STORE
Sea Dogs Styles in the lobby of Harbour Station got
bigger over the summer. The glass trophy case has been removed and the store
has been expanded, providing some much needed space for merchandise. They have
a lot of new stuff which can be found on the store’s website.
PRE-SEASON
The Sea Dogs announced yesterday that seats for tonight’s
pre-season game at the Quispamsis qplex are sold out. A limited number of standing
room tickets have been made available.
Saint John will play their first match of the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League pre-season against the PEI Rocket. Game time is
7:30pm.
It is the first part of a home-and-home series between the Sea
Dogs and Rocket. The two teams meet again on Saturday afternoon in Pownal, PEI.
SN will be live blogging/tweeting both games this
weekend.
NEVIN
According to the Telegraph-Journal, former Moncton
Wildcats head scout Peter Nevin has joined the Sea Dogs scouting staff. He will
be Saint John’s new US scout with Trevor Hanson leaving the team to join the
NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes.
Nevin and the Wildcats parted ways over the summer.
JURCO
Over at NHL.com, Dan Rosen calls Tomas Jurco the Detroit
Red Wings’ fifth best prospect.
"He was a very big part of Saint John's championship
runs," Red Wings vice president and assistant general manager Jim Nill
said. "He has a very high skill level. This will be his first year pro, so
he'll be making that jump from junior to the American League and go from
there."
Brendan Smith was named Detroit’s best prospect.
CANCELED
The big news in hockey yesterday saw the Red Wings cancel their annual Traverse City rookie tournament because of the looming NHL
lockout. According to the Wings website, “the tournament was to begin on Sept.
15, the same day that the current collective bargaining agreement expires.”
Buffalo, Carolina, Columbus, Minnesota, Dallas, New York
Rangers, and St. Louis were expected to join Detroit at this year’s tournament
so there would have been plenty of Sea Dogs content.
In other lockout news, at Buzzing The Net yesterday, Neate Sager examined
what will happen with the CHL-NHL agreement being expired.
The Summerside Western Capitals traded Brock Morrison’s
junior ‘A’ rights to the Amherst Ramblers yesterday in a multi-player deal.
“It was tough to let Brock go because he has the
potential to be an elite player in this league,” said Capitals general manager
Pat McIver to the Journal Pioneer.
Morrison spent time with both Summerside and the Yarmouth
Mariners last season. He had seven points in 14 games with Yarmouth and 21 in
26 games with Summerside. He added eight points in 10 playoff games with the Capitals.
Morrison is currently at Sea Dogs training camp. He has
two goals and an assist in 15 career games with Saint John.
SIR CHARLES
Guy Flaming featured Charlie Coyle in his “one to watch” feature on the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
“I'm not yet convinced that he'll be a scorer though and
I guess that's what has me most intrigued heading into this coming season,”
Flaming writes. “Before Minnesota signed the free agents they did, I wondered
if Coyle might fit into the NHL picture this year. Now, I'm not so sure that
some time in the AHL might be what's best long term for him.”
Check out the full thing here.
SHAWINIGAN
We haven’t had anything on here about Shawinigan in some
time so here’s this – the Cataractes will be nearly unrecognizable this season.
Basically their entire team will either graduate to the pro ranks or has been traded
into the Maritimes Division.
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