Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-4 (SO)

FINAL: Saint John 4, Moncton 5 (SO)

Daniel St Louis/Moncton Wildcats

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs salvaged a point on Friday night at Avenir Centre.

Trailing 4-1 in the third period to the Moncton Wildcats, the Sea Dogs scored three goals in the final 5:23 – including two with their goaltender pulled – to force extra time. The Wildcats went on to score twice in the shootout while the Sea Dogs could net only one goal to earn the 5-4 win and the extra point.

Saint John opened the scoring and led 1-0 after one. But the wheels started to fall off late in the second period when Liam Kilfoil scored a shorthanded goal at 17:11 to give Moncton a 2-1 lead entering the third.

In the final frame, the Wildcats scored at 3:49 on a power play and then again at even strength at 11:27 to take a commanding 4-1 lead.

Saint John captain Olivier Groulx got the comeback started with a power play goal at 14:37. Then, with Rafaël Courchesne pulled for an extra attacker, Alexis Joseph scored at 18:42 followed by Julien Lanthier at 19:44 to even things at 4-4 and force extra time.

The Sea Dogs controlled much of overtime, outshooting the Wildcats 3-2. Shots were 50-26 in favour of Saint John through 65 minutes of play.

Kilfoil and Shayne Gould both scored in the shootout for Moncton while Joseph was the lone Sea Dog who could convert.

Joseph had a pair of goals in regulation time while Groulx and Lanthier added singles. Courchesne made 22 stops in the loss.

Kilfoil, Gould Liam Bursaw and William Manchuso all had Moncton goals. Yegor Rybkin made 46 stops in a first star performance.

The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Sea Dogs. The single point earned does move Saint John into a tie for first-place in the Eastern Conference with the Quebec Remparts.

Game Day 20: at Moncton

Matthew Bloom/Saint John Sea Dogs

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to keep rolling tonight at Avenir Centre.

The Sea Dogs won a third straight game last night at TD Station, handing the Eastern Conference leading Quebec Remparts a 6-2 loss. Saint John enters play today just one-point back of the Remparts for top spot in the conference.

The Wildcats, meanwhile, have had their struggles of late with a 3-6-0-1 record in their past 10 games. But the team has won two of their past three games. Moncton is coming off a 3-1 home loss to the Remparts on Wednesday, a loss they did not look great in for most of the night.

Tonight's game is just the third meeting of the season between the two provincial rivals. They'll be seeing each other a lot over the next week-and-a-bit: the two will meet three times over the next eight days.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

Stream/TV/Radio: FloHockey/None/Sea Dogs Audio Network

2026-27 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 12-5-1-1 for 26 points (second Eastern/fourth QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 9-9-0-1 for 19 points (seventh Eastern/12th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 home win over the Remparts last night. Alexis Joseph had two goals while singles came from Olivier Groulx, Julien Lanthier, Alexander Donovan and Torkel Jennersjo. Samuel Meloche made 22 saves in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Remparts on Wednesday. Elliott Mullen scored Moncton's lone goal. Jacoby Weiner made 29 saves in the loss.

Glance named to CHL roster

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

Jamie Glance will be joining Alexis Joseph at this year's CHL USA Prospects Challenge.

Glance was amongst the final nine players selected to the CHL's 22-player roster on Thursday. Joseph, Glance's Saint John Sea Dogs teammate, was previously selected to take part in the event.

The CHL will face the USNTDP under-18 squad on Dec. 1 in Chicoutimi and Dec. 2 in Quebec City. The American roster will likely feature Sea Dogs draft pick Finnegan Sears.

As the CHL website notes, this will not be Glance's first time taking part in the event.

Glance spent the previous two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program and represented the United States at the 2026 IIHF U18 World Championship before joining Saint John. He returns to the CHL USA Prospects Challenge after scoring a goal in each game for the United States in 2025.

Glance leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 24 points this season.

Along with Joseph and Glance, other QMJHL players that will be part of Team CHL include Carter Meyer (Quebec), Malik L'Italien (Halifax), Andrei Nikolaev (Victoriaville), Filip Kovalčík (Drummondville), Vladimir Shtyrkhunov (Shawinigan), James Scantlebury (Quebec).

According to the CHL's news release, "all 22 players appear on NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2027 NHL Draft. Glance and Yakushevsky join the 13 previously announced selections in receiving an “A” rating, bringing Team CHL’s total to 15 first-round candidates. The roster also includes four B-rated prospects, identified as candidates for the second or third round, and three C-rated prospects, identified as candidates for the fourth or fifth round."

