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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Moncton Wildcats
Today at 4pm
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Moncton Coliseum – Moncton, NB
PREVIEW
MONCTON – The Saint John Sea Dogs travel to Moncton to
clash with the Wildcats tonight for the first part of the annual New Year’s doubleheader. The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Monday at Harbour
Station.
The Sea Dogs enter play today with a record of 28-11-0-2
and sit first in the Maritimes Division and second overall in the league with
58 points. They are two points back of the first-place Quebec Remparts who have
played two fewer games.
Saint John is 12-8-0-1 on the road this year and have
outscored opponents 76-69.
The Wildcats enter today’s game with a record of
17-19-3-0 for 37 points. They sit fourth in the Maritimes Division and 12th
overall on the league. Moncton is 10-6-3-0 at home this season and have
outscored opponents 61-55.
NUMBERS
| Saint John | Moncton | |
| Record | 28-11-0-2 (1st Maritimes) | 17-19-3-0 (4th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | - - - | 10-6-3-0 |
| Road Record | 12-8-0-1 | - - - |
| Streak | 0-1-0-1 | 0-7-1-0 |
| Last 10 | 5-4-0-1 | 1-7-2-0 |
| Goals For | 175 | 108 |
| Goals Against | 123 | 133 |
| Overall PP | 22.5% (9th) | 27.1% (2nd) |
| Home PP | - - - | 29.1% (2nd) |
| Road PP | 19.8% (11th) | - - - |
| Overall PK | 77.5% (8th) | 83.9% (2nd) |
| Home PK | - - - | 85.2% (3rd) |
| Road PK | 70.8% (15th) | - - - |
| PIM/GAME | 16.1 (6th) | 14.3 (14th) |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the
PEI Rocket last night at Harbour Station. Aidan Kelly, Stephen MacAulay and
Charles-Olivier Roussel all scored for the Sea Dogs in the loss. Sebastien
Auger made 20 saves in net. Saint John was 1.1 seconds away from a regulation
win but the Rocket tied it and eventually won in a shootout.
Moncton is coming off a 3-2 overtime loss against the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night. Alex Saulnier and Ryan Penny both scored for
the Wildcats. Roman Will made 27 saves in the win.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Saint John is 2-1-0-0 against the Wildcats this season.
Their last meeting came on December 18 in Moncton when
the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 5-2. Stephen MacAulay had a pair of goals
while singles came from Zack Phillips, Kevin Gagne and Grant West. Mathieu
Corbeil made 23 saves in the win.
LEADING SCORERS
Zack Phillips continues to lead Saint John in points with
54 (19G, 35A) in 34 games. Danick Gauthier leads the team in goals with 32
while Phillips has a team high 35 assists.
Moncton is led by Alex Saulnier who has 47 points (19G,
28A) in 33 games. He leads the team in both goals with 19 and assists with 28.
PROBABLE GOALTENDERS
Mathieu Corbeil (22-7-0-0, 2.43 GAA, 0.909 SV%) for Saint
John and Roman Will (17-15-3-0, 2.86 GAA, 0.903 SV%) for Moncton.
M.I.A. FOR SAINT JOHN
Saint John is still missing a large amount of players.
Forwards Jonathan Huberdeau, Charlie Coyle and Tomas Jurco along with
defenseman Nathan Beaulieu are all away at the World Junior Hockey
Championships in Alberta. Forward Oliver Cooper is away with Team Atlantic at
the World Under-17 Challenge in Windsor.
Forwards Stanislav Galiev (wrist), Ryan Tesink (knee),
and Devon Oliver-Dares (head) have all been out with injuries.
NOTES
- Moncton is averaging 3,927 fans per game this season.
- Danick Gauthier is second in the league in goals with 32.
- Zack Phillips is fifth in the league in assists with 35.
- Alex Saulnier is third in the league in power play assists with 20.
- Gauthier is tied for the league lead in game-winning goals with six.
- Ian Saab sits second in penalty minutes with 107.
- Oh yeah, this is a Rivalry Cup game.
OTHER GAMES
There are no other games today. This is the final QMJHL
game of 2011.
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs and Wildcats battle again on Monday night at Harbour Station.
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