PRE-GAME: PEI Rocket vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Game Day
PEI Rocket vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Today, October 18, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
Harbour Station

Visiting Team: PEI Rocket
Record: 8-5-0-2 (3rd in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 4-0 loss vs Moncton on Friday
Leading Scorer: Jordan Escott: 14-7-9-16
Notes: The Rocket have five NHL draft picks: Marco Cousineau (Anaheim), Jordan Southorn (Buffalo), Chris Doyle (New York Rangers), Benjamin Cassavant (Washington), and Joel Champagne (Toronto)… PEI has no New Brunswick native players on their roster… Cousineau helped the Rocket shutout the Sea Dogs last Tuesday in Charlottetown… the Rocket are 2-0 against Saint John this season and have only allowed one goal while scoring 10. They won 6-1 in Saint John and 4-0 in PEI… Samson Mahbod, JP Mathieu, and Josh Currie are expected to miss today’s games due to injury… PEI is 3-2-0-2 on the road this season and 1-0 at Harbour Station.

Home Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 9-4-1-0 (2rd in Atlantic Division)
Last Game: 3-2 overtime win yesterday vs Moncton
Leading Scorer: Steven Anthony: 12-7-5-12
Notes: Rookie import Tomas Jurco has scored the lone goal this season against the Rocket for Saint John… Mike Hoffman has been in the line-up for both loses vs the Rocket… head coach Gerard Gallant said that both loses to the Rocket this season have been an “embarrassment.” He called out his players after Tuesday's loss and said the Sea Dogs players are showing no leadership… the Dogs are coming off a convincing overtime win last night over the first place Wildcats… A Saint John win will shoot them past Moncton for first place in the Atlantic division… Hoffman scored his first goal of the season yesterday... the Sea Dogs are 0-1 vs the Rocket at Harbour Station… Saint John is 4-2-0-0 at Harbour Station this season... Marc-Antoine Gelinas is expected to start in goal.

Saint John vs PEI:
This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
2-0-2-0-0-0
Home: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Road: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Goals For: 1
Goals Against: 10

Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-6-2-0-0-12
Home: 4-4-0-0-0-8
Road: 4-2-2-0-0-4
Goals For: 31
Goals Against: 23

All-Time- Not Including This Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
26-15-8-1-2-33
Home: 14-9-3-1-1-20
Road: 12-6-5-0-1-13
Goals For: 115
Goals Against: 110

Station Nation Facts:

• Today is family fun day #3 at Harbour Station. The special 4-for-$40 ticket special is in effect today along with a kids play area and post game autographs.
• The Sea Dogs swept the Rocket out of the first round of the playoffs in 2008. The Dogs went on to lose in the semi-finals to Rouyn-Noranda.
• Saint John Sea Dogs Game Day Coordinator Josh Ferguson announced on Friday that former Canadian Idol contestant and Universal/Maple Music recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen will be performing the national anthem at this afternoon’s home game versus the P.E.I. Rocket.

Important Info:
Venue: Harbour Station
Capacity: 6,297

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
Live Video Streaming: http://www.qmjhl.mytelus.com/
Post-Game Coverage: http://www.stationnation.blogspot.com/, Telegraph-Journal, The Guardian
Post-Game Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/user/seadogstv