Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Game Day 26: vs Armada

SAINT JOHN
- The Saint John Sea Dogs and and St. John's Fog Devils Montreal Junior Blainville-Boisbriand Armada play the second half of a home-and-home tonight at TD Station.

The two expansion cousins met on Sunday in the Montreal area where the Sea Dogs earned a 3-2 overtime victory. Cam MacDonald netted the winner at 2:29 of the extra frame to earn Saint John the extra point - and a second straight victory.

Saint John carries a two-game winning streak into tonight's match while the Armada have lost six straight. 

This is the first game of a three-game road trip for the Armada. The team visits Halifax tomorrow night and Cape Breton on Sarturday.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 8-16-0-1 for 17 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL) while the Armada are 10-16-1-1 for 22 points (fourth West/eighth Western/16th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs and Armada met on Sunday in Boisbriand where Saint John earned a 3-2 overtime victory. Charlie DesRoches, Eriks Mateiko and Cam MacDonald scored for Saint John. Jonathan Fauchon and Maximillian Streule scored for the Armada. Nikolas Hurtubise made 38 stops in the win. Nicholas Sheehan made 28 saves in the loss.

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

Last meeting: This past Sunday. See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Armada: None.

Armada to watch: Jonathan Fauchon had a goal against the Sea Dogs on Sunday and also scored against them last season.

Random stat: Saint John defenseman Nate Tivey is third amongst all QMJHL rookies in assists with 14.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 24 and goals with 15... Nate Tivey has a team high 14 assists... Jonathan Fauchon has an Armada high 36 points and 24 assists... Alexis Gendron leads the club in goals with 20... Saint John is 4-7-0-0 at home... Blainville-Boisbriand is 5-9-0-0 on the road... the Armada are 1-4-1-0 against Maritimes Division teams... Tivey has assists in five straight home games... the Armada have lost three straight road games.

Out of town:
Shawinigan at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST

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

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