A look back at Sea Dogs openers

SAINT JOHN - For a third straight season and for a fourth time in five years, the Saint John Sea Dogs will kick things off with a home game against the Halifax Mooseheads.

The Sea Dogs begin the 2019-20 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League campaign on Friday evening at 7 p.m. at the newly named TD Station. Saint John also plays on Saturday night, hosting the Moncton Wildcats.

This will be Saint John's 15th season opener and the ninth time they begin a campaign at home. They are 6-6-2 all-time in season openers.

Here's a look at Saint John's all-time season opener results:

Sept. 16, 2005: St. John's 3, Saint John 2
Sept. 15, 2006: Rimouski 2, Saint John 3 (OT)
Sept. 13, 2007: Saint John 1, Lewiston 4
Sept. 12, 2008: Saint John 3, Bathurst 2 (OT)
Sept. 11, 2009: Saint John 4, Bathurst 3 (SO)
Sept. 10, 2010: PEI 4, Saint John 6
Sept. 8, 2011: Moncton 3, Saint John 1
Sept. 20, 2012: Bathurst 3, Saint John 1
Sept. 13, 2013: Saint John 5, Moncton 3
Sept. 12, 2014: Saint John 2, Charlottetown 3 (SO)
Sept. 12, 2015: Halifax 2, Saint John 5
Sept. 23, 2016: Saint John 2, Charlottetown 6
Sept. 21, 2017: Halifax 4, Saint John 1
Sept. 21, 2018: Halifax 5, Saint John 4 (OT)
Sept. 20: 2019: Halifax, Saint John

A moment of silence for those we've lost along the way (the Fog Devils, Maineiacs and Rocket).

The Sea Dogs got off to a bad start last season, dropping seven of their first eight games. They'll obviously look to improve on that.