Sea Dogs Notebook

VALLEY EXPO

Valley Expo is April 13-14 at the QPlex.

MacAULAY

Former Sea Dog Stephen MacAulay scored again on Saturday night, helping the Halifax Mooseheads win 5-0 and take a 2-0 series lead in their best-of-seven second-round playoff series against the Gatineau Olympiques.

MacAulay now has five goals and an assist in five playoff games this year. His career high in post-season points is 13, set last year.

Ryan Tesink did not play again but the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada did not need him to take a 2-0 series lead over the Val-d’Or Foreurs with a 5-4 win on Saturday. Baie-Comeau also took a 2-0 series lead over Victoriaville with a 6-2 win and Quebec evened their series with Rouyn-Noranda at 1-1 with a 4-2 victory.

HUBERDEAU

Jonathan Huberdeau picked up an assist on Dmitri Kulikov’s game-winner last night, helping the Florida Panthers defeat the Ottawa Senators 2-1.

Huberdeau now has 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in 39 games with the Panthers. He still leads all NHL rookies in points, two points ahead of Ottawa’s Cory Conacher. Huberdeau’s 13 goals are also the most amongst rookies.

SIR CHARLES

Charlie Coyle continues to play well with the Minnesota Wild. He scored his sixth of the season last night thanks to some slick passing.

Coyle now has nine points in 27 games this season with the Wild.

Honestly, Charlie Coyle is so good along the wall in all 3 zones, it's insane he's 21.
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) April 7, 2013

BEAULIEU

The Montreal Canadiens called up Nathan Beaulieu from the Hamilton Bulldogs again yesterday. Beaulieu has played in two games with the Habs this season, recording an assist. He has seven goals and 21 assists in 64 games in the AHL.

During his last call up, Beaulieu got pranked on.

Montreal hosts the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.

ATTENDANCE

How bad was Saint John’s playoff attendance? The Summerside Journal Pioneer mentioned it in an article.

Only 2,294 fans showed up last week for the Sea Dogs’ elimination game against Halifax. It does not seem right that there would be over 4,000 fewer fans at their last game at Harbour Station this year compared to last year. 

Consider the fact that they won back-to-back league championships, a Memorial Cup and rewrote a lot of QMJHL records, it seems like a case of what have you done for me lately.

The numbers weren’t that surprising but still not good.