The Sea Dogs had a rough and long night in Moncton on Friday, falling 5-2 to the Wildcats in the first ever hockey game played at the new Avenir Centre.
Saint John will play in much more familiar surroundings tonight, hosting the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at Harbour Station at 7 p.m. It's the first meeting of the regular season between the two provincial rivals.
TV/Radio/Webcast: RogersTV/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-1-0 for three points (fourth Maritimes, 12th QMJHL) while the Titan are 1-2-0-0 for two points (sixth Maritimes, 16th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Moncton Wildcats last night at the Avenir Centre. Maxim Cajkovic and Filip Prikryl scored for Saint John. Alex D'Orio made 31 stops in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 3-2 overtime win in Charlottetown on Thursday night. Liam Murphy, Alexis Sansfacon and Logan Chisholm scored for Bathurst. Mark Grametbauer made 38 stops in the win.
2018-19 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the regular season between the Sea Dogs and Titan.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-8-0-0 against the Titan last season while Bathurst went 8-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Aug. 21 at Harbour Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 5-1 in pre-season play. Kevin Gursoy scored two goals for Saint John while singles came from Aiden MacIntosh, Matt Green and Nathan Larose. Alexandre David scored Bathurst's lone goal. Stewart Bagnell made 19 saves and Tommy DaSilva made nine. Felix-Anthony Ethier made 25 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None
Titan to watch: Goaltender Mark Grametbauer, if he plays, went 6-2 against Saint John last season, posting a 3.09 GAA and .897 SV%.
Random stat: Following last night's game, the Sea Dogs are now 0/15 on power plays this season. The Victoriaville Tigres are the only other team to not score on a man advantage so far this year.
Notes: Josh Lawrence continues to lead Saint John in points with six and goals with four. He has not recorded a point in his past two games... Maxim Cajkovic, William Poirier and Michael Campoli lead the team in assists with three each... Logan Chisholm leads the Titan in points with five and assists with four... Liam Murphy leads the team in goals with two... Saint John is 1-0-1-0 at home this season... the Titan are 1-0-0-0 on the road... Lawrence leads all QMJHL rookies in points and goals... Alex D'Orio has a 4.24 GAA and .887 SV% - but has also made the most saves of any goaltender so far this year... will this be the day Saint John finally has a good first period? They have been outscored 8-1 in firsts.
Out of town:
Rouyn-Noranda at Rimouski - 4:00 PM EDT
Val-d'Or at Sherbrooke - 4:00 PM EDT
Charlottetown at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM ADT
Acadie-Bathurst at Saint John - 7:00 PM ADT
Baie-Comeau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EDT
Québec at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Chicoutimi at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EDT
Next games: The Sea Dogs host the Gatineau Olympiques on Thursday night at Harbour Station.
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