Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Game Day 13: at Charlottetown

CHARLOTTETOWN
- The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to end some road woes tonight.

The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders tonight at 7 p.m. Saint John has struggled away from TD Station so far this year, posting a 1-3-0-1 record on the road. Their lone road victory was on opening night in Bathurst.

Saint John is coming off an impressive week. After losing six straight, the Sea Dogs earned five of a possible six points, defeating the Gatineau Olympiques and Acadie-Bathurst Titan on home ice before falling to the Moncton Wildcats in a shootout on Sunday.

The Islanders have just one more win than the Sea Dogs this season and have dropped two straight. Saint John earned a 7-4 win over Charlottetown on Oct. 7 at TD Station.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 4-7-0-1 for nine points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Islanders are 5-7-1-0 for 11 points (third Maritimes/seventh Eastern/14th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 shootout loss in Moncton on Sunday. Charlie DesRoches and Connor Trenholm scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 24 saves in the loss. The Islanders are coming off a 5-1 loss in Rimouski on Sunday. Michael Horth scored Charlottetown's lone goal. Francesco Lapenna made 30 stops in the loss.

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

Last meeting:
 Oct. 7 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Islanders 7-4. Brady Burns scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Cam MacDonald, Jared Cosman, Peter Reynolds, Vincent Despont and Cole Burbidge. Michael Horth scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while Giovanni Morneau and Jakub Brabenec added solo markers. Ventsislav Shingarov made 33 saves in the win. Oliver Satny made 30 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: None.

Islander to watch: Michael Horth has goals in back-to-back games. After recording 11 goals in 56 games last year, he already has eight in 13 games this season.

Random stat:
 This is the last meeting between Saint John and Charlottetown until Dec. 28. They meet seven times after Christmas.

Notes: Brady Burns and Peter Reynolds are tied for the Sea Dogs lead in points with 13 each... Burns leads the team in goals with seven... Reynolds, who will miss a few weeks with an injury, has a team high nine assists... Charlottetown is led by Jakub Brabenec who has 11 points... Michael Horth has a team high eight goals... Brabenec and Keiran Gallant each have a team high eight assists... the Islanders are averaging 2.60 goals per game, the second fewest in the league... the Sea Dogs are averaging 4.80 goals against per game, the second most in the league... Connor Trenholm has goals in three straight games... the Sea Dogs have lost four straight road games.

Out of town:
No other games.

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Cape Breton Eagles for the first time this season on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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