GAMEDAY
Round 4, Game 4
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Rimouski Oceanic
Tonight at 8:30pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: TVA Sports | Live
Blog: SN
Colisee de Rimouski – Rimouski, Que.
SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League Championship Series 3-0.
PREVIEW
RIMOUSKI, Que. – A victory tonight is all it takes for the Saint
John Sea Dogs to win their second consecutive President’s Cup title and earn a
berth in the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup tournament.
The Sea Dogs enter Game 4 of the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League Championship Series tonight up 3-0 over the Rimouski Oceanic.
Game time this evening is 8:30pm. If the Oceanic are able to stave off
elimination, Game 5 would be on Saturday at Colisee de Rimouski.
Saint John took a 3-0 series lead last night with a 6-4
win over the Oceanic in Rimouski. Danick Gauthier had two goals while Stephen
MacAulay, Tomas Jurco, Stanislav Galiev, and Charles Roussel added singles. Mathieu Corbeil
picked up his 15th playoff win with a 23-save performance.
Rimouski had goals from Petr Straka, Jerome
Gauthier-Leduc, Alexandre Mallet and Francis Beauvillier. Jakub Culek and Alex
Belzile each added two assists. Jacob Gervais-Chouinard allowed five goals on
20 shots and was pulled in the third period. Carl Hozjan made three stops in
relief.
It wasn’t a perfect game by the Sea Dogs but they were good
enough to pick up the win. Their penalty killing was solid last night, killing
off six of Rimouski’s seven opportunities.
It’s cliché time for the Oceanic. It’s win or go (or stay?)
home. Their backs are against the wall. A loss tonight and their impressive
playoff run comes to a halt. They have already come close to elimination in
these playoffs. They were down 3-2 in their quarterfinal series against the
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada but managed to comeback and pull off a series win
in seven games.
Meanwhile, the Sea Dogs have been good at closing out a
series. They swept Cape Breton in the first round and then did the same to
Baie-Comeau in the second round. In the third round and up 3-1 in the series,
the Dogs won Game 5 to eliminate Chicoutimi.
Saint John will be looking to become the first team since
the 2007 Lewiston Maineiacs (RIP) to sweep their Preisdent’s Cup final series.
They can also become the first team since the 2003 and 2004 Hull/Gatineau
Olympiques to win back-to-back championships.
Can the Sea Dogs make some more history tonight? We’ll
find out in a few hours.
PLAYOFF NUMBERS
| Saint John | Rimouski | |
| Record | 15-1 | 12-8 |
| Home Record | 9-0 | 5-4 |
| Road Record | 6-1 | 7-4 |
| Goals For/Game | 5.61 (1st) | 3.71 (6th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.30 (1st) | 3.00 (5th) |
| Shots For/Game | 35.40 (2nd) | 30.97 (4th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 26.24 (3rd) | 27.35 (5th) |
| Overall PP | 28.6% (2nd) | 19.8% (11th) |
| Home PP | 39% (1st) | 26.1% (9th) |
| Road PP | 13.8% (12th) | 11.4% (13th) |
| Overall PK | 87.5% (1st) | 78.9% (9th) |
| Home PK | 82.1% (7th) | 80.0% (9th) |
| Road PK | 93.9% (1st) | 77.8% (6th) |
| PIM/GAME | 16.4 (8th) | 16.4 (9th) |
| Attendance | 5,522 (3rd) | 4,306 (4th) |
LEADING SCORERS – PLAYOFFS
Rimouski
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Alexandre Mallet | 20 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Alex Belzile | 20 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Petr Straka | 20 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Charlie Coyle | 16 | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| Zack Phillips | 16 | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| Stanislav Galiev | 16 | 13 | 16 | 29 |
GOALTENDERS - PLAYOFFS
Rimouski
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Jacob Gervais-Chouinard | 10-5-1-0 | 3.17 | 0.887 |
| Carl Hozjan | 2-2-0-0 | 1.90 | 0.918 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Mathieu Corbeil | 15-0-1-0 | 2.30 | 0.912 |
| Sebastien Auger | 0-0-0-0 | - - - | - - - |
PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE – Rimouski 2, Saint John 3 (2OT)
GAME TWO – Rimouski 2, Saint John 3
GAME THREE – Saint John 6, Rimouski 4
GAME FOUR – Thursday, May 10: 8:30 p.m. @ Colisee de
Rimouski
*GAME FIVE – Saturday, May 12: 5 p.m. @ Colisee de
Rimouski
*GAME SIX – Monday, May 14: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
*GAME SEVEN – Wednesday, May 16: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
*If necessary
SEASON SERIES
October 8, 2011 – Rimouski 2, Saint John 8
November 2, 2011 –Saint John 3, Rimouski 4
TV
Tonight’s game can be viewed en francais on TVA Sports
which is channel 656 on Rogers. If you are looking for it on another satellite/cable
provider, make sure you look for TVA Sports and NOT the regular TVA.
Also, last night’s game could be seen for free on the
QMJHL’s iPhone/iPad app. We’re pretty certain tonight’s game will be shown as
well.
We’ll try to provide more viewing info as game time gets
closer.
MacDONALD
The Guardian has an article on Sea Dogs defenseman
Spencer MacDonald.
“It’s going to be a challenge,” said MacDonald. “Any time
you go to Quebec, you know it’s going to be tough.
“Rimouski is a tough rink to play in, and we’ll have to
be ready to play our game.”
NOTES
- The Sea Dogs are 2-0 all-time in Game 4s of the President’s Cup final. Both games went to overtime.
- Charlie Coyle leads the league in playoff scoring with 33 points. Zack Phillips is second with 30.
- Coyle has a league best 15 playoff goals. Stanislav Galiev is second with 13.
- Phillips leads the league in assists with 22.
- Jerome Gauthier-Leduc is tied for the playoff lead in power play goals with five.
- Pier-Luc Pelletier leads the league in penalty minutes with 38.
- Coyle is a league best +25.
- Peter Trainor is third in rookie scoring with 18 points.
- Saint John is 12-0 when scoring first in the playoffs.
- The Sea Dogs have 95 goals in 16 playoff games. They had 84 in 19 games last year.
OUT OF TOWN
Game 5 of the Western Hockey League Championship Series
is tonight in Edmonton. The Oil Kings and Portland Winterhawks are tied 2-2.
NEXT GAME
If the Sea Dogs win tonight, their next game would be on May 19 in
Shawinigan against either the London Knights or the Niagara IceDogs. If the
Oceanic win, Game 5 of the President’s Cup final is on Saturday at 5pm at
Colisee de Rimouski.
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