GAMEDAY
Val-d’Or Foreurs vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, September 23, 2011 at 7:30pm
Harbour Station
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – Some unfamiliar faces visit Harbour Station
tonight as the Val-d’Or Foreurs make their one and only regular season stop in
Saint John tonight to face the Sea Dogs at 7:30pm.
The Foreurs enter action this evening with a 3-3-0-0 record.
They sit second in the Telus West Division and eighth overall in the league.
They are currently on a big road swing through the Maritimes that includes
stops in Bathurst, Moncton, Saint John, and Charlottetown.
Val-d’Or has done well on their trip so far with wins
against Bathurst and Moncton. After tonight’s game they will travel to Prince
Edward Island to face the Rocket tomorrow night.
Although most Sea Dogs fans probably aren’t too familiar
with the Foreurs’ roster, they do feature some notable names in Benjamin Casavant,
Cedrick and Samuel Henley, and Fredericton native Matt Murphy.
Saint John will be looking to continue the momentum they
gained from their first win of the season last Sunday against PEI. Danick Gauthier
had a hat trick in the game while Brock Morrison and Scott Oke also scored in
Saint John’s 5-3 win.
The Sea Dogs’ lineup is still missing several of its star
players due to National Hockey League training camps but they are slowly
beginning to come back. This past week saw Mathieu Corbeil, Pierre Durepos, and
Stanislav Galiev all assigned to Saint John.
With a strong game tonight against Val-d’Or and another
against Bathurst tomorrow, the Sea Dogs could be a .500 hockey team by the end
of the weekend.
NOTES: Michael Beaudry leads the Foreurs in scoring with
six points (two goals and four assists)… former PEI Rocket forward Benjamin
Casavant leads the team in goals with four. Nicolas Larocque-Marcoux has three
markers this year… Beaudry has a team high four assists. Cedrick Henley has
three helpers… Beaudry, Cedrick Henley, and Julien Leduc are a team high +3…
Larocque-Marcoux, Nicolas Dionne, and Vincent Dunn are each a -3… Mathieu
Guertin has a team high 18 penalty minutes. His 18 minutes ties him for the
league high… Val-d’Or has been outscored 21-16 in their six games this season…
Gelinas’ one shorthanded goal ties him for the league lead… Beaudry is tied for
second in game winning goals with two... their power play is running at 16.7% which is good for 12th in the league... Val-d'Or has the second worst penalty kill in the league with a 65.5% rating.
ROAD TRIP: The Val-d’Or Foreurs are currently on a big
time road trip through the Maritimes. They defeated the Acadie-Bathurst Titan
3-2 on Tuesday and the Moncton Wildcats 7-3 last night. They play in Saint John
tonight and travel to PEI to face the Rocket tomorrow.
FORMER DOG: Nicolas Larocque-Marcoux played a whole three
games with Saint John during the 2008-09 season. He was selected by the Sea
Dogs in the ninth round of the 2008 QMJHL Entry Draft.
IN NET: Francois Tremblay has played in all six games for
the Foreurs this season. He has a record of 3-3-0-0, a 3.17 goals against
average and a 0.893 save percentage.
Alexandre St. Arnaud has played in one game and has a
8.41 GAA and a 0.778 save percentage.
LAST GAME: The Foreurs are coming off a 7-3 win last
night in Moncton. Benjamin Casavant had a hat trick while Guillaume Gelinas, Michael
Beaudry, Matthieu Theriault, and Nicolas Larocque-Marcoux added a goal each.
Francois Tremblay made 28 stops in net.
Best Foreurs Video We Could Find On YouTube: We used this
video last year, but it is still the most epic Steve Begin video out there.
NOTES: Danick Gauthier leads the Sea Dogs in scoring
entering tonight’s game with five points – three goals and two assists… Gauthier’s
three goals is also a team high. Oliver Cooper and Brock Morrison each have two
goals… Gauthier, Cooper, Colin Campbell, and Spencer MacDonald are all tied
with a team high two assists… Gauthier and Scott Oke are both a team high +3…
defenseman Jason Seed is a Sea Dogs worst -8. Devon Oliver-Dares is -7…
MacDonald has served a team high 15 penalty minutes… Saint John has been
outscored 22-12 in their four games this season… the Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 on
home ice… Saint John’s power play is ranked second worst in the league with a
rating of 9.4%... the Sea Dogs’ penalty kill is ranked 14th in the
QMJHL and is running at 70%.
IN NET: Charlie Millen and Sebastien Auger have split the
goaltending duties for Saint John so far this season. Millen has a record of
0-2 to go along with a goals against average of 5.09 and a 0.839 save
percentage. Auger is coming off his first career win, improving his record to
1-1, his GAA to 5.50 and save percentage to 0.843.
The Sea Dogs’ No. 1 goaltender Mathieu Corbeil was
returned to club this week by the Columbus Blue Jackets. He had a 13-1-1
record, a 2.17 GAA and a 0.908 save percentage with the Sea Dogs last year in
the second half. No idea if he is starting tonight.
WHO’S BACK: Along with Corbeil, defenseman Pierre Durepos
and forward Stanislav Galiev are expected to play some time this weekend now
that they have returned from NHL camps.
Galiev was the only one to get into some pre-season
action as he suited up for the Washington Capitals earlier this week. Corbeil
has been at Columbus Blue Jackets training camp while Durepos was a free agent
invite to Los Angeles Kings camp.
WHO’S STILL GONE: Zack Phillips (Minnesota), Stephen
MacAulay (St. Louis), Ryan Tesink (St. Louis), Nathan Beaulieu (Montreal),
Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida) and Tomas Jurco (Detroit) are still away at NHL
camps.
LAST GAME: The Sea Dogs are coming off their first win of
the 2011-12 season thanks to a 5-3 victory over the PEI Rocket last Sunday at
Harbour Station. Danick Gauthier had a hat trick while Brock Morrison and Scott
Oke added single markers. Sebastien Auger made 40 saves in the win.
Rouyn-Noranda at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
Shawinigan at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Quebec at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Cape Breton at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT
Chicoutimi at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EDT
Shawinigan at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Quebec at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Cape Breton at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT
Chicoutimi at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EDT
THE RINK
Venue: Harbour Station
Capacity: 6,297
Average Attendance: 3,825
MEDIA GUIDE
Radio (Sea Dogs): News 88.9 FM
Live Web Feed: Telus
Television: None
Post-Game Coverage: Station Nation, Telegraph-Journal
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.
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tomorrow
night at 7pm at Harbour Station. Fans are asked to bring food donations to the
game.
Photo Credits: Marc Henwood/Station Nation, Arm chair sports, Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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