The Sea Dogs will hold their annual team awards banquet
tonight at the Delta Brunswick Ballroom. The formal night will include
cocktails at 6 p.m., with the dinner and awards beginning at 6:30.
The awards given out tonight are the Saint John Airport
Academic Player of the Year, Tim Hortons Most Improved Player, Irving Oil Team
Player Award, Scotiabank Community Service Award, Alpine Three Stars Award,
Children’s Wish Foundation Fan Choice Award, and the Pepsi Top Scorer Award.
Three awards, the Bell Aliant Most Valuable Player, the
Grant Thornton Rookie of the Year and the Sun Life Global Investments Top
Defenceman, will be handed out after the conclusion of the Sea Dogs playoff
run.
All the info can be found on the Sea Dogs website.
PHILLIPS
Last week, Sea Dogs forward Zack Phillips was named the
winner of the Myer and Jack Budovitch Award as Fredericton's athlete of the
year for 2011.
It was quite a year for Phillips. He attended the CHL/NHL
Top Prospects, helped the Sea Dogs win the President’s Cup and Memorial Cup,
and was selected in the first round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft
by the Minnesota Wild.
Although the site has not been updated in a while, more info on the award can be found on the Fredericton Sports Investment website.
UP NEXT
The second season begins on Friday at 8pm at Harbour
Station as the Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Game One of
their best-of-seven first-round series. Note that this is an 8pm start because
of the Sportsnet broadcast.
Game Two will played on Saturday at 7pm at the Station.
The full schedule has not been released yet, but Games Three and Four will
likely be played the following Tuesday and Wednesday in Sydney.
Tickets are available at the Harbour Station box office,
by calling 506-657-1234 or online at www.tickets.harbourstation.ca.
COLD TEAM
The Screaming Eagles were named this week’s “cold team”
by Patrick King of Sportsnet.
“The Screaming Eagles limped into the playoffs with three
straight losses, two of which came against the Saint John Sea Dogs, the team
they will now face in the opening round,” writes King. “Cape Breton won just
two of their final 12 games, both against the P.E.I. Rocket, the only team in
the league that did not make the playoffs. Both losses to Saint John were
somewhat close, which should give the Screaming Eagles some confidence.”
These are some rough times in the CB.
TWO POINTS
The Sea Dogs finished with an unofficial
record of 51-15-0-3 because of the win that was stripped by the
league following the Maxime Villemaire incident.
At the end of the day, the two points that Saint John
lost and the two points that the Gatineau Olympiques gained changed nothing in the
overall standings. Saint John finished first overall with 103 points, six
points ahead of second place Shawinigan. Gatineau finished in 14th
with 62 points, one-point back of 13th Baie-Comeau and six points
ahead of 15th Rouyn-Noranda.
Gatineau will play the surprising Blainville-Boisbraind
Armada in the first-round.
OVERTIME
The Sea Dogs and the Val-d’Or Foreurs were the only teams
in the league this season to not suffer an overtime loss. This is the first
season that the Sea Dogs have not lost an OT game in their history.
Saint John won two games in OT this year while seven
others headed to a shootout. The Dogs were 4-3 in shootouts this year.
JURCO
Last week, Hockey’s Future named Tomas Jurco the Detroit
Red Wings’ fourth best prospect.
“Jurco is having a career year with the Saint John Sea
Dogs, scoring 68 points through 47 games with the team,” writes Brandon
Peleshok. “In addition, he is playing in more high traffic areas, and showing
that he can withstand the physical rigors of the game. At his current rate of
development, Jurco could find himself at the top of the prospect list in the
following years.”
COYLE VID
Here’s a John Moore interview with Charlie Coyle.
Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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