GAMEDAY 17 - at Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Tonight at 7:00pm

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Centre 200 – Sydney, NS

PREVIEW

SYDNEY, NS – An interesting stretch of games begins for the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight in Cape Breton.

The Sea Dogs had their ups and downs in October. But if there was ever a time to get some momentum going, it might be right now. Saint John plays three of the worst teams in the league over the next week, meaning there is certainly a possibility of starting November off on a good note.

Saint John plays Cape Breton tonight at 7pm at Centre 200. They then host the Shawinigan Cataractes on Sunday afternoon and travel to Sherbrooke next Friday.

The Screaming Eagles currently sit sixth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15^th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a 5-8-2-2 record. The Eagles are 4-5-1-0 in their last 10 games and have won two straight games. Cape Breton has allowed 73 goals against which is the second most in the league.

Alexandre Lavoie currently leads the Eagles in scoring with 27 points in 17 games. William Carrier is second on the team in scoring with 26 points.

The Sea Dogs enter play tonight with a record of 8-8-0-0 and sit fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 13^th overall in the QMJHL. They are 4-6-0-0 in their last 10 games.

Jonathan Huberdeau still leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 20 points in 16 games.

This will be the first meeting between the Sea Dogs and Screaming Eagles since the first round of last year’s playoffs. Saint John dominated that series and eliminated the Eagles in a four-game sweep.

THE NUMBERS

	Cape Breton	Saint John
Record	5-8-2-2 (6th Maritimes)	8-8-0-0 (5th Maritimes)
Home Record	2-3-2-1	5-4-0-0
Road Record	3-5-0-1	3-4-0-0
Goals For/Game	2.85 (14th)	2.70 (16th)
Goals Against/Game	4.24 (17th)	3.74 (14th)
Shots For/Game	24.00 (18th)	29.07 (12th)
Shots Against/Game	36.38 (18th)	32.20 (12th)
Overall PP	15.3% (15th)	22.1% (8th)
Home PP	15.4% (15th)	29.6% (4th)
Road PP	15.2% (12th)	9.4% (18th)
Overall PK	75.4% (16th)	80.3% (9th)
Home PK	72.4% (18th)	78.0% (14th)
Road PK	77.5% (11th)	82.9% (3rd)
PIM/GAME	16,5	16.2
Attendance	2,590	3,684

LEADING SCORERS
Cape Breton

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Alexandre Lavoie	17	10	17	27
William Carrier	17	10	16	26
Kyle Farrell	17	7	9	16

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Huberdeau	16	10	10	20
Ryan Tesink	14	6	8	14
Stephen MacAulay	12	7	6	13

GOALTENDERS

Cape Breton

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Philippe Trudeau	3-5-1-2	3.90	0.890
Alex Bureau	2-3-1-0	4.52	0.881

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	8-6-0-0	2.95	0.907
Alex Fournier	0-2-0-0	8.50	0.754

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday night at Harbour Station. Ryan Tesink scored Saint John’s lone goal. Sebastien Auger made 26 saves in the loss.

The Screaming Eagles are coming off a 1-0 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Tuesday night at Centre 200. William Carrier scored the only goal of the game. Philippe Trudeau made 28 saves for the shutout win.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Surprisingly, this is the first meeting of the season between Saint John and Cape Breton.

The Sea Dogs went 7-1-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles last season while Cape Breton went 1-7-0-0 against Saint John.

The last time these two met, Saint John was eliminating Cape Breton from the playoffs with a 5-1 victory in Game 4 of the first round at Centre 200. Charlie Coyle, Tomas Jurco, Danick Gauthier, Aidan Kelly, and Stanislav Galiev all scored for the Sea Dogs. Dany Potvin scored Cape Breton’s only goal. Mathieu Corbeil made 33 saves while Philippe Trudeau made 26.

BLACK AND YELLOW

Crank. It. Up.

NOTES

• The CHLPA is doing something with the Screaming Eagles today. Hopefully they just shut the door in Georges Laraque’s face.
• Stephen MacAulay is still second in the league in power play goals with seven.
• Kevin Gagne is third in power play assists with eight.
• Oliver Cooper is the only player in the league with two overtime goals.
• The Sea Dogs and Eagles play three times this month.
• Saint John hasn’t won a game in regulation time since September 30.

OUT OF TOWN

Shawinigan at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT

Blainville-Boisbriand at P.E.I. - 7:00 PM ADT

Quebec at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT

Val-d'Or at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT

Chicoutimi at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT

Rouyn-Noranda at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EDT

Sherbrooke at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs host the Shawinigan Cataractes on Sunday afternoon at 3pm at Harbour Station.