Notebook: Tickets now available

Single-game tickets to Saint John Sea Dogs home games (the ones at TD Station, at least) went on sale Tuesday.

The biggest change, obviously, is that Sea Dogs tickets are now purchased through Ticketmaster. With that move, the team announced last week that it was lowering the base cost of tickets to account for the additional fees Ticketmaster is famous for.

Going through the checkout process, after taxes and fees, a single adult ticket will cost $24.81.

A single adult ticket was priced at $25 last season – before taxes and fees.

Notably, the "prime" seating sections in the lower bowl currently have no seats available. The Sea Dogs explained the reasoning in a Facebook comment.

"Those sections are in high demand among our Season Ticket Members, so availability there is very limited," the Sea Dogs wrote. "At this time, we’ve reserved the remaining seats in those sections for potential Season Ticket Membership purchasers."

Upper bowl sections 5-11 are also not available nor are the top few rows of most other upper bowl sections. This is common practice for larger arenas, and those seats will presumably become available when demand requires it.

PRE-SEASON FINALE

The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League pre-season comes to a close this week.

The Sea Dogs have two exhibition matches remaining. This Friday they'll host the Moncton Wildcats in Woodstock before travelling to PEI on Saturday to face the Charlottetown Islanders on the UPEI campus.

Both games have 7 p.m. starts.

Friday's contest will be Saint John's first in Woodstock. Tickets can be purchased here.

The Sea Dogs have played five pre-season games so far and are still looking for their first win. They've played Moncton three times already while they have yet to see Tyler Peddle and Charlottetown.

The final games of the QMJHL's pre-season will take place Sunday. The regular season begins on Sept. 18.

TV TIME

The Sea Dogs will be broadcast three times on Eastlink Community TV's QMJHL Friday Night Hockey this season.

Sept. 26 at Halifax

Feb. 27 at Halifax

March 20 at Cape Breton

Those are likely to be the only Sea Dogs games airing on linear television this season.

SEVIGNY SIGNS

Former Sea Dogs captain Vincent Sevigny has signed with the ECHL's Reading Royals.

The 24-year-old defenseman helped the Trois-Rivieres Lions win the Kelly Cup last season, posting two goals and five assists in 18 playoff games. He also had four goals and 15 assists in 49 regular season contests.

This was Sevigny's first season in the ECHL after spending the previous two with the AHL's Bridgeport Islanders. He also appeared in five games with the AHL's Laval Rocket last season.

The Royals are affiliated with the Philadelphia Flyers.

"We are beyond excited that Vincent chose to be a Reading Royal, he has great pedigree,” said Royals head coach and general manager Anthony Peters in a statement. "He played a large role on his team that won the ECHL championship last year, he won a championship in junior hockey as well. He is big, he skates well and is one of the best defenders in the league. We look forward to seeing his game continue to grow here as a Royal.”

Sevigny captained the Sea Dogs to the 2022 Memorial Cup title, his only season with the team.

OHL TO FLOHOCKEY

The OHL will also be streamed on FloHockey beginning this season, it was announced last week.

Like the QMJHL a few months ago, the OHL has signed a seven-year deal with FloSports to stream all of the league's games. The WHL will remain on Victory+, a partnership they began during last year's playoffs. CHL TV is officially dead.

As written about in June, there are pros and cons to Flo. The good news is that one subscription will give fans access to games from the QMJHL, OHL, AHL, ECHL and more. Plus, FloHockey produces prospect content, which will presumably be integrated in some way.

The bad news: the reviews of FloHockey aren't the greatest. Hopefully they can focus more on the quality of their streams now that they have the quantity acquired.

The first QMJHL game that will air on Flo will be the regular season opener between the Wildcats and Newfoundland Regiment on Sept. 18 in St. John's.

NCDC UPDATE

The St. Croix Seawolves are no more.

The St. Stephen-based NCDC franchise has seemingly changed owners and been rebranded as the County Moose. According to CHCO TV, "in a statement to The Courier back in August, NCDC’s director of operations Kevin Abrams said the owner could not continue and had no viable options."

The team has been providing updates on their Facebook page. 

Kyle Adams, who was originally named head coach and general manager of the Blacks Harbour-based Eastern Charlotte Kingfishers, will be the team's head coach and GM.

The team's first signing was 19-year-old goaltender Bronx Bodnar, who spent last season in the NOJHL. 

The team's first game is Sept. 19 in St. Stephen when they host the CT Chiefs North (the team that was originally set to play out of Blacks Harbour).

OTHER THINGS

• The Sea Dogs have an equipment sale and car wash coming up.

  Don’t miss our Yard Sale on Wednesday, Sept. 3 and Thursday, Sept. 4!
  
  Shop game-used equipment, sticks, classic merchandise, and more.
  
  Plus, on Thursday from 4-6pm, get a FREE car wash from Fleaburn and #SJSeaDogs players with a donation to the Sea Dogs Foundation.#GoDogsGo pic.twitter.com/X3y5HczMSsé— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) August 29, 2025

• Players on Saint John's training camp roster who have yet to play a pre-season game: Olivers Murnieks, William Yared, Cameron Chartrand and Max Vilén.
• We're still over two weeks away from Saint John's regular season opener, which is set for Friday, Sept. 19 against the Cape Breton Eagles.