The Sea Dogs visit the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The two teams have met just three times this year but will get to know each other quite well in the final two months of the season, facing off six times.
The Eagles sit last overall in the QMJHL standings with a 13-33-4-2 record. The team will very likely miss the playoffs.
Saint John has struggled to play full 60-minute games over the past week or so. They'll look to correct that this weekend.
Game time tonight is 7 p.m. while Saturday's game begins at 3 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV
Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 100%/None/None
Records: The Sea Dogs are 33-17-1-3 for 70 points (third Maritimes/fourth Eastern/sixth QMJHL) while the Eagles are 13-33-4-2 for 32 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-4 win in Halifax on Wednesday. Philippe Daoust scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Olivier Picard, Vincent Sevigny, William Dufour and Nathan Drapeau. Thomas Couture made 26 stops in the win. The Eagles are coming off a 5-4 home loss to the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday. Cam Squires scored twice for Cape Breton while Sean Larochelle and Peter Repcik added singles. Remi Delafontaine made 26 saves in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-0-0-1 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-1-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: March 5 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 7-3. Philippe Daoust scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Ryan Francis, Riley Bezeau, Josh Lawrence, Olivier Picard and William Dufour. Ivan Ivan scored twice for Cape Breton while Cam Squires also scored. Nikolas Hurtubise made 37 saves in the win. Nicolas Ruccia made 34 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Forwards Charles Savoie, Carter McCluskey and Nicholas Girouard.
Eagle to watch: Cam Squires, a second round pick of Cape Breton in this year's QMJHL Entry Draft, has three goals and two assists over his past four games.
Random stat: William Dufour is a goal away from tying Danick Gauthier's franchise record of 47 goals scored in a single season.
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 94 and goals with 46... Josh Lawrence has a team high 55 assists... Ivan Ivan leads Cape Breton in points with 50 and goals with 25... Jeremy Langlois leads the Eagles in assists with 33... Saint John is 16-8-1-1 on the road... Cape Breton is 5-14-3-1 at home... the Eagles are averaging 4.65 goals against per game, the most in the QMJHL... Dufour has goals in three straight games and points in 15 straight... Vincent Sevigny has points in seven straight games.
Out of town:
Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM ADTHalifax at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM ADT
Drummondville at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EDT
Québec at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT
Next game: After Saturday's 3 p.m. Sea Dogs-Eagles game, Saint John returns home to host the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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