Thursday, November 30, 2023

Game Day 26: at Moncton

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs make a quick trip up the highway tonight to face the Moncton Wildcats.

The Sea Dogs are coming off one of their biggest wins of the season on Sunday, shutting out the Val-d'Or Foreurs 6-0 at TD Station. The Sea Dogs have had a fairly solid stretch of games recently as November nears an end.

The Wildcats' play has been hot-and-cold this season but they still sit third overall in the QMJHL standings.

Game time tonight at Avenir Centre is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/CHL TV

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 9-13-1-2 for 21 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/14th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 17-6-1-1 for 36 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-0 win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Sunday. Eriks Mateiko scored twice for Saint John while singles came from Vince Elie, Pavel Simek, Peter Reynolds and Nicolas Bilodeau. Justin Robinson made 21 saves in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-0 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday. Jacob Steinman made 23 saves in the loss.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-3-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 3-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Oct. 27 in Moncton where the Wildcats defeated the Sea dogs 5-2. Yoan Loshing scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Miles Mueller, Preston Lounsbury and Vincent Collard. Danny Akkouche and Peter Reynolds scored for Saint John. Keegan Warren made 27 saves in the win. Patrick Leaver made 33 stops in the loss.

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

Wildcat to watch: Preston Lounsbury has seven points (three goals and four assists) in three games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: Peter Reynolds, who now sits ninth in QMJHL scoring, has four goals and seven assists over his past five games.

Notes: Peter Reynolds leads Saint John in points with 34, goals with 14 and assists with 20... Yoan Loshing leads Moncton in points with 30 and goals with 17... Preston Lounsbury and Julius Sumpf lead the team in assists with 15 each... Saint John is 5-5-0-1 on the road... Moncton is 7-5-0-1 at home... Sumpf sits second in QMJHL rookie scoring with 24 points... the Wildcats have the second best power play in the league with a rating of 25%... the Wildcats are averaging 4.18 goals per game, the second most in the league... Moncton is averaging the second most shots against per game (32.66) while Saint John is averaging the most (33.57)... Reynolds has points in five straight road games... the Sea Dogs have won back-to-back road games.

Out of town:
Gatineau at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST 
Victoriaville at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST 
Charlottetown at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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