Friday, February 18, 2022

Game Day 36: at Halifax

HALIFAX - After a week away from game play, the Saint John Sea Dogs return to action tonight at Scotiabank Centre.

The Sea Dogs haven't played since last Friday's disappointing 6-1 loss in Rimouski, a defeat that ended a four-game winning streak. They'll look to get things back on track tonight as they play the first game of a three-in-three.

Tonight's contest will be the Mooseheads' first home game since Dec. 16 due to COVID restrictions in Nova Scotia. They've played four games since the league restarted play a few weeks ago, all of which were on the road.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Eastlink Community TV/93 CFBC/CHL TV

Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 3,000 fans/Required/Required

Records: The Sea Dogs are 19-13-0-3 for 41 points (fourth Maritimes/fifth Eastern/eighth QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 20-12-1-1 for 42 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/sixth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-1 loss in Rimouski last Friday. Josh Lawrence scored Saint John's only goal while Nikolas Hurtubise made 25 stops. The Mooseheads are coming off a 4-3 overtime win in Moncton on Tuesday. Bobby Orr, Attilio Biasca, Logan Crosby and Markus Vidicek all scored for Halifax. Brady James made 40 stops in the win.

2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-0-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 0-1-1-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 30 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Mooseheads 4-3 in overtime. Josh Lawrence, Peter Reynolds, Jeremie Poirier and William Villeneuve scored for Saint John. Jordan Dumais, Zachary Beauregard and Attilio Biasca had Halifax goals. Noah Patenaude made 34 stops in the win. Brady James made 25 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: None.

Moosehead to watch: After a few weeks of drama before the trade deadline, Elliot Desnoyers stuck with the Mooseheads instead of being dealt to the Sea Dogs (which was strongly rumoured/reported). This is the first meeting between the Dogs and Moose since the deadline.

Random stat: The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads will face each other six times in the second half, including four times between now and March 6.

Notes: William Dufour leads the Sea Dogs in points with 58 and goals with 28... Josh Lawrence has a team high 32 assists... Jordan Dumais leads the Mooseheads in points with 53 and assists with 36... Elliot Desnoyers has a team high 20 goals... the Sea Dogs are 9-6-0-1 on the road... the Mooseheads are 10-4-0-1 at home... Dufour is third in league scoring while Dumais is sixth... the Mooseheads have the league's second worst penalty kill with a rating of 71.2%... Desnoyers has goals in four straight home games... Dumais has points in 11 straight home games... Vincent Sevigny has points in seven straight road games.

Out of town:
Drummondville at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Victoriaville at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM AST
Cape Breton at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Victoriaville Tigres tomorrow at 7 p.m.

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