Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Game Day 28: vs Titan

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to get back to the .500 mark tonight against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 loss in Halifax on Saturday that saw them blow a 2-1 lead in the third period. Saint John was without Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle and Olivier Duhamel due to injuries and had a few players get banged up during the game.

Saint John will try and get back on track against a Titan team they've battled hard with this season. Three of the five previous meetings were decided by a goal.

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

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

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 13-14-0-0 for 26 points (third Maritimes/sixth Eastern/11th QMJHL) while the Titan are 16-10-0-0 for 32 points (second Maritimes/fifth Eastern/seventh QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 loss in Halifax on Saturday. Jacob Beaulieu and William Yared scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson made 21 stops in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 4-2 home loss to the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday. Dawson Sharkey and Tyson Goguen scored for Bathurst. Joshua Fleming made 35 stops in the loss.

2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-3-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 3-2-0-0 against Saint John.
 
Last meeting: Nov. 16 in Bathurst where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 2-1. Tyler Wood and Louis-Francois Belanger scored for Bathurst. Tyler Peddle netted Saint John's lone goal. Joshua Fleming made 28 stops in the win. Charles-Edward Gravel made 35 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Colby Huggan has two goals and three assists in five games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: The Titan are 12-7-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams this season. The Sea Dogs are 8-8-0-0.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 24 and assists with 21... Eriks Mateiko leads the team in goals with 14... Colby Huggan leads Bathurst in points 21 and goals with 10... Tyson Goguen leads the Titan in assists with 12... Saint John is 7-6-0-0 at home... Bathurst is 8-4-0-0 on the road... Dawson Sharkey is second in the league in penalty minutes while Harry Clements is third... Joshua Fleming is fourth in the league in wins with 14... Zachary Morin is third in rookie points with 18... the Titan have the league's worst power play (13.2%) but the best penalty kill (88%)... the Titan are averaging 2.59 goals against per game, the third fewest in the league.

Out of town:
Chicoutimi at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EST 
Blainville-Boisbriand at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Cape Breton to face the Eagles on Friday at 7 p.m.

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