Sunday, October 30, 2022

Game Day 12: at Moncton

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs travel to Moncton for the first time this season today.

After losing six straight games, the Sea Dogs have won back-to-back contests, defeating the Gatineau Olympiques and Acadie-Bathurst Titan on home ice.

The Sea Dogs face another tough challenge today, taking on a Wildcats team that has won three straight games and six of their past seven.

The Wildcats have defeated the Sea Dogs twice already this season, outscoring Saint John a combined 11-5. This is the first meeting between the two at Avenir Centre.

Game time this afternoon is 4 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 4-7-0-0 for eight points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 7-3-0-1 for 15 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/eighth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-1 home win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday. Nico Laforge, Cam MacDonald, Vince Elie, Eriks Mateiko, Brady Burns and Connor Trenholm scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 33 saves in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-2 home win over the Gatineau Olympiques on Friday. Charles Beaudoin, Francesco Iasenza, Yoan Loshing and Etienne Morin scored for Moncton. Jacob Steinman made 29 saves in the win.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-2-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting:
 Oct. 22 at TD Station where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 7-4. Charles Beaudoin, Preston Lounsbury, Jonas Taibel, Cole Bishop, Thomas Auger, Maxim Barbashev and Hugo Marcil scored for Moncton. Saint John had goals from Charlie DesRoches, Pavel Simek, Brady Burns and Vincent Despont. Vincent Filion made 25 saves in the win. Nikolas Hurtubise made 27 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.

Wildcat to watch: Yoan Loshing has four goals and two assists over his past three games.

Random stat:
 The Wildcats have been one of the hottest teams in the league over the past couple weeks, going on a 6-0-0-1 run.

Notes: Brady Burns and Peter Reynolds are tied for the Sea Dogs lead in scoring with 13 points... Burns leads the team in goals with seven... Reynolds, who left Friday's game in the first period with an injury, has a team high nine assists... Yoan Loshing leads the Wildcats in points with 15... Loshing and defenseman Etienne Morin each have a team high six goals... Loshing and Vincent Labelle have a team high nine assists... Saint John is 1-3-0-0 on the road... Moncton is 4-1-0-1 at home... the Sea Dogs continue to have the league's worst penalty kill with a rating of 65.9%... the Sea Dogs have lost three straight road games.

Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EDT
Drummondville at Québec - 3:00 PM EDT
Charlottetown at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EDT
Rouyn-Noranda at Val-d'Or - 3:00 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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