Friday, November 18, 2022

Game Day 18 & 19: at Halifax

HALIFAX - The Saint John Sea Dogs play the first of two tonight against the Halifax Mooseheads.

The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads meet this evening at 7 p.m. at Scotiabank Centre and again tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. This will be just the second and third meetings of the regular season between the two Maritimes Division rivals.

The Mooseheads sit atop the Maritimes with an 11-5-2-1 record but have lost three straight games. Saint John is coming off a 4-1 home win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday, a result that ended a five-game losing streak.

TV/Radio/Stream: Eastlink (Friday)/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 5-11-0-1 for 11 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 11-5-2-1 for 25 points (first Maritimes/second Eastern/fifth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-1 home win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday. Nico Laforge, Cam MacDonald, Nicolas Bilodeau and Nicholas Blagden scored for Saint John. Nikolas Hurtubise made 34 saves in the win. The Mooseheads are coming off a 7-4 loss in Bathurst on Wednesday. Evan Boucher, Stephane Jr Huard, Markus Vidicek and Brady Schultz scored for Halifax. Mathis Rousseau made 36 saves in the loss.

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

Last meeting: Nov. 6 at Scotiabank Centre where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 7-0. Jordan Dumais had a hat trick for Halifax while singles came from Cameron Whynot, Stephane Jr Huard, Mathieu Cataford and Brody Fournier. Mathis Rousseau made 23 saves in the win. Ventsislav Shingarov made 30 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: None.

Moosehead to watch: Evan Boucher will presumably play his first games against Saint John this season. He had two goals and two assists in six games against the Dogs last year.

Random stat: The Mooseheads are averaging a league low 8.42 penalty minutes per game.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in scoring with 17 points and goals with nine... Peter Reynolds still leads Saint John in assists with nine... Jordan Dumais leads Halifax in points (42), goals (16) and assists (26)... Halifax is 6-2-1-1 at home... Saint John is 1-6-0-1 on the road... the Sea Dogs have the worst power play in the league with a rating of 9.8%... Halifax is averaging 3.95 goals per game, the second most in the league... Cam MacDonald has points in seven straight games.

Out of town:
Cape Breton at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Québec at Rimouski - 7:00 PM EST
Moncton at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Charlottetown at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Cape Breton for a Thursday night meeting with the Eagles.

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