The Sea Dogs had a fairly dominant performance in a 4-0 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Friday night at TD Station. Saint John outshot the visitors 40-17 with four different players scoring. Goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise recorded a shutout in his debut.
The Armada unloaded at the trade deadline - but no wins came easy for the Sea Dogs in the first half of the season. Winning games the team should win is a good start to the 2022 portion of the schedule.
The Sea Dogs will look to build off Friday's momentum this afternoon when they host the Rimouski Oceanic - the first of two meetings between the clubs this week. Game time today at TD Station is 3 p.m.
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Records: The Sea Dogs are 16-12-0-3 for 35 points (fifth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/10th QMJHL) while the Oceanic are 16-10-2-2 for 36 points (second East/fourth Eastern/seventh QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-0 home win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Friday. William Dufour, Marshall Lessard, Brady Burns and Philippe Daoust scored for Saint John. Nikolas Hurtubise made 17 saves in the shutout win. The Oceanic are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss in Moncton last night. Xavier Cormier scored a pair of goals while Simon Maltais recorded a single. Gabriel Robert made 26 saves in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Oceanic.
2020-21 head-to-head: These two did not meet last season.
Last meeting: Way back on Jan. 28, 2020 in Rimouski where the Oceanic defeated the Sea Dogs 3-2. Zachary Massicotte, Nathan Ouellet and Adam Raska scored for the Oceanic. Maxim Cajkovic and Jeremie Poirier scored for Saint John. Creed Jones made 23 saves in the win. Zachary Bouthillier made 41 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Oceanic: Forward Alex Drover.
Oceanic to watch: Xavier Cormier, who scored a pair of goals last night, leads Rimouski in points (32), goals (15) and assists (17)
Random stat: The Oceanic have scored first in 21 games this season, the second most in the QMJHL.
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 48 and goals with 23... Josh Lawrence has a team high 28 assists... former Sea Dog Alex Drover, Rimouski's second leading scorer with 26 points, did not play in Moncton last night and was listed as injured (reportedly in COVID protocol)... Saint John is 9-7-0-2 at home... Rimouski is 6-5-1-2 on the road... the Oceanic are 1-0-0-1 against Maritimes Division teams... the Sea Dogs are 2-1-0-0 against East Division teams... Dufour has points in 17 straight games and goals in four straight... Josh Lawrence has points in 12 straight games... Vincent Sevigny has points in nine straight... Ryan Francis has assists in seven straight home games.
Out of town:
Drummondville at Gatineau - 3:00 PM ESTBlainville-Boisbriand at Moncton - 4:00 PM AST
Victoriaville at Québec - 3:00 PM EST
Halifax at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Charlottetown at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs begin a three-game road trip on Tuesday night in Baie-Comeau when they face the Drakkar at 8 p.m.
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