Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Game Day 15: at Bathurst

BATHURST - Is tonight the night?

The Saint John Sea Dogs will try to break a seven-game losing streak tonight in Bathurst. Puck drop against the Titan is 7 p.m.

The Sea Dogs came painfully close to snapping the skid a couple times this past weekend, only to fall in extra time both times. Tonight, Saint John will try and get a win in a building they've had trouble in over the past few years.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 3-7-3-1 (10 points, 6th Maritimes, 17th QMJHL) while the Titan are 5-5-2-2 (14 points, 4th Maritimes, 11th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 overtime loss to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Sunday at Harbour Station. Daniel Hardie, Ostap Safin, Samuel Leblanc, Matt Green and Alexandre Lafreniere scored for the Sea Dogs. Alex D'Orio made 33 saves in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 4-1 loss in Val-d'Or on Saturday. Noah Dobson scored the Titan's lone goal. Dominik Tmej made 20 stops in the loss.

2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Oct. 12 at the KC Irving Regional Centre where the Titan edged the Sea Dogs 2-1. Antoine Morand and Domenic Malatesta scored for Bathurst while Kevin Gursoy netted Saint John's lone goal. Reilly Pickard made 30 saves in the win. Alex D'Orio made 37 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Forward Dawson Theede

Random stat: Two of Saint John's three wins this season have come on the road. They are 2-3-1-0 away from Harbour Station.

Titan to watch: Adam Holwell's 13 points (four goals and nine assists) place him fifth in QMJHL defencemen scoring.

Notes: Daniel Hardie leads Saint John in scoring with six goals and 15 points in 14 games... Hardie's six goals leads the team... Ostap Safin and Joe Veleno each have a team high 10 assists... Antoine Morand and Adam Holwell each have a Titan high 13 points... Jeffrey Truchon-Viel has a team high eight goals... Noah Dobson leads the Titan in assists with 11... the league suspended Truchon-Viel for four games on Tuesday... Safin is third in QMJHL rookie scoring with 14 points... the Titan are 4-1-1-1 at home... Saint John is averaging 2.39 goals per game, the second lowest average in the league... the Titan are averaging a league high 34.75 shots per game.

Out of town:
Rimouski at Québec - 7:00 PM EDT
Rouyn-Noranda at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Saturday night at Harbour Station.

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