GAMEDAY
Round 1, Game 4
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Tonight at 7pm
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Centre 200 – Sydney, NS
SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven first round playoff
series 3-0.
PREVIEW
SYDNEY, NS – It’s do or die tonight for the Cape Breton
Screaming Eagles.
The Screaming Eagles find themselves down 3-0 in their first
round series against the Saint John Sea Dogs entering tonight’s Game 4. This
evening’s match begins at 7pm at Centre 200.
If the Sea Dogs win this evening, they will move on to the
quart-finals. It would be the second straight season that Saint John swept Cape
Breton in the first round.
Saint John defeated the Eagles 8-2 last night in Sydney. Charlie Coyle and Danick Gauthier each scored twice while solo markers
came from Tomas Jurco, Jonathan Huberdeau, Kevin Gagne, and Ryan Tesink.
William Carrier and Kyle Farrell each had goals for Cape Breton.
The Dogs basically won the game in the first five
minutes last night, scoring four times and led 4-0 after one. Philippe Trudeau was pulled
after allowing three goals on six shots.
There wasn’t a whole lot of nastines last night as
the teams combined for just three penalties –all minor infractions. Saint John
had just one power play in the game which they scored on.
With his two goals last night, Charlie Coyle still leads
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with 12 points – eight goals and four
assists – in three post-season games. Zack Phillips, who had two assists yesterday, is
third in league playoff scoring with 10 points.
William Carrier has been one of the few bright spots for
Cape Breton this series. The Dogs have outscored the Eagles 29-7 but Carrier
has managed to register three goals and three assists.
Only one team – the Moncton Wildcats – have been
eliminated from the playoffs so far. The Halifax Mooseheads finished off a
sweep of the ‘Cats last night.
If the Eagles manage to win tonight, Game 5 would be on
Friday night at Harbour Station.
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
Saint John
| 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
Saint John
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 (8) at Cape Breton (2)
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
Chicoutimi at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT
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
If the Eagles win, Game 5 would be held on Friday at
Harbour Station. If the Sea Dogs win, the quarter-finals will start some time late next week.
Seems like I was the only one with something to cheer about last night.
ReplyDeleteI was the lone Sea Dogs fan sitting behind the Dogs bench last night and I had lots to cheer about!
I will be at the game again tonight cheering on the boys!
!Go Dogs Go!
It sounds like Cape Breton's coach regained his composure and decided to finish the series with his dignity intact. Kudos.
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