After falling 5-3 to the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday and defeating the Val-d'Or Foreurs 5-1 last night, the Sea Dogs will look to make this a winning road trip this evening when they face the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
The Huskies are 9-6-0-3 on the year. Rouyn-Noranda is always a tough place to play and the Huskies currently own an impressive 6-2-0-1 home record.
Game time tonight is 8 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV
Records: The Sea Dogs are 9-8-0-2 for 20 points (fourth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/11th QMJHL) while the Huskies are 9-6-0-3 for 21 points (second West/fourth Western/ninth QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-1 win in Val-d'Or last night. Brady Burns scored a hat trick while singles came from Carter McCluskey and Jacob Chantler. Jonathan Lemieux made 24 saves in the win. The Huskies are coming off a 5-1 home win over the Halifax Mooseheads last night. Alex Arsenault, Donovan Arsenault, Jared Cosman, Jakub Hujer and Dyllan Gill all scored for the Huskies. Samuel Richard made 35 stops in the win.
2021-22 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Huskies.
2020-21 head-to-head: These two did not meet last season.
Last meeting: Feb. 23, 2020 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Huskies 3-2. Anderson MacDonald, Brady Burns and Joshua Roy all scored for Saint John. Rouyn-Noranda goals came from Mathieu Gagnon and Shaun Miller. Zachary Bouthillier made 36 saves in the win. Samuel Richard made 23 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Huskies: Forward Leighton Carruthers.
Huskies to watch: Leighton Carruthers, a first-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the 2020 QMJHL Entry Draft, has five goals and three assists in 18 games with Rouyn-Noranda this season.
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 30 and goals with 16... Josh Lawrence leads the team in assists with 17... Mathieu Gagnon leads the Huskies in points with 15 and assists with 12... Samuel Johnson, Alex Arsenault and Leighton Carruthers are all tied for the team lead in goals with five each... the Sea Dogs are 5-4-0-0 on the road... the Huskies are 3-1-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams... the Huskies have the second worst power play in the league (13.2%) but third best penalty kill (84.4%)... Dufour has points in eight straight road games.
Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM ESTCape Breton at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Québec at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Next game: The Sea Dogs and Huskies meet again on Thursday at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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