Sunday, October 16, 2022

Game Day 7: at Victoriaville

VICTORIAVILLE, QC
- It's been a rough road trip for the Saint John Sea Dogs so far.

The Sea Dogs have dropped their first two games of this Quebec trek by a combined score of 13-3, falling 6-1 to the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Friday and 7-2 last night in Quebec City. The team will look to head home with a win when they face the Victoriaville Tigres today at 5 p.m.

This is the second meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Tigres. Victoriaville defeated Saint John 5-2 at TD Station last Saturday. This will be the final meeting between the two.

The Tigres are off to a decent start with a 5-3-0-0 record. They feature one of the league's best goal scorers in Maxime Pellerin, who has scored seven times in eight games.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 2-4-0-0 for four points (fifth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Tigres are 5-3-0-0 for 10 points (second Central/third Western/fourth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-2 loss in Quebec City last night. Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov and Olivier Brideau split the loss in net. The Tigres are coming off a 6-1 home win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night. Maxime Pellerin scored a pair of goals while singles came from Alexandre Nadeau, Igor Mburanumwe, Tommy Cormier and Egor Goriunov. Nathan Darveau made 16 saves in the win.

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

Last meeting: Last Saturday at TD Station where the Tigres defeated the Sea Dogs 5-2. Tommy Cormier scored twice for Victoriaville while Maxime Pellerin, Nikita Prishchepov and Benjamin Vigneault added singles. Noah Reinhart and Cam MacDonald scored for Saint John. Gabriel D'Aigle made 32 saves in the win. Ventsislav Shingarov allowed five goals on 19 shots before getting pulled. Olivier Brideau stopped all six shots he faced in relief.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Tigres: None.

Tigres to watch: Maxime Pellerin is tied for third in goals with seven scored in eight games.

Random stat: The Tigres are 3-0-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams this season.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with nine and goals with five... Burns and Peter Reynolds each have a team high four assists... Maxime Pellerin leads Victoriaville in points with 13 and goals with seven... Pier-Olivier Roy has a team high nine assists... the Tigres are 2-1-0-0 at home... the Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 on the road... Roy is tied for the league's defensemen scoring lead.

Out of town:
Drummondville at Charlottetown - 3:00 PM ADT
Halifax at Moncton - 4:00 PM ADT
Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 3:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.

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