PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 3: at Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

Round 1, Game 3

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Tonight at 7pm

Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None | Live Blog: SN

Centre 200 – Sydney, NS

SERIES STATUS

Saint John leads the best-of-seven first round playoff series 2-0.

PREVIEW

SYDNEY, NS – A win tonight for the Saint John Sea Dogs and this series is basically over.

The Saint John Sea Dogs can take a 3-0 series lead tonight in Sydney when they face the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at 7pm. Game 4 is tomorrow at Centre 200.

Saint John won Games 1 and 2 at Harbour Station rather easily. On Friday, a second period outburst gave them a 13-4 victory. Then on Saturday, the Dogs won easily again, defeating the Eagles 8-1.

Charlie Coyle leads the way for the Sea Dogs, registering six goals and four assists in the first two games. He was credited with another assist in Game 1 but that was removed by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League yesterday upon further review. He recorded at hat trick and two assists in both games.

Zack Phillips is also off to a hot start with eight points. Stanislav Galiev has seven.

William Carrier has been Cape Breton’s best performer, scoring two goals and adding two assists in the first two games.

Friday’s game featured a few fights and Saturday’s game also had a bit of bad blood. These two teams have now played four straight games against each other going back to the regular season. Will things get nastier as the series heads to Cape Breton? We'll find out tonight.

THE NUMBERS

	Cape Breton	Saint John
Record	23-42-1-2 (5th Maritimes)	50-15-0-3 (1st Maritimes)
Home Record	- - -	28-5-0-1
Road Record	17-16-0-1	- - -
Goals For	219	298
Goals Against	306	180
Goals/Game	3.19 (14th)	4.34 (2nd)
GA/Game	4.45 (2nd)	2.62 (16th)
Shots/Game	28.90 (12th)	32.99 (3rd)
SA/GAME	31.50 (14th)	26.60 (1st)
PIM/GAME	15.1 (12th)	16.6 (6th)
Scoring First	15-16-1-1	35-3-0-0
Overall PP	22.3% (8th)	23.8% (5th)
Home PP	- - -	23.4% (6th)
Road PP	18% (14th)	- - -
Overall PK	70.6% (17th)	81.1% (5th)
Home PK	- - -	84.6% (4th)
Road PK	69.7% (16th)	- - -

LEADING SCORERS

Cape Breton

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Brunelle	68	30	55	85
William Carrier	66	27	43	70
Alexandre Lavoie	65	23	24	47

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Danick Gauthier	66	47	39	86
Zack Phillips	60	30	50	80
Jonathan Huberdeau	37	30	42	72

GOALTENDERS
Cape Breton

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Philippe Trudeau	16-26-1-2	4.01	0.877
William Racicot	8-14-1-0	4.03	0.865

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Mathieu Corbeil	37-10-0-1	2.38	0.911
Sebastien Auger	14-2-0-2	2.65	0.897

PLAYOFF SERIES

Game 1 Mar 23 Cape Breton (4) at Saint John (13)

Game 2 Mar 24 Cape Breton (1) at Saint John (8)

Game 3 Mar 27 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT

Game 4 Mar 28 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT

* Game 5 Mar 30 Cape Breton at Saint John 7:30 PM ADT

* Game 6 Apr 1 Saint John at Cape Breton 7:00 PM ADT

* Game 7Apr 3  Cape Breton at Saint John 7:00 PM ADT

SEASON SERIES

Saint John went 7-1 against Cape Breton this year while the Screaming Eagles went 1-7 against the Sea Dogs.

September 16, 2011 - Cape Breton def. Saint John 8-5

October 28, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 6-3

November 25, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 5-2

November 26, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-1

December 16, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-3

February 26, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 9-1

March 16, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-0

March 17, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 7-4

OTHER GAMES

Halifax at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT

Chicoutimi at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT

Quebec at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT

Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT

Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT

Shawinigan at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT

Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs and Eagles play Game 4 tomorrow night at 7pm.