History says tomorrow night’s Saint John
Sea Dogs playoff game will make or break their season.
While losing game one of a best-of-seven
is not the end of the world, the Sea Dogs have never won a playoff series when
losing the first game. In fact, three of the four times Saint John has lost a
series opener they have been swept.
On the flip side, the Sea Dogs are a
perfect 14-0 in playoff series where they have won the first game.
Here’s a look at Saint John’s game one
performances and how each series ended:
2008 First Round: Defeated PEI 10-4; won
series 4-0
2008 Second Round: Defeated Bathurst
4-3; won series 4-2
2008 Third Round: Lost to
Rouyn-Noranda 5-3; lost series 4-0
2009 First Round: Lost to Cape Breton
5-4 (OT); lost series 4-0
2010 First Round: Defeated PEI 8-3; won
series 4-1
2010 Second Round: Defeated Gatineau
7-4; won series 4-0
2010 Third Round: Defeated Victoriaville
4-2; won series 4-2
2010 Fourth Round: Lost to Moncton
5-1; lost series 4-2
2011 First Round: Defeated Cape Breton
10-0; won series 4-0
2011 Second Round: Defeated
Victoriaville 4-1; won series 4-1
2011 Third Round: Defeated Lewiston 5-4
(OT); won series 4-0
2011 Fourth Round: Defeated Gatineau
2-1; won series 4-2
2012 First Round: Defeated Cape Breton
13-4; won series 4-0
2012 Second Round: Defeated Baie-Comeau
9-3; won series 4-0
2012 Third Round: Defeated Chicoutimi
4-1; won series 4-1
2012 Fourth Round: Defeated Rimouski 3-2
(OT); won series 4-0
2013 First Round: Lost to Halifax
11-1; lost series 4-0
2015 First Round: Lost to Baie-Comeau
3-1; lost series 4-1
2016
First Round: Defeated Bathurst 4-1; won series 4-1
How about some of those lopsided game
one scores? Hopefully tomorrow’s game will have a bit more intensity. The Sea Dogs and Screaming Eagles open
up their quarterfinal playoff series at 7 p.m. at Harbour
Station.
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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