Friday, February 7, 2020

Game Day 52: vs Mooseheads

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are back home to play one of their most hyped games of the season.

With Classified performing during both intermissions of tonight's Sea Dogs game against the Halifax Mooseheads, it appears as though the team will have its biggest home crowd of the season. Crowds have been light at TD Station most of the year with the club averaging 3,079 fans per game.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 24-26-1-0 for 49 points (fourth Maritimes, seventh Eastern, 12th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 18-26-3-1 for 40 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 17th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 overtime win in Baie-Comeau on Saturday. Maxim Cajkovic, Charlie DesRoches, Julian Vander Voet and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Noah Patenaude made 50 saves in the win. The Mooseheads are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss at home to the Charlottetown Islanders on Tuesday. Senna Peeters and Zack Jones had Halifax goals. Alexis Gravel made 38 saves in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 5-1-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 1-5-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: New Year's Eve at Scotiabank Centre where the Sea Dogs defeated the Mooseheads 6-4. Jeffrey Durocher had a hat trick for Saint John with singles coming from Jordan Spadafore, Dawson Stairs and Brady Burns. Halifax had goals from Jeffrey Burridge, D'Artagnan Joly, Senna Peeters and Zack Jones. Noah Patenaude made 21 saves in the win. Alexis Gravel was pulled after allowing four goals on 24 shots in 40 minutes of play. Cole McLaren made seven saves in relief.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Kevin Gursoy and defenseman Olivier DesRoches.

Moosehead to watch: Senna Peeters has five goals in his past three games - and five goals in five games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: After going six games without a goal, Saint John's leading goal scorer, Brady Burns, has scored in back-to-back games.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 46 and goals with 24... William Villeneuve leads the club in assists with 36... Kevin Gursoy leads Halifax in points with 40 and assists with 24... Senna Peeters leads the team in goals with 17... Saint John has won back-to-back games... Halifax has lost four straight... Saint John is 12-12-0-0 at home... Halifax is 10-13-1-0 on the road... the Mooseheads have lost four straight road games.

Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Victoriaville at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM AST
Cape Breton at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Moncton at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
Rimouski at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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