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2013 President’s Cup Playoffs – Round 1, Game 4
Halifax Mooseheads vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:00pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN – It’s do or die tonight for the Saint John
Sea Dogs.
Down 3-0 in their best-of-seven first round playoff
series against the Halifax Mooseheads, the Sea Dogs must win tonight to extend
the series or their season is over.
Halifax grabbed the 3-0 stranglehold on the series last
night with a 6-1 victory at Harbour Station. Former Sea Dog Stephen MacAulay
and star forward Jonathan Drouin each scored twice while Andrew Ryan and Martin
Frk added solo markers. The Moose outshot the Dogs 46-21.
Saint John has scored just three goals in this series –
one in each game. That ain’t good.
Both teams got into some penalty trouble last night.
MacAulay was given a game misconduct for checking Oliver Cooper from behind at 1:03
of the third. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has suspended the 20-year
old forward for tonight’s game, meaning he has likely played his last contest
at Harbour Station.
Not much else to say. Hopefully some people show up for
the game tonight.
THE NUMBERS (regular season)| Halifax | Saint John | |
| Record | 58-6-3-1 (1st Maritimes) | 23-44-1-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 31-2-1-0 | 13-21-0-0 |
| Road Record | 27-4-2-1 | 10-23-1-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 5.06 (1st) | 2.53 (16th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.57 (1st) | 3.96 (14th) |
| Shots For/Game | 35.47 (3rd) | 27.46 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 25.80 (3rd) | 36.37 (18th) |
| Overall PP | 27.7% (2nd) | 20.3% (12th) |
| Home PP | 30.7% (3rd) | 18.7% (13th) |
| Road PP | 24.3% (2nd) | 21.9% (9th) |
| Overall PK | 81.5% (4th) | 75.3% (15th) |
| Home PK | 83.2% (5th) | 78.8% (13th) |
| Road PK | 79.8% (5th) | 72.0% (17th) |
| PIM/GAME | 12.8 | 15.9 |
| Attendance | 8,686 (2nd) | 3,992 (4th) |
LEADING SCORERS (regular season)
Halifax
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Drouin | 49 | 41 | 64 | 105 |
| Martin Frk | 56 | 35 | 49 | 84 |
| Darcy Ashley | 66 | 26 | 52 | 78 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jakub Izacky | 63 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| Pierre Durepos | 43 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| Stephen Anderson | 63 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
GOALTENDERS (regular season)
Halifax
Halifax
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Zach Fucale | 45-5-2-1 | 2.35 | 0.909 |
| Chris Clarke | 13-1-1-0 | 3.10 | 0.880 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 22-31-1-0 | 3.33 | 0.907 |
| Alex Fournier | 1-13-0-0 | 5.52 | 0.856 |
SERIES SCHEDULE
Fri.Mar 22 Game 1 – Saint John 1, Halifax 11
Sat.Mar 23 Game 2 – Saint John 1, Halifax 2
Tues.Mar 26 Game 3 – Halifax 6, Saint John 1
Weds.Mar 27 Game 4 @Harbour Station 7pm
Fri.Mar 29 Game 5 @Halifax Metro Centre 7pm *
Sun.Mar 31 Game 6 @Harbour Station 3pm *
Tues.Apr 2 Game 7 @Halifax Metro Centre 7pm *
*If Necessary
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Halifax went 7-0-1-0 against Saint John in the regular
season while the Sea Dogs went 1-7-0-0 against the Mooseheads.
October 5 – Halifax 4, Saint John 3
October 6 – Saint John 2, Halifax 11
December 9 – Halifax 4, Saint John 2
December 21 – Halifax 5, Saint John 1
January 4 – Saint John 3, Halifax 2 (OT)
February 20 – Halifax 8, Saint John 3
February 22 – Saint John 1, Halifax 6
March 15 – Saint John 1, Halifax 3
NOTES
- Halifax and Baie-Comeau can sweep their first-round series tonight. Every other is going at least five games. Best first round in a while.
- Martin Frk still leads the league in playoff scoring with six goals and three assists for nine points.
OUT OF TOWN
Blainville-Boisbriand at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT
Rouyn-Noranda at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Baie-Comeau at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT
Moncton at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Quebec at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Rimouski at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT
P.E.I. at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT
NEXT GAME
Game 5 would be Friday night in Halifax. If there isn’t a
Game 5, we’ll see you in August.
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