Saint John will be the designated home team for tonight's 7 p.m. contest at the KC Irving Regional Centre. The odd setup means that, when this nine-game round-robin tournament ends, all three New Brunswick clubs will have played 19 games in their own buildings this season.
The Sea Dogs opened up this strange playoff setup with a 6-2 win over the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday at TD Station.
Bathurst won seven of the 12 meetings with Saint John during the irregular season.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/93 CFBC/QMJHL Live
Standings:
1. Saint John: 1-0-0-0; 2 PTS
2. Bathurst: 0-0-0-0; 0 PTS
3. Moncton: 0-1-0-0; 0 PTS
Records: The Sea Dogs finished the regular season with a 15-14-3-1 record for a .515 points percentage (third Maritimes) while the Titan finished with a record of 21-10-1-1 for a .667 points percentage (second Maritimes).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 win over the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday at TD Station. Nicholas Girouard, Jeremie Poirier, Brady Burns, Leighton Carruthers, Peter Reynolds and Riley Bezeau scored for Saint John. Zachary Emond made 22 stops in the win. The Titan are coming off a 5-3 home win over the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday. Jaxon Bellamy scored a pair of goals while singles came from Mathieu Desgagnes, Adam McCormick and Cole Huckins. Chad Arsenault made 25 saves in the win.
2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 5-6-1-0 against the Titan in the regular season while Bathurst went 7-4-0-1 against Saint John.
Last meeting: This past Friday at TD Station where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 5-4. Bennett MacArthur netted a pair of goals for Bathurst while solo markers came from Jacob Melanson, Ben Allison and Adam McCormick. Saint John had two goals from Peter Reynolds and singles from William Villeneuve and Nicholas Girouard. Jan Bednar made 26 saves in the win. Zachary Emond left the game with apparent injury in the second period after allowing four goals on 14 shots. Noah Patenaude allowed a goal on 11 shots in relief.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.
Titan to watch: Bennett MacArthur's 28 goals placed him third overall in the league. 11 of those goals came against Saint John.
Random stat: The Sea Dogs went 4-5-0-0 against the Titan in the restart - but three of those four wins came at the KC Irving Regional Centre. Away games are in bold below.
W - Saint John 9 @ Acadie-Bathurst 2 (Apr 13 2021)
L - Acadie-Bathurst 7 @ Saint John 4 (Apr 8 2021)
L - Acadie-Bathurst 6 @ Saint John 3 (Apr 4 2021)
L - Saint John 2 @ Acadie-Bathurst 4 (Apr 1 2021)
L - Acadie-Bathurst 8 @ Saint John 2 (Mar 27 2021)
W - Saint John 4 @ Acadie-Bathurst 3 (Mar 19 2021)
W - Acadie-Bathurst 3 @ Saint John 6 (Mar 14 2021)
W - Saint John 5 @ Acadie-Bathurst 3 (Mar 9 2021)
Notes: Ryan Francis led Saint John in points during the regular season with 50 and assists with 34... Brady Burns had a team high 18 goals... Mathieu Desgagnes led the Titan in points with 52 and assists with 28... Bennett MacArthur had a team high 28 goals... Saint John went 7-6-2-1 on the road in the regular season while Bathurst went 9-5-1-0. But maybe those numbers will mean nothing with Saint John being the home team tonight... the Titan enter the playoffs on a three-game winning streak.
Out of town:
No other games.
Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Wildcats in Moncton on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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