14th) |
NOTES: Logan Shaw leads the Eagles in scoring with 43 points this season. He is followed closely by Cory MacIntosh who has 42 points on the year… Shaw leads the team in goals with 24 while Denis Kindl, who scored a beauty against the Dogs last weekend in Cape Breton, his second with 22… MacIntosh has a team high 30 assists while defenseman Morgan Ellis is second with 26… Shaw in 16th in the league in shorthanded goals with three… Spencer Metcalf is 13th in the QMJHL in penalty minutes served with 117… 8-10-0-4 when scoring first… 9-27-0-2 against the Maritimes Division. One of those victories was against Saint John earlier this season… Cape Breton seems to struggle in the second period, scoring a league low 38 goals in the middle frame… averaging 2.26 goals per game which is third lowest in the QMJHL… averaging 4.03 goals against per game which is second worst. Only the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are worse with an average of five goals against per game… 16th in the league in shots per game with an average of 25.45… 10th in the league in shots against per game with an average of 30.26… Cape Breton’s current five-game losing skid ties them with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens for the largest current winless drought… have lost seven straight road games.
PROBABLE STARTER: The Eagles have an odd rotation so we won’t even try to guess who will start. Andrew Hayes has a record of 12-21-1-3 to go along with a goals against average of 3.54, and a save percentage of 0.884. He has played the most minutes of any goaltender for Cape Breton this season. Alexandre Veronneau has a record of 1-16-0-0, a GAA of 4.96, and a SV% of 0.838.
LAST GAME: The Eagles haven’t played since last Sunday when they fell 4-1 to the Sea Dogs at Centre 200. Denis Kindl scored the lone Cape Breton goal while Andrew Hayes made 30 stops in net.
BEST EAGLES VIDEO WE COULD FIND: Turns out there is a Screaming Eagles version of this epic promo.
READINGS:
- The story of Logan Shaw.
- Cape Breton would also like to host the 2012 Memorial Cup.
- The Eagles had their awards banquet the other day.
NOTES: The Sea Dogs are led offensively by Jonathan Huberdeau who has 101 points on the year. Zach Phillips is second on the team with 93… Huberdeau leads the club in goals with 42. Phillips is second with 38… Huberdeau also leads the team in assists with 59 while Phillips is second with 55 and Michael Kirkpatrick is third with 50… Phillips is sixth in the league in power play goals with 15… Mike Thomas, Alexandre Beauregard, and Huberdeau are all tied for seventh in shorthanded goals with three… Stanislav Galiev is third in game winning goals with eight. Tomas Jurco and Phillips are tied for fourth with seven each… Phillips is 11th in first goals with seven… Jurco is second in insurance goals with seven… Huberdeau is a league best plus-57… Simon Despres is 19th in shorthanded assists with two… Kirkpatrick is second in the league in dangerous shots taken with 179. Huberdeau is third with 159… Kirkpatrick is sixth in total shots with 233… 39-2-0-1 when scoring first… 34-4-0-0 against the Maritimes Division this season with one of those loses being against Cape Breton… averaging a league high 4.68 goals per game… averaging a league low 2.45 goals against per game… averaging a league best 36.67 shots per game… averaging 26.95 shots against per game, the fifth lowest total in the QMJHL… Huberdeau has scored in six straight games… Galiev has scored in six straight home games… Huberdeau has an assist in five straight home games… Galiev has a point in seven straight home games.
PROBABLE STARTER: Mathieu Corbeil will likely get the start in goal tonight if the rotation continues. Corbeil has an overall record of 19-16-1-1, a goals against average of 3.13, and a save percentage of 0.881. With Saint John, the Columbus Blue Jackets prospect is 12-1-1-0 with a GAA of 2.18, and a SV% of 0.906.
LAST GAME: Saint John is coming off a 5-2 loss in PEI on Wednesday night. Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Jurco were the only scorers for the Dogs who outshot the Rocket 39-29. Jacob DeSerres made 24 saves in net for the win.
OTHER GAMES TODAY
Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
PEI at Moncton - 7:30 PM ADT
Montréal at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Lewiston at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT
Québec at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Rimouski at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT
Drummondville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT
THE RINK
Venue: Harbour Station
Capacity: 6,297
Average Attendance: 4,360
QMJHL Arena Guide
MEDIA GUIDE
Radio (Sea Dogs): News 88.9 FM
Live Web Feed: Telus
Television: None
Post-Game Coverage: Station Nation, Telegraph-Journal, Cape Breton Post
Live Coverage: Follow Station Nation on Twitter (www.twitter.com/station_nation) for live in game coverage. All tweets will also appear in the SN Live Blog that is posted on this site.
AFTER THE BUZZER
The Sea Dogs host the PEI Rocket Sunday at 4:00 pm at Harbour Station in the final game of the regular season.
Photo Credits: Cape Breton Post, Marc Henwood/Station Nation, SN Graphics Department
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