GAMEDAY 3 - vs Titan

GAMEDAY

Acadie-Bathurst Titan vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Tonight at 7pm

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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB

PREVIEW

SAINT JOHN – No matter the league or sport, home openers are always fun to be a part of.

The Saint John Sea Dogs will hold their ninth ever home opener tonight at Harbour Station. The Sea Dogs are still a somewhat young organization but there have been plenty of memorable moments in past home openers. Here’s a quick look back:

2005 – The Sea Dogs first ever game

2006 – Dave Bouchard’s overtime goal

2007 – An ugly 6-1 loss to Cape Breton

2008 – Karel St. Lauent’s shutout of the Foreurs

2009 – Alexandre Leduc scores with seconds left in OT

2010 – Ryan Tesink scores twice in QMJHL debut

2011 – Missing pretty much the entire team due to NHL camps

2012 – The final banner raising of a special era

2013 - ?

This will be the first home opener since 2009 that the Sea Dogs will not celebrate some kind of championship/title win. Crazy when you think about it.

The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan this evening at 7pm at the Station. The two teams have gotten to know each other quite well over the past few weeks so hopefully we’ll see a good match tonight.

Saint John is 1-1 after an opening weekend split on the road. They defeated the Moncton Wildcats 5-3 last Friday and then lost 4-1 to the Titan in Bathurst last Sunday.

Defenseman Michael Abbott leads Saint John in scoring with one goal and two assists for three points.

Meanwhile, the Titan enter play with a 2-0 record and have outscored opponents 8-2 so far. This will be their first road contest of the year.

Leading Bathurst in scoring is Raphael Lafontaine (two goals and one assist) and Francois Godin (three assists) who each have three points.

THE NUMBERS

	Bathurst	Saint John
Record	2-0-0-0 (2nd Maritimes)	1-0-0-0 (4th Maritimes)
Home Record	2-0-0-0	0-0-0-0
Road Record	0-0-0-0	1-1-0-0
Goals For/Game	4.00 (4th)	3.00 (10th)
Goals Against/Game	1.00 (1st)	3.50 (11th)
Shots For/Game	32.50 (7th)	27.50 (12th)
Shots Against/Game	32.50 (11th)	33.50 (15th)
Overall PP	44.4% (1st)	15.4% (15th)
Home PP	44.4% (3rd)	- - -
Road PP	- - -	15.4% (11th)
Overall PK	100% (1st)	66.7% (16th)
Home PK	100% (1st)	- - -
Road PK	- - -	66.7% (13th)
PIM/GAME	20.5	15.5
Attendance	2,767	- - -

LEADING SCORERS
Bathurst

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Raphael Lafontaine	2	2	1	3
Francois Godin	2	0	3	3
Alexandros Soumakis	2	2	0	2

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Michael Abbott	2	1	2	3
Stephen Anderson	2	1	1	2
Kelly Bent	2	1	0	1

GOALTENDERS
Bathurst

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Jacob Brennan	1-0-0-0	1.00	0.971
Mason McDonald	1-0-0-0	1.00	0.967

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Antoine Landry	1-1-0-0	3.50	0.896
Sebastien Auger	- - -	- - -	- - -

LAST GAMES

These two teams met last Sunday at the KC Irving Regional Centre with Bathurst coming out on top, 4-1. Anthony Gingras, Adam Stevens, Alexandros Soumakis, and Raphael Lafontaine all scored for Bathurst while Oliver Cooper had Saint John’s lone goal. Mason McDonald made 29 saves in the win while Antoine Landry made 27 in the loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

NOTES

• Tickets to this game re listed as “good” on the Harbour Station website.
• Bathurst is a perfect 13/13 on the penalty kill this season.
• Will we see Lukas Walter vs Lucas Grundy again tonight?
• Saint John and Blainville-Boisbriand are the only teams that have not scored a goal in the first period this year.
• The Sea Dogs were 13-21-0-0 at Harbour Station last season.

OUT OF TOWN

Blainville-Boisbriand at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT

Gatineau at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EDT

Victoriaville at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow afternoon at 3pm at Harbour Station.