Sunday, February 9, 2014

GAMEDAY 54 - vs Armada

A preview of today’s game between the St. John's Fog Devils Montreal Junior Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Today at 4:00 pm AST, Harbour Station

TV/Radio: TELUS Webcast/News 88.9

Records: The Armada are first in the Telus West Division and second overall in the QMJHL with a 34-10-4-5 record for 77 points. The Sea Dogs are sixth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 16th overall with a 17-32-1-3 record for 38 points.

Last games: The Armada are coming off a 5-2 win in Charlottetown last night. Danick Martel had two goals and an assist for Blainville-Boisbriand. The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 victory in Bathurst last night. Nathan Noel had a goal and two assists.

2013-14 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-1-0 against the Armada while Blainville-Boisbriand is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: January 12th in Blainville-Boisbriand when the Armada edged the Sea Dogs 3-2 in overtime. Daniel Walcott scored the game-winner at 4:25 of OT in what was a closely played game.

Random stat: Saint John native Matthew Bursey has two goals and two assists in his career against the Sea Dogs.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Armada: Ryan Tesink

BLB notes: 7-1-0-2 in their last 10 games and are winners of six straight… Marcus Hinds is fourth in the league in shooting percentage with a 22.2% rating… Danick Martel is fifth in dangerous shots with 130… Martel’s +30 is fifth in the league… Etienne Marcoux’s 2.69 GAA is fifth in the league… Daniel Walcott’s 35 points place him eighth in scoring by defensemen… averaging 13.81 penalty minutes per game, the second lowest… an impressive 20-1-2-2 when scoring first… 8-1-1-1 against the Maritimes Division… their 74.5% penalty kill is second worst in the league… averaging the second fewest goals against per game (2.72)… averaging 25.30 shots against per game, the fewest in the Q… Martel has goals in five straight games.

SJ notes: This is the final game of a three-in-three for the Sea Dogs… 5-5-0-0 in their last 10 games… 3-6-1-0 against the Telus West Division… Saint John is two points back from 14th overall and fourth in the division… Thomas Chabot has assists in five straight games.

Leading Scorers
Blainville-Boisbriand
PointsDanick Martel54 (30+24)
GoalsDanick Martel30
AssistsSamuel Hodhod29
Rookie PointsNathanael Halbert15 (5+10)
D-Man PointsDaniel Walcott35 (10+25)
vs Saint JohnMatthew Bursey & Nikita Jevpalovs2 (1+1)

Leading Scorers
Saint John
PointsOliver Cooper46 (20+26)
GoalsOliver Cooper20
AssistsOliver Cooper & Olivier LeBlanc26
Rookie PointsNathan Noel31 (14+17)
D-Man PointsOlivier LeBlanc33 (7+26)
vs Blainville-BoisbriandCooper, Zilbert, & Highmore2

Goaltenders
Blainville-Boisbriand
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Etienne Marcoux20-9-3-32.690.897
Samuel Montemeault8-1-1-02.440.897

Saint John
GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Sebastien Auger14-25-1-32.990.920
Christopher Smith1-0-0-03.000.897

Promotion: It's Journee Des Francofans, where the Sea Dogs and the local Francophone community come together to celebrate French culture in the Saint John region.

SJ Next Five Games
Today vs Blainville-Boisbriand
Wednesday, February 12th vs Gatineau
Friday, February 14th vs Moncton
Sunday, February 16th at Cape Breton
Thursday, February 20th vs Shawinigan

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