Recap: Sea Dogs win 6-2

FINAL: Quebec 2, Saint John 6

Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs picked up a big win on a big stage on Thursday night at TD Station.

Playing in front of a ton of NHL scouts, the Sea Dogs posted a solid 6-2 win over the Quebec Remparts. Saint John now sits second in the Eastern Conference and is just one point back of the Remparts for first.

This game had plenty of eyes on it with four of the league's top draft eligible players – Alexis Joseph and Jamie Glance of Saint John along with Carter Meyer and James Scantlebury of Quebec – all facing off. Joseph, with two goals, and Glance, with an assist, got the better of the Remparts on Thursday.

Olivier Groulx, Julien Lanthier, Alexander Donovan and Torkel Jennersjo also scored for Saint John. Samuel Meloche made 22 saves in the win.

Nathan Quinn and Alexander Taillefer scored for Quebec. Patrick Deniger, who played the night before in Moncton, was pulled in the third period after allowing six goals on 27 shots. Timothy Dubuc stopped all four shots he faced in relief.

The Remparts led 2-1 after one but the Sea Dogs were able to grab a 3-2 advantage in the second period thanks to a pair of goals just over three minutes apart.

Saint John blew it open quickly in the third. Goals at 2:38, 3:02 and a penalty shot goal at 4:33 gave the Dogs a commanding 6-2 advantage. The Remparts pressed a bit late in the game but there wasn't enough time to mount any kind of comeback.

This ended a three-game winning streak for Quebec. Saint John, meanwhile, has now won three straight.

Game Day 19: vs Remparts

Mike Bernard/Charlottetown Islanders

SAINT JOHN - It's a big Thursday night at TD Station.

Two of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's top teams will clash as the Saint John Sea Dogs host the Quebec Remparts at 7 p.m. The two are separated by just three points.

Quebec showed they are a tier above the Moncton Wildcats last night in a 3-1 win at Avenir Centre. This will be a big test for the Sea Dogs.

It will also be a big night for NHL scouts as four of the top draft eligible players from the QMJHL go head-to-head with Saint John's Alexis Joseph and Jamie Glance going up against Quebec's Carter Meyer and James Scantlebury. 

This is the second game of a four-game Maritime road trip for the Remparts. Quebec played in Moncton last night and will visit Halifax and Charlottetown this weekend.

Stream/TV/Radio: FloHockey/None/Sea Dogs Audio Network

2026-27 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 11-5-1-1 for 24 points (third Eastern/fifth QMJHL) while the Remparts are 13-4-1-0 for 27 points (first Eastern/second QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-1 win in Charlottetown on Sunday. Jamie Glance scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Olivier Lemieux, Olivier Groulx and Matyas Cancik. Samuel Meloche made 23 saves in the win. The Remparts are coming off a 3-1 in Moncton last night. Carter Meyer scored a pair of goals while Maddox Dagenais added a single. Patrick Deniger made 20 stops in the win.

Notebook: Williams, Canada Red win bronze

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

Saint John Sea Dogs rookie defenseman Lawrence Williams is coming home with a bronze medal.

Williams helped Canada Red finish third at the recent U17 World Challenge in Oakville. Canada Red defeated Canada White 8-4 in the bronze medal game on Saturday.

Willy takes bronze 🥉🍁 #SJSeaDogs defenceman Lawrence Williams and Canada Red captured bronze at the 2026 U17 World Challenge with an 8-4 win over Canada White this afternoon! #GoDogsGo | #WorldU17 https://t.co/onUHjVpoMG

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) November 8, 2026

Williams appeared in five games at the event and was held pointless.

The 17-year-old has a goal and an assist in 12 games with the Sea Dogs this season. He was selected 14th overall by Saint John in June's QMJHL Entry Draft.

The United States took gold, defeating Czechia 3-0 in the championship game.

JOSEPH TALK

For the first time, we're starting to see some talk around where Sea Dogs forward Alexis Joseph may commit to play NCAA hockey.

Hearing that Boston College and Michigan are the frontrunners to land Alexis Joseph out of the Saint John Sea Dogs and the QMJHL. Joseph has 14 points in 14 games for the Sea Dogs and recieved and 'A' rating on NHL Central Scouting's preliminary list.

— Anthony Smith (@anthony_smith80) November 5, 2026

It's not shocking to see these two programs in the mix. The Hockey News breaks this down further here.

Boston College already includes former Sea Dogs forward Olivers Murnieks.