SAINT JOHN - Coming off their first victory of the season, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to make it two-in-a-row tonight when they host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at Harbour Station.
This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Titan, who split a pair of games in the preseason.
Puck drop tonight is at 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 1-3-1-0 (3 points, 5th Maritimes, 14th QMJHL) while the Titan are 2-1-1-1 (6 points, 3rd Maritimes, 7th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-1 win in Cape Breton on Sunday. Daniel Hardie, Radim Salda and Landon Quinney all scored for Saint John. Alex D'Orio made 22 saves in the win. The Titan are coming off a 4-3 loss in Halifax on Saturday. Samuel L'Italien, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel and Justin Ducharme scored for Bathurst. Reilly Pickard made 29 stops in the loss.
2017-18 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two.
2016-17 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 4-4-1-0 against the Titan last season while Bathurst went 5-4-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Aug. 25 at the KC Irving Regional Centre where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs in preseason play. Ethan Crossman had four goals for the Titan while singles came from Domenic Malatesta, Jordan Maher, Dawson Theede, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel and Antoine Morand. Ian Smallwood, Cedric Pare, Aiden MacIntosh and Samuel Leblanc scored for Saint John. Matthew Williams was pulled after allowing four goals on 10 shots in the first period. Joel Goguen made 16 saves in relief. For Bathurst, Dominik Tmej made 11 saves through two periods. Simon Boudreault-Belzile made eight saves in relief.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Forward Dawson Theede
Random stat: The Sea Dogs are 0-2-1-0 on home ice while the Titan are 0-1-1-0 on the road.
Titan to watch: Former Sea Dog Dawson Theede had two goals and two assists in eight games against his old club last season.
Notes: Daniel Hardie leads Saint John in scoring with three goals and three assists for six points... Hardie's three goals leads the team... Ostap Safin has a team high four assists... Liam Murphy leads the Titan in scoring with a goal and six assists for seven points... Justin Ducharme and Samuel L'Italien each have five goals... Noah Dobson has seven assists... Ducharme leads all QMJHL rookies in goals with five... Dobson is tied for the defencemen scoring lead with seven points... Ducharme has goals in four straight games.
Out of town:
No other games
Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Islanders in Charlottetown on Friday at 7 p.m.
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