The Sea Dogs, coming off a strong 5-3 victory on Monday over the Hamilton Bulldogs, take on the Western Hockey League champion Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at TD Station.
A victory tonight would take some of the pressure off the Sea Dogs heading into their final round-robin game on Saturday. It'll be interesting to see if the Dogs can play with the same urgency and intensity as the Oil Kings no doubt will. This is something Saint John seemed to struggle with in their opening round playoff loss to the Rimouski Oceanic.
Tonight is a huge night for the Oil Kings. After falling 4-3 to the Shawinigan Cataractes last night, Edmonton will not want to go down 0-2. It's not an impossible hole to get out of, but it's a very difficult one.
The Oil Kings will also look to end the bizarre losing streak for WHL champions at the Memorial Cup, which has now reached 14 games.
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Tournament records: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0 for three points while the Oil Kings are 0-1-0 for no points.
Tournament records: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0 for three points while the Oil Kings are 0-1-0 for no points.
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Monday. Ryan Francis scored a pair of goals while singles came from Yan Kuznetsov, William Dufour and Peter Reynolds. Nikolas Hurtubise made 17 saves in the win. The Oil Kings are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes last night. Luke Prokop, Tyler Horstmann and Cole Miller scored for Edmonton. Sebastian Cossa made 31 stops in the loss.
Regular season records: The Sea Dogs finished with a record of 47-17-1-3 for 98 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL) while the Oil Kings went 50-14-3-1 for 104 points (first Central/second Eastern/second WHL).
Playoff records: The Sea Dogs were 2-3 in the QMJHL playoffs and were eliminated in the first round by the Rimouski Oceanic. The Oil Kings went 16-3 en route to a WHL championship, defeating Lethbridge (4-0), Red Deer (4-0), Winnipeg (4-1) and Seattle (4-2).
Memorial Cup all-time head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0 against the Oil Kings all-time while Edmonton is 0-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: May 21, 2012 in Shawinigan where the Sea Dogs defeated the Oil Kings 5-2. Saint John had a pair of goals from Zack Phillips and singles from Jonathan Huberdeau, Danick Gauthier and Ryan Tesink. Edmonton had goals from Kristians Pelss and Stephane Legault. Mathieu Corbeil made 25 saves in the win. Laurent Brossoit made 29 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Oil Kings: None.
Oil King to watch: Jake Neighbours led Edmonton in playoff assists with 14 in 19 games.
Random stat: The Oil Kings were 13-1 in the WHL playoffs when scoring first.
Notes: William Dufour led Saint John in regular season scoring with 116 points and goals with 56... Josh Lawrence had a team high 70 assists... Ravis Ansons led Saint John in playoff scoring with five points... the Oil Kings are without Dylan Guenther, who finished in a tie for the team lead in playoff scoring with 21 points... Carter Souch matched Guenther's 21 points in the post-season. He also finished second behind Guenther in goals with 12... Kaiden Guhle finished first in WHL playoff goals by defensemen with eight... Sebastian Cossa recorded a 1.93 GAA and .919 SV% in the WHL playoffs. He did not lose back-to-back games... the Oil Kings are technically the home team tonight. They went 9-2 at home in the playoffs and 7-1 on the road.
Next game: The Sea Dogs play their final round-robin game on Saturday at 5 p.m. against the Shawinigan Cataractes.
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