The Sea Dogs fell 6-5 in a shootout on Sunday afternoon in Bathurst before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Quebec Remparts on Tuesday night at Pepsi Colisee. Before the two loses, the Dogs had won seven straight.
Saint John is still battling through the injury bug but this weekend’s games could give the depleted Dogs a boost. The Eagles aren’t exactly a powerhouse this season and enter play tomorrow night with the 14th best record in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at 11-15-0-1.
The Sea Dogs were without forwards Jonathan Huberdeau (foot), Stanislav Galiev (wrist), Tomas Jurco (hip flexor) and Aidan Kelly (upper-body) for Tuesday’s games in Quebec City.
"You hope the injuries stop, but we're looking at probably a month before some of our guys come back,'' Sea Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant told the Telegraph-Journal today. "We have 10 games before the Christmas break, so hopefully we'll continue to play hard and battle hard. We've been on the road a lot and it will be nice to get back in our building.''
Neate Sager of Yahoo! Sports tweeted some injury updates yesterday.
Checked with source down east: Huberdeau hoping to be back for Canada's selection camp; Jurco just sat Tues. as precaution.
In re: Tomas Jurco, you know what it's like when a guy has a lower-body strain, could be a couple days, could be much longer.Even with Saint John missing a chunk of their offense, it has not slowed down Zack Phillips. The Minnesota Wild prospect enters action tomorrow on a 17-game point streak with 11 goals and 22 assists over that span.
Friday's game is also the first of seven straight that will be played in New Brunswick. Six of those games will take place at Harbour Station.
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