Saturday, January 28, 2023

Game Day 45: at Moncton

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to build off last night's victory this evening at Avenir Centre.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a solid 7-3 win in Bathurst last night, a victory that ended a three-game losing streak. Saint John has struggled on the road all season but are on a little run right now, winning back-to-back road matches.

The Wildcats have 14 more points than the Sea Dogs but they have been struggling a bit of late. They are just 6-4-0-0 in their last 10 games and have fallen way back of the Maritimes Division leading Halifax Mooseheads.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 15-27-1-1 for 32 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 22-18-0-2 for 46 points (second Maritimes/fifth Eastern/10th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-3 win in Bathurst last night. Nicolas Bilodeau recorded a hat trick while Brady Burns, Cole Burbidge, Noah Reinhart and Alexis Cournoyer added singles. Ventsislav Shingarov made 31 saves in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-2 home loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens last Sunday. Yoan Loshing and Vincent Labelle scored for Moncton. Jacob Steinman made 18 saves in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-4-0-1 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 5-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: New Year's Eve at TD Station where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 4-1. Charles Beaudoin, Preston Lounsbury, Maxim Barbashev and Oscar Plandowski scored for Moncton. Nico Laforge scored Saint John's lone goal. Jacob Steinman made 24 saves in the win. Olivier Brideau made 42 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Connor Trenholm.

Wildcat to watch: Forward Connor Trenholm for obvious reasons.

Random stat: Saint John forward Alexis Cournoyer has scored in four of his past five games. He has also scored in three straight road games.

Notes: Brady Burns continues to lead Saint John in points (47), goals (24) and assists (23)... defenseman Etienne Morin, who has just returned from the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, leads the Wildcats in points with 45 and assists with 30... Maxim Barbashev leads the club in goals with 22... Moncton is 12-7-0-2 at home... Saint John is 6-12-1-1 on the road... Morin is fourth in QMJHL defenseman scoring and first in goals (15)... the Wildcats are averaging 3.70 goals per game, the fifth most in the league... Vincent Labelle has goals in three straight games... Burns has assists in five straight road games... the Wildcats have lost back-to-back home games.

Out of town:
Cape Breton at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Sherbrooke - 6:00 PM EST 
Charlottetown at Victoriaville - 6:00 PM EST 
Baie-Comeau at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs begin a three-in-three Quebec road trip on Wednesday in Val-d'Or.

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