GAME DAY
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight, March 5, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Harbour Station
SAINTJOHN – A grand total of 68 points separate them in the standings as a potential first-round playoff preview goes down this evening at 7:00 pm at Harbour Station.
Tonight, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are in town to take on Canada’s best, the Saint John Sea Dogs, in a huge mismatch. With five games remaining for the Eagles, they still have not officially clinched a playoff spot. But with an eight point lead on lowly Baie-Comeau, they should be able to sneak in.
Cape Breton is still jockeying for playoff positioning with the Halifax Mooseheads who sit 15th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Herd have a two-point lead over the Eagles entering play tonight. Whoever finishes 15th will likely play Montreal while the 16th ranked seed will likely play Saint John.
With tonight’s match being a possible preview of the opening round of the post-season, Cape Breton will surely try and show they will not go down lightly. They have beaten Saint John once this season, as a late goal gave them a 2-1 win over the Dogs early in the season.
These two teams have not played each other since a weekend doubleheader in mid-December. They will have an opportunity to get to know each other this month as they meet three teams. If the two meet in the first-round of the playoffs, they will play a minimum of seven times in March.
The Eagles have been struggling of late. In their past two games, they have been outscored 16-1, allowing eight goals in both matches. They are 2-7-0-1 over their past 10 games and have been outscored 34-15 over that span.
Cape Breton is coming off an 8-1 loss in Bathurst last night. It was the second game of a three-game road trip through the Maritimes Division that ends tonight in Saint John.
The Sea Dogs are coming off an entertaining 5-4 overtime win against the Moncton Wildcats last evening. Saint John had their struggles at times and will look to correct a few things tonight.
HEAD-TO-HEAD NUMBERS
| Cape Breton | Saint John | |
| Record | 17-41-1-4 (6th Maritimes Division) | 52-6-1-2 (1st Maritimes) |
| Home Record | - - - | 29-0-1-1 |
| Road Record | 7-22-0-2 | - - - |
| Streak | 0-2-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Last 10 | 2-7-0-1 | 9-1-0-0 |
| Goals For | 146 | 289 |
| Goals Against | 250 | 152 |
| Overall PP | 15.9% (16th) | 24.3% (7th) |
| Home PP | - - - | 22.3% (9th) |
| Road PP | 17.6% (15th) | - - - |
| Overall PK | 74.5% (17th) | 82.8% (2nd) |
| Home PK | - - - | 85.5% (2nd) |
| Road PK | 74.8% (17th) | - - - |
| PIM/GAME | 16.1 (5th) | 13.2 (13th) |
VISITING TEAM: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
NOTES: The Eagles are led offensively by Logan Shaw who has 41 points in 63 games played… Shaw has a team leading 22 goals this year. Cory MacIntosh is a close second with 21 on the year… MacIntosh leads the squad in assists with 28. Morgan Ellis is second with 25… Spencer Metcalf is 13th in the league in penalty minutes with 113… 8-9-0-4 when scoring first… 9-24-0-2 against the Maritimes Division… averaging 2.32 goals per game… averaging 3.97 goals against per game, the second most in the QMJHL… averaging 25.75 shots for per game… averaging 30.06 shots against per game.
PROBABLE GOALTENDER: Andrew Hayes has played the most minutes of Cape Breton’s goaltenders. He has a record of 12-19-1-3, a goals against average of 3.56, and a save percentage of 0.884.
LAST GAME: The Eagles are coming off an 8-1 loss in Bathurst last night against the Titan. Cory MacIntosh scored the lone goal for Cape Breton while Andrew Hayes made 23 saves in net.
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NOTES: The Sea Dogs are led offensively by Jonathan Huberdeau who has 93 points in 60 games… Huberdeau leads the squad in goals with 37. Zack Phillips is second on the list with 35… Huberdeau also has a team leading 56 assists… Phillips is sixth in the league in power play goals with 13… Mike Thomas is seventh in shorthanded goals with three… Tomas Jurco, Stanislav Galiev, and Phillips are tied for third in game winning goals with seven each… Phillips sits seventh in first goals with seven… Jurco sits first in insurance goals scored with seven… Huberdeau is a league best plus-52… Michael Kirkpatrick is second in dangerous shots with 175… Kirkpatrick sits sixth in totals shots with 223… 37-2-0-1 when scoring first… 31-3-0-0 against their own division this year… averaging 4.74 goals per game… averaging 2.49 goals against per game… averaging 36.54 shots for per game… averaging 27.18 shots against per game… Galiev has scored in five straight home games.
PROBABLE GOALTENDER: Jacob DeSerres will likely get the start in net for the Sea Dogs. He has a record of 25-2-0-0, a goals against average of 2.29, and a save percentage of 0.915.
LAST GAME: Saint John is coming off a 5-4 overtime in against the Wildcats last night. Danick Gauthier, Michael Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Thomas, and Stanislav Galiev all scored for Saint John. Mathieu Corbeil made 23 saves in net.
OTHER GAME TODAY
Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Lewiston at PEI - 7:00 PM AST
Gatineau at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Montréal at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
THE RINK
Venue: Harbour Station
Capacity: 6,297
Average Attendance: 4,310
QMJHL Arena Guide
MEDIA GUIDE
Radio (Sea Dogs): News 88.9 FM
Live Web Feed: Telus
Television: None
Post-Game Coverage: Station Nation
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AFTER THE BUZZER
The Sea Dogs travel to Rimouski on Thursday for the first and only time this season to take on the Oceanic.
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