Some Monday night notes

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

The Saint John Sea Dogs will have their eyes on scoreboards this Wednesday.

The Sea Dogs, who currently sit 17th overall in the QMJHL standings with 42 points, will watch the Gatineau Olympiques take on the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and the Halifax Mooseheads face the Charlottetown Islanders. Gatineau sits 16th overall with 42 points while Halifax is 15th with 45.

The top 16 teams in the overall standings qualify for the post-season.

Following Wednesday's games, all three teams competing for the two final spots with have four regular season games remaining.

The first tie-breaker is regulation plus overtime wins. Saint John has 18, Halifax 16 and Gatineau just 11.

A few other news and notes on this Monday evening.

• Pictured above is part of the rather entertaining wrestling themed intro prior to Friday night's Sea Dogs game at TD Station.
• Drummondville Voltigeurs forward Sam Oliver – a Quispamsis native who played at RNS – became the first player in the QMJHL to score 50 goals this season. The overage forward is committed to the University of New Hampshire next season.
• The Moncton Wildcats have clinched first overall with five games still to play. The team hasn't won the Jean Rougeau Trophy since 2005-06.
• The UNB Reds took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three AUS men's hockey championship series on Sunday in Fredericton, defeating the UdeM Aigles Bleus 5-3. Former Sea Dogs Peter Reynolds and Kale McCallum each posted two assists. Game 2 is Tuesday in Moncton.
• Former Sea Dogs Kevin Gursoy scored while Joseph Ianniello added an assist to help the TMU Bold earn a 2-1 Game 3 win over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Sunday, securing a spot in both the Queen's Cup final and University Cup tournament.
• Gursoy scored the goal that earned the Bold a spot in the University Cup tournament for a second time in his career.
• The Queen's Cup final will be held Saturday in Toronto and will feature the Bold taking on the Concordia Stingers. The Stingers feature Sea Dogs alumni Charles Savoie, Nicholas Girouard, Isiah Campbell, Christopher Inniss and Nikolas Hurtubise.
• The first round of the Maritime Hockey League playoffs are set.
• 1. Summerside vs 4. Pictou 
• 2. Amherst vs 3. Truro 
• 1. Edmundston vs 4. Miramichi 
• 2. West Kent vs 3. Campbellton
• The Edmundston Blizzard finished the regular season as the top-ranked team in the CJHL.