Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Game Day 29: vs Voltigeurs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs face an unfamiliar foe tonight at TD Station.

For the first time this season, the Sea Dogs will take on the Drummondville Voltigeurs. It's been just over a year (Dec. 3, 2022) since these two last met.

After a disappointing 2022-23 campaign, the Voltigeurs have a strong roster of veteran players led by the likes of Tyler Peddle, Luke Woodworth, Ethan Gauthier and many others. The Volts currently sit first in the Western Conference and third overall in the QMJHL.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, a loss that ended a three-game winning streak.

Game time tonight at TD Station is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/Sea Dogs Radio/CHL TV

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 11-13-2-2 for 26 points (fifth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/13th QMJHL) while the Voltigeurs are 17-8-3-1 for 38 points (first Central/first Western/third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Sunday. Eriks Mateiko scored Saint John's lone goal. Justin Robinson made 25 saves in the win. The Voltigeurs are coming off a big 10-3 home win over the Quebec Remparts on Sunday. Ethan Gauthier had a hat trick; Lukas Landry and Sam Oliver each scored twice; and singles came from Tyler Peddle, Drew Elliott and Loic Goyette. Riley Mercer made 16 saves in the win.

2023-24 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Voltigeurs.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 2-0-0-0 against the Voltigeurs last season while Drummondville went 0-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 3, 2022 in Drummondville where the Sea Dogs defeated the Voltigeurs 3-2. Brady Burns scored a pair of goals for Saint John while Jacob Beaulieu netted the winner. Jeremy Lapointe and Tyler Peddle scored for the Volts. Ventsislav Shingarov made 27 saves in the win. Jacob Goobie made 22 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Voltigeurs: None.

Voltigeurs to watch: Sam Oliver, a Saint John native, has scored two goals in each of his past two games.

Random stat: Eriks Mateiko has goals in four straight games.

Notes: Peter Reynolds leads Saint John in points with 39, goals with 17 and assists with 22... Luke Woodworth leads the Voltigeurs in points with 33 and assists with 19... Peter Repcik leads the Volts in goals with 16... Saint John is 5-8-2-1 at home... Drummondville is 6-5-3-1 on the road... the Volts have won four straight... the Dogs are 3-0-1-0 in their past four... Maveric Lamoureux, who was invited to Team Canada's world junior selection camp yesterday, sits fourth in defensemen scoring with 22 points... the Volts are averaging 4.00 goals per game, the third most in the league, and 2.77 goals against per game, the third fewest... Repcik has assists in five straight games.

Out of town:
Acadie-Bathurst at Québec - 7:00 PM EST 
Val-d'Or at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

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