The Victoriaville Tigres play their final game of a three-in-three Maritime road trip this evening against the Saint John Sea Dogs. It's been a rough trip so far, falling 7-1 in Bathurst on Thursday and 7-2 in Charlottetown last night.
A couple of Sea Dogs are very familiar with the Tigres. Defenseman Vincent Sevigny and goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise, acquired by Saint John during the holiday trade period, helped Victoriaville win last year's QMJHL championship.
Game time tonight is 7 p.m.
Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 100%/Required/Required
Records: The Sea Dogs are 20-13-0-3 for 43 points (third Maritimes/fourth Eastern/seventh QMJHL) while the Tigres are 14-17-3-2 for 33 points (fourth Central/sixth Western/14th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a hard fought 3-2 win in Halifax last night. Philippe Daoust scored all three of Saint John's goals while Nikolas Hurtubise made 33 saves in the win. The Tigres are coming off a 7-2 loss in Charlottetown last night. Loick Daigle and Egor Goriunov scored for Victoriaville. Nathan Darveau made 37 stops in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Tigres this season while Victoriaville is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Dec. 5 in Victoriaville where the Tigres defeated the Sea Dogs 2-1. Maxime Pellerin netted both Victoriaville goals while William Dufour scored for Saint John. Nathan Darveau made 33 saves in the win. Jonathan Lemieux made 23 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Tigres: None.
Random stat: The Tigres have 15 players on their roster who are officially classified as rookies. The Sea Dogs have one (Vincent Despont).
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 59 and goals with 28... Josh Lawrence has a team high 33 assists... Maxime Pellerin leads Victoriaville in scoring with 37 points and goals with 17... Tommy Cormier has a team high 22 assists... Cormier was injured in Thursday's game in Bathurst and will need surgery to repair a lower body injury... Saint John is 10-7-0-2 at home... Victoriaville is 8-7-3-0 on the road... the Tigres have the league's third worst penalty kill with a rating of 17%... the Tigres are averaging the fewest shots per game (24.40) while allowing the second most (34.14)... William Dufour has goals in four straight home games... Josh Lawrence has points in 11 straight home games.
Out of town:
Gatineau at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM ESTQuébec at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST
Cape Breton at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Shawinigan at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Drummondville Voltigeurs tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.
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