In what could be a preview of a first
round playoff matchup, the Saint John Sea Dogs (40-16-4-0, 84 points, 1st
Maritimes, 3rd QMJHL) host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan (24-30-3-3, 54
points, 5th Maritimes, 15th QMJHL) tonight at 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong
FM/QMJHL Live
Last games: The Titan are coming off a
4-1 loss in Halifax on Wednesday. Guillaume Brisebois scored Bathurst’s only
goal and Reilly Pickard made 31 saves in the loss. The Sea Dogs are coming off
a 4-1 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Thursday night at Harbour
Station. Daniel Del Paggio, Sam Povorozniouk, Luke Green and Joe Veleno all
scored for the Dogs and Alex Bishop made 24 stops in the victory.
2015-16 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are
5-1-1-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 2-4-0-1 against Saint
John.
Last meeting: Tuesday night at Harbour
Station where the Sea Dogs edged the Titan 4-3. Thomas Chabot, Spencer
Smallman, Matt Murphy and Sam Povorozniouk scored for Saint John while Jeffrey
Truchon-Viel, Antoine Morand and Vladimir Kuznetsov had Bathurst goals.
Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 19 saves in the win while Reilly Pickard made 31
stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Defenseman
Jason Bell and forward Dawson Theede
Player to watch: Mathieu Joseph, who has
points in nine straight home games, has a Sea Dogs high six goals and six
assists in seven games against Bathurst this season.
Three Things to Know
1. The Titan (54 points – 15th)
are in a battle for playoff positioning at the bottom of the standings with
Sherbrooke (55 points – 13th), Drummondville (54 points - 14th)
and Blainville-Boisbriand (54 points – 16th).
2. Christophe Boivin and Vladimir
Kuznetsov each have three goals and five assists against Saint John this
season. Meanhwile, Jeffry Truchon-Viel has an impressive six goals in seven
games against the Dogs.
3. The Sea Dogs (3rd overall)
and the Shawinigan Cataractes (2nd overall) each have 84 points.
Saint John has two games in hand. The Cataractes host the Quebec Remparts
today.
Out of town:
Val-d'Or at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Québec at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST
Halifax at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Rouyn-Noranda at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST
Québec at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST
Halifax at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Rouyn-Noranda at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to
Charlottetown tomorrow to face the Islanders at 3 p.m.
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