Tuesday, March 27, 2012

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 3: at Cape Breton

GAMEDAY
Round 1, Game 3
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Tonight at 7pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None | Live Blog: SN
Centre 200 – Sydney, NS


SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven first round playoff series 2-0.

PREVIEW
SYDNEY, NS – A win tonight for the Saint John Sea Dogs and this series is basically over.

The Saint John Sea Dogs can take a 3-0 series lead tonight in Sydney when they face the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at 7pm. Game 4 is tomorrow at Centre 200.

Saint John won Games 1 and 2 at Harbour Station rather easily. On Friday, a second period outburst gave them a 13-4 victory. Then on Saturday, the Dogs won easily again, defeating the Eagles 8-1.

Charlie Coyle leads the way for the Sea Dogs, registering six goals and four assists in the first two games. He was credited with another assist in Game 1 but that was removed by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League yesterday upon further review. He recorded at hat trick and two assists in both games.

Zack Phillips is also off to a hot start with eight points. Stanislav Galiev has seven.

William Carrier has been Cape Breton’s best performer, scoring two goals and adding two assists in the first two games.

Friday’s game featured a few fights and Saturday’s game also had a bit of bad blood. These two teams have now played four straight games against each other going back to the regular season. Will things get nastier as the series heads to Cape Breton? We'll find out tonight.

THE NUMBERS

Cape BretonSaint John
Record23-42-1-2 (5th Maritimes)50-15-0-3 (1st Maritimes)
Home Record- - -28-5-0-1
Road Record17-16-0-1- - -
Goals For219298
Goals Against306180
Goals/Game3.19 (14th)4.34 (2nd)
GA/Game4.45 (2nd)2.62 (16th)
Shots/Game28.90 (12th)32.99 (3rd)
SA/GAME31.50 (14th)26.60 (1st)
PIM/GAME15.1 (12th)16.6 (6th)
Scoring First15-16-1-135-3-0-0
Overall PP22.3% (8th)23.8% (5th)
Home PP- - -23.4% (6th)
Road PP18% (14th)- - -
Overall PK70.6% (17th)81.1% (5th)
Home PK- - -84.6% (4th)
Road PK69.7% (16th)- - -

LEADING SCORERS
Cape Breton
PlayerGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Jonathan Brunelle68305585
William Carrier66274370
Alexandre Lavoie65232447

Saint John
PlayerGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Danick Gauthier66473986
Zack Phillips60305080
Jonathan Huberdeau37304272

GOALTENDERS
Cape Breton
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Philippe Trudeau16-26-1-24.010.877
William Racicot8-14-1-04.030.865


Saint John
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Mathieu Corbeil37-10-0-12.380.911
Sebastien Auger14-2-0-22.650.897

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1 Mar 23 Cape Breton (4) at Saint John (13)
Game 2 Mar 24 Cape Breton (1) at Saint John (8)
Game 3 Mar 27 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT
Game 4 Mar 28 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT
* Game 5 Mar 30 Cape Breton at Saint John 7:30 PM ADT
* Game 6 Apr 1 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT
* Game 7Apr 3  Cape Breton at Saint John 7:00 PM ADT

SEASON SERIES
Saint John went 7-1 against Cape Breton this year while the Screaming Eagles went 1-7 against the Sea Dogs.

September 16, 2011 - Cape Breton def. Saint John 8-5
October 28, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 6-3
November 25, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 5-2
November 26, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-1
December 16, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-3
February 26, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 9-1
March 16, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-0
March 17, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 7-4

OTHER GAMES
Halifax at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT
Chicoutimi at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT
Quebec at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT
Shawinigan at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT
Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs and Eagles play Game 4 tomorrow night at 7pm. 

1 comment:

  1. I will be Sydney tonight and tomorrow night cheering on the Sea Dogs!
    !GO DOGS GO!

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