Monday, November 13, 2017

Saint John's painful amount of one-goal losses

SAINT JOHN - Losing 18 of your first 22 games is frustrating enough, but the Saint John Sea Dogs' 2017-18 season has been extra painful.

Following Friday's shootout loss to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, the Sea Dogs have now lost 11 games by a single goal. Four other loses have been decided by two goals.

DateOpponentScoreGoal Dif.
Sept. 21vs Halifax4-13
Sept. 23vs Cape Breton3-12
Sept. 28vs Charlottetown2-1 (OT)1
Sept. 29at Moncton6-42
Oct. 7vs Blainville-Boisbriand8-17
Oct. 12at Bathurst2-11
Oct. 14vs Moncton3-21
Oct. 15at Moncton4-3 (OT)1
Oct. 19at Charlottetown3-21
Oct. 21vs Chicoutimi4-3 (SO)1
Oct. 22vs Cape Breton6-5 (OT)1
Oct. 25at Bathurst5-32
Oct. 28vs Val-d'Or4-22
Nov. 2at Baie-Comeau5-41
Nov. 3at Chicoutimi6-06
Nov. 4at Shawinigan3-2 (OT)1
Nov. 9vs Sherbrooke5-41
Nov. 10vs Baie-Comeau4-3 (SO)1

The Sea Dogs are also 1-6 in games that go to overtime or shootout.

The large amount of one-goal losses is typical of a young team. But there's something about this year's - perhaps it's the amount of consecutive defeats - that make them stick out.

You can say what you want about Saint John's season so far, but if they had been able to win just a few more of these one-goal games, they'd be in much better shape in the standings.

The Sea Dogs have a tough weekend coming up, travelling to Halifax to face the Mooseheads on Friday and taking on the red hot Islanders in Charlottetown on Sunday.

1 comment:

  1. Rebuild year! True fans will stand by them! Go Dogs GO!

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