Season ends today for Sea Dogs

Micheal Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The 2024-25 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League season will come to an end for the Saint John Sea Dogs today.

The Sea Dogs were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night when they fell 4-1 to the Cape Breton Eagles. It's the first time since 2018-19 that the Sea Dogs have missed the playoffs.

Saint John will play its final game of the season on home ice today, hosting the Eagles at 4 p.m.

This will be the final junior game for Saint John's two overage players: defensemen Nate Tivey and Matteo Mann. 

Some other news and notes from Friday...

• With Saint John's loss last night, the Gatineau Olympiques have qualified for the QMJHL playoffs for a 40th straight season. Crazy.
• It wasn't the AUS' year at the University Cup. A day after the UNB Reds were eliminated by the Ottawa Gee-Gees, the Universite de Moncton Aigles Bleus fell 4-2 to the Concordia Stingers in quarterfinal play. Former Sea Dogs forwards Charles Savoie and Nicholas Girouard scored for Concordia while Nikolas Hurtubise made 22 stops in the win.
• Hurtubise, Savoie, Girouard, Christopher Inniss, Isiah Campbell and the Stingers will face the Saskatchewan Huskies in Saturday night's semifinal. The afternoon semi will see Kevin Gursoy, Joseph Ianniello and the TMU Bold take on the Gee-Gees. The semifinal losers will play in the bronze medal game on Sunday at noon while the winners will battle in the championship game at 6 p.m.
• In the MHL playoffs, Charles-Antoine Lavallee scored in double overtime to give the Amherst Ramblers a 4-3 win over the Truro Bearcats. Amherst leads that series 2-1. The West Kent Steamers defeated the Campbellton Tigers 7-3 in Friday's other game. The Tigers lead that series 2-1.

  Scenes from OT pic.twitter.com/GlXEjxx6vi

  — X - Amherst JrA Ramblers (@AmherstRamblers) March 22, 2025

• The Maine Black Bears are Hockey East champions for the first time since 2004. The Black Bears defeated the UConn Huskies 5-2 in Friday's championship game at TD Garden. New Brunswick's Lynden Breen and Josh Nadeau both scored in the victory. Maine had already qualified for the NCAA tournament, but this win secures them as the No. 3 ranked team heading in.

  2️⃣7️⃣ with the five-hole go-ahead!
  
  💻: https://t.co/Lytu79Yma6 | @ESPNPlus https://t.co/5MJnvoWheZ pic.twitter.com/W1qjJWnU32

  — Maine Men’s Ice Hockey (@MaineIceHockey) March 22, 2025