Saturday, November 24, 2018

Game Day 25: vs Phoenix

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are back in action this evening at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs lost their 15th straight game on Friday night, falling 7-2 to the Drummondville Voltigeurs. The first half of the game was fairly close, but the Volts out powered the Dogs in the second half of the match.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 2-19-2-1 for seven points (sixth Maritimes, 18th QMJHL) while the Phoenix are 13-9-1-1 for 28 points (second Central, eighth overall).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-2 loss to the Drummondville Voltiguers on home ice last night. Nathan Larose and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Mikhail Denisov made 40 stops in the loss. The Phoenix are coming off a huge 9-2 win in Moncton last night. Olivier Okuliar had a hat trick while singles came from Bobby Dow, Bailey Peach, Nathael Roy, Patrick Guay, Taro Jentzsch and Alex-Olivier Voyer. Thommy Monette made 25 stops in the loss.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Phoenix this season while Sherbrooke is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 9 in Sherbrooke where the Phoenix defeated the Sea Dogs 6-2. Alex-Olivier Voyer, Felix Robert, Taro Jentzsch, Patrick Guay, Edouard St-Laurent and Bobby Dow scored for Sherbrooke. Robbie Burt and Jeremie Jacob had Saint John goals. Thommy Monette made 18 stops in the win. Alex D'Orio made 32 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Phoenix: None.

Phoenix to watch: Former Saint John Vito's defenseman Jaxon Bellamy returns home tonight. The former Moncton Wildcat has a goal and five assists in 23 games this season.

Random stat: The Phoenix are 4-1-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams.

Notes: Yohan Plamondon and Maxime Cajkovic each have a team high 15 points... Plamondon leads the team in goals with eight... Cajkovic has a Sea Dogs high 10 assists... Alex-Olivier Voyer leads the Phoenix in points with 24 and goals with 15... Benjamin Tardif leads the club in assists with 16... Saint John is 2-8-2-0 at home... Sherbrooke is 6-4-1-0 on the road... Taro Jentzsch is third in QMJHL rookie scoring with 22 points... Ryan DaSilva is eighth in defensemen scoring with 17 points... Voyer has points in nine straight games... Voyer has goals in three straight road games... Sherbrooke has won three straight road games... Saint John has lost six straight home games.

Out of town:
Val-d'Or at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST
Cape Breton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Baie-Comeau at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Moncton - 7:30 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Sydney on Wednesday night.

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