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Gatineau Olympiques vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – The two teams that met in last year’s
President’s Cup final square off tonight at Harbour Station as the Saint John Sea
Dogs host the Gatineau Olympiques at 7pm. Upper bowl tickets are available for
just $6.
Saint John sits in a tie with the Quebec Remparts for top
spot in the league with a record of 29-12-0-2. The Sea Dogs have, however,
played four fewer games than the Remparts and have some ground to catch up on.
Saint John is coming off a win but are just 4-5-0-1 in their last 10 games.
The Sea Dogs are 17-3-0-1 at the Station this season and
have outscored opponents 55-35.
The Olympiques enter play tonight with a record of
17-16-3-3 for 40 points. They currently sit second in the Telus West Division
and 11th overall in the league.
Gatineau has struggled on the road this season and have a
record of 4-11-2-1 away from “The Bob.” Their four road wins are tied for the
league low.
NUMBERS
| Gatineau | Saint John | |
| Record | 17-16-3-3 (2nd West) | 29-12-0-2 (1st Maritimes) |
| Home Record | - - - | 17-3-0-1 |
| Road Record | 4-11-2-1 | - - - |
| Streak | 1-0-1-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last 10 | 3-5-2-0 | 4-5-0-1 |
| Goals For | 127 | 179 |
| Goals Against | 139 | 129 |
| Overall PP | 18% (15th) | 21.7% (9th) |
| Home PP | - - - | 24.7% (7th) |
| Road PP | 13.2% (15th) | - - - |
| Overall PK | 77.4% (8nd) | 76.7% (10th) |
| Home PK | - - - | 84% (4th) |
| Road PK | 69.1% (17th) | - - - |
| PIM/GAME | 15 (13th) | 15.9 (9th) |
LAST GAMES
Saint John is coming off a hard fought 2-1 shootout win
over the Moncton Wildcats on Monday night at Harbour Station. Danny Chiasson
scored the lone regulation goal while defensemen Charles-Olivier Roussel and
Pierre Durepos both scored in the shootout. Mathieu Corbeil made 22 saves in
the game and stopped four-of-five shootout attempts in the victory.
Gatineau is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on December 30. Alex MacDonald, Garret Clarke, Wes
Herret, and Olivier D’Aoust all scored for Gatineau in the loss. Francois
Lacerte made 33 saves.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Saint John is 0-1-0-0 against Gatineau this season having
lost to the Olympiques 5-1 back on October 12 at the Robert Guertin Centre.
Tomas Jurco had the lone goal for Saint John while Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a
pair for Gatineau and Mathieu Gagnon, Alexandros Soumakis, and Christian
Ouellet added singles.
The Sea Dogs lineup featured Jurco, Jonathn Huberdeau,
Ryan Tesink and Nathan Beaulieu that night.
LEADING SCORERS
Zack Phillips still leads Saint John in scoring with 55
points (20G, 35A) in 36 games. Danick Gauthier leads the team in goals with 32
while Phillips has a team high 35 assists.
Christian Ouellet leads Gatineau in points with 39 (15G,
24A). Jean-Gabriel Pageau leads the team in goals with 20 while Mathieu Gagnon
has a team high 32 assists.
PROBABLE GOALTENDERS
Mathieu Corbeil (23-8-0-0, 2.46 GAA, 0.907 SV%) for Saint
John and Francois Lacerte (16-13-3-3, 3.20 GAA, 0.902 SV%) for Gatineau.
M.I.A. FOR SAINT JOHN
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 wrapped up his duties with Team
Atlantic at the World Under-17 Challenge in Windsor yesterday.
Forwards Stanislav Galiev (wrist), Ryan Tesink (knee),
and Devon Oliver-Dares (head) have all been out with injuries.
NOTES
- Saint John is averaging 4,058 fans per game at Harbour Station this season.
- The Olympiques will be without Adam Janosik and Tomas Hyka tonight due to their participation in the world juniors.
- Zack Phillips has been missing his skilled linemates of late. The Minnesota Wild prospect has just three goals and an assist in his past seven games.
- Danick Gauthier is second in the league in goals with 32.
- Phillips is fifth in the league in assists with 35.
- Mathieu Gagnon is 10th in the league in assists with 32.
- Gauthier is tied for the league lead in game-winning goals with six.
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau is second in the league in insurance goals with four.
- Ian Saab leads the league in penalty minutes with 114.
- This is Gatineau's first game of 2012.
OTHER GAMES
Acadie-Bathurst at P.E.I. - 7:00 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Quebec at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST
Drummondville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs are in Halifax on Saturday to take on the
Mooseheads at 7pm.
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