MHL season begins Friday

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

BOUCTOUCHE, NB - The Maritime Hockey League begins its 2024-25 regular season on Friday night and, as usual, there are some Saint John Sea Dogs connections to keep an eye on.

Here's a quick look at where the Sea Dogs connections – a large chunk of whom were invites to training camp this year – will start start the season.

Amherst - Jack O'Blenis

Amherst - Charles-Antoine Lavallee*

Amherst - Jeremie Richard*

Fredericton - Jake Tracey

Fredericton - Joshua Henry*

Grand Falls - Matthew Ferdinand*

Grand Falls - Brayden Campbell*

Miramichi - Will Allen*

Miramichi - Jack Flanagan*

Pictou County - Owen Arnold*

Truro - Frederic Cousineau

Valley - Nathan Casey

Valley - Cael MacDonald

West Kent - Kiefer Lyons

*attended Sea Dogs training camp this season

Former Sea Dogs coaches Greg Leland and Jeff Cowan, meanwhile, continue to work behind the bench of the Grand Falls Rapids.

Lyons, who is playing his overage season, is a player to keep an eye on. He posted 32 goals and 26 assists in 42 MHL games last year and has the potential to be amongst the league scoring leaders this season. The Quispamsis native appeared in one playoff game with the Sea Dogs last year.

Henry, a sixth-round pick, is the only member of Saint John's 2024 draft class to appear on an MHL roster.