The Odds Favour The Dogs

According to the ancient art of statistical probability or whatever, the odds of the Saint John Sea Dogs defeating the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in the first-round of the playoffs are quite good.

This from an article on Yahoo! Sports:

According to Buzzing The Net statistician, Rob Pettapiece, the Sea Dogs have a 98 percent probability of beating Cape Breton in their first round matchup with the most likely outcome being a four-game sweep.

That is some mind blowing stuff.

The Yahoo! article is a good read and includes quotes from Mike Kelly and Stephen MacAulay. Over at Buzzing The Net, they have the odds for the other seven first-round series as well.

Some other stuff:

• A special promotion offering $10 upper-bowl tickets to Game 1 has been extended through Tuesday. Tickets to both games are available by calling the arena box office at (506) 657-1234 or by visiting www.tickets.harbourstation.ca.
• Per a Sea Dogs release, “Friday night’s match will feature a special pre-game ceremony in which QMJHL Commissioner Gilles Courteau will present the Sea Dogs with the Jean Rougeau Trophy as regular season champions for the third straight season, a feat that has never been accomplished in league history.”
• Jonathan Brunelle was the Danick Gauthier of the Screaming Eagles awards banquet last night.
• Friend-of-the-blog Jeremy Fraser has a solid series preview up on the Eagles website.

Game 1 is Friday night at 8pm at Harbour Station. The match can be seen live on Sportsnet.