There is no radio or video feed, but score updates can be followed on the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League website.
Tonight’s game marks the sixth straight year the division rivals have met in the pre-season.
“In 2009, the Sea Dogs beat the Titan twice during the pre-season, earning a 7-1 victory over their regional adversaries at Harbour Station on August 22 prior to capturing a 4-3 shootout win at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre the following day,” reports the Sea Dogs’ website. “These two teams split their exhibition series with one victory apiece the previous year, with each side winning on home ice. Acadie-Bathurst swept the series in both 2007 and 2006 by a combined score of 19-11. Back in 2005 the Sea Dogs earned their first-ever exhibition victory at the expense of the Titan, scoring thrice on the power play in laying claim to a 7-2 home win on August 19 of that year. Two days later, Acadie- Bathurst tallied a quartet of man-up markers in defeating Saint John by a score of 6-3 in northern New Brunswick.”
Something always seems to go down when these two teams meet in exhibition play. One time the Titan’s bus broke down en route to the Port City. Another time, Bathurst didn’t have enough team jersey’s, forcing the backup net minder to wear a practice jersey on the bench.
But this isn’t the Titan team you remember.
Bathurst revamped and rebuilt their lineup in the off-season, making them a serious contender for the President’s Cup this season.
After two pre-season games - both being against the Moncton Wildcats – the team has yet to allow a goal. Last weekend, Bathurst outscored the ‘Cats 9-0 in two games, helping them become one of only five QMJHL teams without a loss in pre-season action.
In their latest game which took place on Sunday, 912 spectators watched the Titan outshoot the reigning league champions 44-8.
Saint John is 1-1-0-0 after a home-and-home series against the Halifax Mooseheads last weekend. Saint John outscored the Moose 8-3 in two games.
Tonight’s Sea Dogs lineup features 13 players who played in at least one game with the club last year. Also, newly acquired goaltender Frederic Piche will wear a Dogs jersey for the first time tonight in the home of the team that drafted him.
Here is tonight's Sea Dogs lineup:
GOALTENDERS
O'Brien, Ian
Piché, Frédéric
DEFENSEMEN
Beaulieu, Nathan
Bourret, Gabriel
Cloutier, Guillaume
Durepos, Pierre
Mathieu, Yohann
Sock, Tyrone
FORWARDS
Cameron, Jason
Galiev, Stanislav
Gauthier, Danick
Huberdeau, Jonathan
Kelly, Aidan
MacAulay, Stephen
Morrison, Brock
Oke, Scott
Oliver-Dares, Devon
Phillips, Zack
Schembri, Chuckie
Thomas, Mike
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