The Sea Dogs are on the road again this weekend. First, they
travel to Sydney to take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tomorrow night at
7pm. Then on Sunday they travel to Bathurst to battle the Titan in an afternoon
tilt.
Saint John, 10-11-0-0 on the season, is three points
ahead of Cape Breton the QMJHL standings and two points back of Bathurst. This
should be an interesting couple games.
The Dogs return home next weekend to take on the
Screaming Eagles on Saturday, November 24 and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on
Sunday, November 25.
GALIEV
Well, that didn’t take long. 24 hours after being
assigned to the ECHL’s Reading Royals, former Sea Dog Stanislav Galiev was back
in Hershey for Bears practice today.
"The immediate thought was to get him to a mid-week
game," Bears coach Mark French told PennLive.com. "With the proximity
to Reading and them being at home, it made sense to put him in the lineup there
and bring him back for practice. We haven't thought any further than that.”
Galiev had two shots in Reading’s 2-1 overtime victory
over the Elmira Jackals last night. It’ll be interesting to see what happens
from here.
“Wonder if Galiev would have stayed in Reading longer if
Royals weren't about to travel to Cincy and Evansville,” tweeted Royals beat
writer Jason Guarente. “ECHL could be good for him.”
Russian Machine Never Breaks also has an article on the
Galiev assignment to ‘AA.’
The 20-year old has an assist in nine games with the AHL's Bears this season.
PINK
The QMJHL raised a lot of money for breast cancer
research again this year.
"Our 18 teams did a remarkable job again this year
to raise money and awarness towards the fight against breast cancer. I am very
proud to announce that we have raised a record amount of $139,444,” said
commissioner Gilles Courteau in a release.
"More than 400 pink jerseys worn by the players and
developed by our official supplier, Reebok/CCM, and their partners in this
endeavour, SP Apparel, was sold with the proceeds being distributed to local,
regional or national organizations dedicated to the fight against breast
cancer. I would like to congratulate our teams for their excellent work and
thank our great fans for their generosity."
THOMAS
Former Sea Dogs captain Mike Thomas has been released by
his Newfoundland senior league team.
“It wasn’t an easy phone call to make. I’ve only known
him for two months, but I felt like I’ve known him a lifetime,” Conception Bay North Eastlink CeeBee
Stars head coach Corey Crocker told The Telegram.
The reason for Thomas being cut?
“Mike was true to our team, a great team player, but our
need right now is another defenceman,” said Crocker.
MIKE KELLY
North Bay is back, baby. The city, as long as everything
is approved, will be home of the Ontario Hockey League’s Brampton Battalion
next season. It will be the first time since 2002 that city was home of an OHL
team. As it turns out, current Sea Dogs head coach and general manager Mike
Kelly was the last head coach for the North Bay Centennials.
“I was really happy for the community,” said Kelly in an
interview with BayToday.ca on Tuesday.
“The Battalion team that’s moving in - everyone in
organization from front office and hockey side - will be pleasantly surprised
the warmth they are shown by community."
North Bay has already surpassed their goal for season ticket sales. Good for them.
OKE
The Hockey Writers has a great write up on former Sea Dog
Scott Oke and what the future may have in store for him.
“I believe Scott Oke will be drafted in this year’s draft
and sooner rather than later – he is just too good, he just has too many of the
qualities teams are looking for to pass up,” they write. “However, there are no
certainties. Maybe, Rimouski alumna Sidney Crosby will put in a good word for
him in Pittsburgh just like he helped convince Scott’s linemate, Frédérik
Gauthier, to play for Rimouski rather than to go to Harvard. If he did, I think
he would be doing a good thing both for Pittsburgh and for Scott. Scott doesn’t
have to have too many more filthy games like last week-end before he won’t have
to worry about the ‘if’ in getting drafted but the ‘where.’”
Seriously, read this. It even designates a song for Oke’s
style of play.
Oke is having a solid year with the Rimouski Oceanic. He
currently has 11 goals and 18 assists in 22 games. He was named first star in
the Oceanic’s 5-4 win over the Quebec Remparts on Wednesday night.
J. BEAULIEU
Former Saint John head coach and general manager Jacques
Beaulieu tells the Sarnia Observer that he felt he had a good shot at making
Team Canada’s coaching staff prior to getting fired by the Sea Dogs in 2009.
“I thought I was fairly close when I was in the Quebec
League. I thought I had a pretty good chance of maybe getting on that following
year,” he told the newspaper. “I’ve got to work my way back into it in the
Ontario Hockey League now, which, it’s not going to be easy, but it’s
definitely something I want to do before I retire coaching.”
Beaulieu’s Sarnia Sting currently sit second overall in
the OHL’s Western Conference with a 12-7-0-1 record.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Drummondville Voltigeurs decided to just randomly
upload a ton of highlights of games to YouTube yesterday. They posted the Sea
Dogs-Voltigeurs highlights from last Saturday. Some pretty goals were scored.
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
No comments:
Post a Comment