Sunday, October 27, 2019

Game Day 16: vs Tigres

SAINT JOHN - The Victoriaville Tigres make their only visit of the season to TD Station today.

The Saint John Sea Dogs are coming off a couple off strong performances - including a 4-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads last night - and will look to carry that momentum into today's match against a team playing the final game of a three-game road trip.

Game time for Military Appreciation Day is 3 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 5-9-1-0 for 11 points (fifth Maritimes, eighth Eastern, 14th QMJHL) while the Tigres are 3-10-0-3 for nine points (fourth Central, seventh Western, 16th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads last night at TD Station. Brady Burns scored twice while Matt Gould and Dawson Stairs added singles. Zachary Bouthillier made 25 stops in the win. The Tigres are coming off a 4-2 loss in Moncton last night. Felix Pare and Vincent Sevigny scored for Victoriaville. Fabio Iacobo made 36 stops in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Tigres last season while Victoriaville went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: March 3 in Saint John where the Tigres defeated the Sea Dogs 7-2. Mikhail Abramov scored two goals for the Tigres while singles came from Zackary Riel, Sean Larochelle, Mathieu Sévigny, Tyler Boivin and Conor Frenette. Maxim Cajkovic and Aiden MacIntosh scored for Saint John. Tristan Côté-Cazenave made 25 saves in the win. Zachary Bouthillier and Tommy DaSilva took the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Tigres: None.

Tigre to watch: Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mikhail Abramov is averaging just under a point-per-game with eight goals and seven assists in 16 games.

Random stat: The Tigres have lost four straight games overall and six straight on the road.

Notes: Brady Burns, Nicolas Guay and Jeremie Poirier are all tied for the team lead in points with 15 each... Burns has a team high eight goals... William Villeneuve and Charlie DesRoches each have a team high 11 assists... Mikhail Abramov leads the Tigres in points with 15 and goals with eight... Sean Larochelle leads the club in assists with eight... Saint John is 4-4-0-0 at home... Victoriaville is 1-7-0-1 on the road.

Out of town:
Shawinigan at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EST
Charlottetown at Val-d'Or - 3:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Gatineau - 4:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the high flying Rimouski Oceanic on Halloween at 7 p.m.

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