Friday, October 28, 2022

Game Day 11: vs Titan

SAINT JOHN - Coming off a surprising upset win last night, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to keep the positive momentum rolling tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs downed the Gatineau Olympiques 6-5 last night thanks to a Cam MacDonald hat trick; a four assist night from Peter Reynolds; and a 42-save performance by Nikolas Hurtubise. The win was Saint John's first since Oct. 7 and ended a six-game losing streak.

Can the Sea Dogs have a repeat performance tonight? The Acadie-Bathurst Titan come to town with only a slightly better record than Saint John. The Titan have dropped two straight games and are 1-5-0-0 on the road this season.

Game time for Hockey Fights Cancer night is 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 3-7-0-0 for six points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Titan are 4-8-1-0 for nine points (fourth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/16th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 win over the Gatineau Olympiques last night. Cam MacDonald netted a hat trick while singles came from Pavel Simek, Connor Trenholm and Charlie DesRoches. The Titan are coming off a 6-3 loss in Halifax on Sunday. Ben Allison, Ty Higgins and Dylan Andrews scored for Bathurst. Sergei Litvinov made 27 saves in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 0-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting:
 Sept. 25 in Bathurst where the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 4-3. Brady Burns scored a pair of goals while Marshall Lessard and Peter Reynolds added singles for Saint John. Markus Samenas, Ben Allison and Cameron MacLean scored for Bathurst. Ventsislav Shingarov made 21 stops in the win. Sergei Litvinov made 30 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Riley Kidney had three goals and nine assists in nine games against Saint John last season.

Random stat:
 Saint John allowed three power play goals last night. They have the league's worst penalty kill with a rating of 62.5%. No other team is below 70%.

Notes: Peter Reynolds now leads Saint John in points with 13 and assists with nine... Brady Burns has a team high six goals... the Titan are led by Riley Kidney who has a team high 17 points and 12 assists... Ben Allison leads the team in goals with nine... Saint John is 2-4-0-0 at home... Bathurst is 1-5-0-0 on the road... the Titan have lost five straight road games.

Out of town:
Gatineau at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT
Charlottetown at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EDT
Rimouski at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Cape Breton at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT
Halifax at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Moncton to face the Wildcats on Sunday at 4 p.m.

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