GAMEDAY
Round 3, Game 5
Chicoutimi Sagueneens vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:00pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven semifinal playoff
series 3-1.
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – Something rare could happen tonight at
Harbour Station.
The Saint John Sea Dogs, leading the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League semifinal 3-1, have a chance to eliminate the Chicoutimi
Sagueneens tonight. Only twice in franchise history have the Sea Dogs won a
playoff series on home ice.
The last time they clinched a series on home ice was back
in 2010 when they defeated the Victoriaville Tigres in six games. Earlier that
year in the first round, the Sea Dogs eliminated the PEI Rocket in five games
with the deciding game being played at Harbour Station.
The Sea Dogs have had other chances to wrap up a series
on home ice. They dropped Game 5 of the 2008 quarterfinals against Bathurst and
missed a chance to win the President’s Cup on home ice in Game 5 of last year’s
final against Gatineau.
Saint John has won six straight playoff series but have
clinched every single one on the road. Tonight, they could end that streak with a
victory. Game time is 7pm.
Chicoutimi is certainly giving the Dogs a good run in
this series. After Saint John won the first two games by three goals each, the
last two have both gone to overtime. The Sags won 5-4 on Tuesday and then the
Dogs won 3-2 on Thursday.
The Sags looked like a different team in Games 3 and 4.
Their big guns – Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Charles Hudon, Christian Ouellet, etc. –
were all rolling. It looked like they really benefited from the larger ice
surface but they’ll have to find a way to get going tonight on Harbour Station
ice if they want to stay alive.
If the Sea Dogs win tonight, they will advance to the
President’s Cup Final for a third straight year. If the Sagueneens win, Game 6
will be on Monday night in Chicoutimi.
PLAYOFF NUMBERS
| Saint John | Chicoutimi | |
| Record | 11-1-0-0 | 9-8-0-0 |
| Home Record | 6-0-0-0 | 5-3-0-0 |
| Road Record | 5-1-0-0 | 4-5-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 6.46 (1st) | 3.02 (9th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.29 (1st) | 3.20 (7th) |
| Shots For/Game | 37.29 (2nd) | 27.04 (11th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 26.01 (3rd) | 31.81 (9th) |
| Overall PP | 29.5% (1st) | 17.1% (13th) |
| Home PP | 40.0% (1st) | 12.1% (13th) |
| Road PP | 15.4% (11th) | 21.6% (7th) |
| Overall PK | 88.9% (1st) | 83.1% (4th) |
| Home PK | 82.1% (7th) | 93.8% (2nd) |
| Road PK | 96.2% (1st) | 74.4% (10th) |
| PIM/GAME | 16.9 (9th) | 16.2 (10th) |
| Attendance | 5,110 (3rd) | 3,983 (5th) |
LEADING SCORERS – PLAYOFFS
Chicoutimi
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Christian Ouellet | 17 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Guillaume Asselin | 17 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 15 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Charlie Coyle | 12 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Zack Phillips | 12 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Stanislav Galiev | 12 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
GOALTENDERS - PLAYOFFS
Chicoutimi
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Christopher Gibson | 9-5-3-0 | 3.10 | 0.902 |
| Francois Desrosiers | 0-0-0-0 | 5.20 | 0.846 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Mathieu Corbeil | 11-0-1-0 | 2.29 | 0.912 |
| Sebastien Auger | 0-0-0-0 | - - - | - - - |
PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE – Chicoutimi 1, Saint John 4
GAME TWO – Chicoutimi 2, Saint John 5
GAME THREE – Saint John 4, Chicoutimi 5 (OT)
GAME FOUR – Saint John 3, Chicoutimi 2 (OT)
SEASON SERIES
October 29 – Chicoutimi 0, Saint John 6
December 4 – Chicoutimi 8, Saint John 3
March 9 – Saint John 3, Chicoutimi 4 (SO)
NOTES
- Charlie Coyle leads the league in playoff scoring with 28 points in 12 games.
- Coyle is tied with Christian Ouellet and Nathan MacKinnon for the league lead in goals with 13.
- Zack Phillips has a league best 19 assists.
- Ouellet is tied for the league lead in power play goals with five.
- Coyle is tied for the lead in game winning goals with four.
- Coyle is a league best +23.
- Steve Lebel is the only player in the league with two shorthanded assists
OTHER SERIES
In the other semifinal, Rimouski leads Halifax 3-2. The
Oceanic can clinch that series with a win on Sunday at the Metro Centre.
NEXT GAME
If Saint John loses tonight, Game 6 is on Monday night in
Chicoutimi. If Saint John wins, the President’s Cup Final will likely begin on
Friday at Harbour Station.
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