Friday, January 6, 2023

Game Day 36: vs Mooseheads

SAINT JOHN - Josh Lawrence and the Halifax Mooseheads visit the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight.

This will be the first time Lawrence has faced his old club since being traded away during the off-season. The 20-year-old, who spent his first four QMJHL seasons with the Sea Dogs, began the year with the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada before being dealt to the Halifax Mooseheads.

Lawrence is part of a high powered Mooseheads offense that also features Jordan Dumais, the newly acquired Alexandre Doucet and others. The Sea Dogs will be in tough to contain Halifax tonight and throughout the second half.

Game time at TD Station is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 13-20-1-1 for 28 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 23-7-4-1 for 51 points (first Maritimes/second Eastern/third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 home win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Wednesday. Eriks Mateiko, Sam-Luca Thifault, Jared Cosman and Nate Tivey scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 32 saves in the win. The Mooseheads are coming off an 11-3 win in Cape Breton on New Year's Eve. Josh Lawrence had four goals; Jordan Dumais had two; and singles came from Zachary L'Heureux, Jake Furlong, Cameron Whynot, Mathieu Cataford and Alexandre Doucet. Mathis Rousseau made 24 saves in the victory.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-3-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 3-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 19 in Halifax where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 5-0. Brady Schultz scored twice for Halifax while singles came from Cameron Whynot, Jack Martin and Evan Boucher. Brady James made 28 saves in the shutout win. Ventsislav Shingarov made 32 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Josh Lawrence.

Moosehead to watch: Mathieu Cataford has points in 10 straight games.

Random stat: The Mooseheads feature three of the league's top six scorers: Jordan Dumais (first - 68 points), Alexandre Doucet (second - 60 points) and Josh Lawrence (sixth - 53 points).

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 33 and goals with 19... Nate Tivey leads the club in assists with 16... Jordan Dumais leads Halifax in points with 68 and assists with 41... Alexandre Doucet leads the club in goals with 31... the Mooseheads are 12-4-2-0 on the road... the Sea Dogs are 9-10-0-0 at home... Halifax has earned points in 11 straight games... Doucet is second in the league in goals... Dumais leads the league in assists... the Mooseheads are averaging a league low 8.17 penalty minutes per game... the Moose are averaging a league best 4.61 goals per game... this is the first time the Mooseheads have travelled to Saint John this season.

Out of town:
Rimouski at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM AST
Victoriaville at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Chicoutimi at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Rimouski Oceanic on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. It's the first meeting between the two since last season's playoff series.

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