Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Opening night Sea Dogs roster announced

James West
The Saint John Sea Dogs have announced their roster for the start of the 2022-23 season.

The team's final roster consists of 16 forwards, seven defensemen and three goaltenders.
The roster includes four overage players: goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise, defenseman Charlie DesRoches and forwards Brady Burns and Marshall Lessard. Teams can only dress three overagers and can only carry more for a limited time, meaning one more roster decision will have to be made in the coming weeks.

Saint John's roster looks significantly different than the one that lifted the Memorial Cup in June. Only nine players remain from that team: goaltender Hurtubise; defenseman DesRoches and Vincent Despont; and forwards Burns, Lessard, Peter Reynolds, Cam MacDonald, Nico Laforge and Connor Trenholm.

New faces include 16-year-olds Jeremie Richard (third-round) and Jacob Beaulieu (seventh-round), who were selected by the Sea Dogs in the 2022 QMJHL Entry Draft. They'll be complemented by 2021 draft picks Cole Burbidge (second-round), Vince Elie (second-round), Olivier Brideau (second-round) and Nicolas Bilodeau (fourth-round).

Saint John's two picks from this year's CHL Import Draft, Pavel Simek and Eriks Mateiko, have also made the season opening roster.

As is often the case with rebuilding teams, the Sea Dogs have added a few Ontario free agents in forwards Noah Reinhart (18) and Tomasz Szczerba (17) along. with defenseman Nate Tivey (18). Defenseman Jake Tracey (18) is listed as an Ontario native but was previously drafted by the Acadie-Bathurst Titan and spent last season with the MHL's Fredericton Red Wings.

The Sea Dogs begin the regular season on Saturday night at TD Station, hosting the Titan at 7 p.m.

In a Facebook comment, the Sea Dogs said that the team's leadership group would be announced before Saturday's season opener.
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