Thursday, February 15, 2024

Game Day 52: vs Armada

SAINT JOHN
- The Saint John Sea Dogs play their first home game since Jan. 18 and begin the One For All Festival tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs will host the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada at 7 p.m. Saint John will look to end a five game losing streak. The team's long stretch of road games was not kind to them and are now sporting a 1-9 record over their past 10 games.

The Armada, meanwhile, have lost two straight and now sit one-game below the .500 mark with a 22-23-4-1 record.

This will be the first of three games featured in this year's One For All Festival. Tonight is Pride Night.
TV/Radio/Stream: None/Sea Dogs Radio/CHL TV

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 16-29-3-3 for 38 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Armada are 22-23-4-1 for 49 points (second West/sixth Western/12th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-0 loss in Charlottetown last Friday. Justin Robinson made 42 saves in the loss. The Armada are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Saturday. Olivier Lemieux and Matt Gosselin scored for the Armada. Olivier Ciarlo and Edouard Gauthier split the loss in net.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Armada this season while Blainville-Boisbriand is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Oct. 12 in Boisbriand where the Armada defeated the Sea Dogs 4-1. Xavier Sarrasin, Jonathan Fauchon, Matt Gosselin and Alexis Bourque all scored for the Armada. Peter Reynolds had Saint John's lone goal. Charles-Edward Gravel made 35 stops in the win. Patrick Leaver made 32 saves in the loss. 

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Armada: None.

Armada to watch: Vincent Desjardins leads all QMJHL rookies in shots on goal.

Random stat: The Armada have the fewest wins against Maritimes Division teams (2-5-1-0) of any team in the QMJHL this season.

Notes: Brody Fournier leads Saint John in points with 39... Fournier and Eriks Mateiko lead Saint John in goals with 19 each... Joseph Ianniello leads the club in assists with 23... Jonathan Fauchon leads the Armada in points with 54, goals with 22 and assists with 32... Saint John is 7-14-2-2 at home... Blainville-Boisbriand is 10-11-3-0 on the road... Vincent Desjardins is eighth in QMJHL rookie scoring with 34 points.

Out of town:
Val-d'Or at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST 
Rimouski at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST 
Shawinigan at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Gatineau Olympiques on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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