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Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:00pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN – It’s Halloween - but much more importantly -
it’s a game day in Saint John.
The Sea Dogs host one of the league’s best in the St.
John’s Fog Devils Montreal Junior Blainville-Boisbriand Armada this evening at
7pm at Harbour Station. Upper bowl tickets can be purchased for just $8.
The Armada are considered to be a President Cup contender
this season and they are off to a solid start. They enter action tonight with a
11-3-0-2 record and sit second in the Telus West Division and fourth overall in
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They sit one-point back of the
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies for first place in the division.
The great Christopher Clapperton leads the Armada scoring
with 22 points in 16 games. Clapperton’s 10 goals are a team best while
all-star defenseman Xavier Ouellet leads the squad in assists with 15.
The Armada have allowed just 34 goals against this season
which is a league low. A lot of that has to do with the goaltending duo of
Etienne Marcoux and Storm Phaneuf. The two sit first and second in the league
in goals against average and first and third in save percentage.
The Sea Dogs will certainly be in for a challenge tonight
against their expansion cousins.
Saint John enters action with an 8-7-0-0 record
and sits fourth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 12th overall in
the QMJHL. The Dogs have had an up-and-down month but have won their past two
games.
Jonathan Huberdeau continues to lead the Sea Dogs in
scoring with 19 points in 15 games. He has just one assist over his last three
games.
The Sea Dogs haven’t won a game in regulation time all
month. They’ve got one last chance tonight.
THE NUMBERS| BLB | Saint John | |
| Record | 11-3-0-2 (2nd West) | 8-7-0-0 (4th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 5-2-0-1 | 5-3-0-0 |
| Road Record | 6-1-0-1 | 3-4-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 4.08 (4th) | 2.81 (15th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.10 (1st) | 3.86 (14th) |
| Shots For/Game | 32.47 (5th) | 29.08 (12th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 23.44 (1st) | 32.48 (13th) |
| Overall PP | 23.3% (6th) | 22.2% (8th) |
| Home PP | 30.8% (2nd) | 30.6% (3rd) |
| Road PP | 17.0% (9th) | 9.4% (16th) |
| Overall PK | 90.0% (1st) | 80.3% (9th) |
| Home PK | 91.3% (2nd) | 77.8% (14th) |
| Road PK | 88.2% (1st) | 82.9% (3rd) |
| PIM/GAME | 17.3 | 16.7 |
| Attendance | 2,883 | 3,808 |
LEADING SCORERS
Blainville-Boisbriand
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Christopher Clapperton | 16 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Marc-Olivier Roy | 14 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 16 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 15 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Ryan Tesink | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Stephen MacAulay | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
GOALTENDERS
Blainville-Boisbriand
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Etienne Marcoux | 5-2-0-1 | 2.23 | 0.915 |
| Storm Phaneuf | 6-1-0-0 | 1.29 | 0.937 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 8-5-0-0 | 3.02 | 0.906 |
| Alex Fournier | 0-2-0-0 | 8.50 | 0.754 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over
the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Sunday afternoon at Harbour Station. Jason Seed,
Marcus Cuomo, and Oliver Cooper scored for Saint John. Sebastien Auger made 14
saves in net for the win.
The Armada are coming off a 7-1 victory over the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday night. Stefan Matteau had two goals while
singles came from Olivier Picard, Elie Berube, Samuel Hadhod, Xavier Ouellet,
and Christopher Clapperton. Etienne Marcoux made 30 saves for the win.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs went 2-0-0-0 against the Armada last season
while Blainville-Boisbriand went 0-2-0-0 against Saint John.
The last time they met was on January 29 at Harbour
Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Armada 6-3. Danick Gauthier had two
goals while singles came from Ian Saab, Zack Phillips, Jonathan Huberdeau, and
Tomas Jurco. The Armada had two goals from Cedric Paquette and a solo marker
from Jean-Christophe Laflamme.
RIP
Never forget.
NOTES
- Ryan Tesink returns from his two-game suspension tonight.
- This is the first game of a big time road trip through the Maritimes for the Armada. They also play in PEI, Moncton, and Bathurst on this trip.
- Stephen MacAulay is second in the league in power play goals with seven.
- Kevin Gagne is second in power play assists with eight.
- Stefan Matteau is seventh in rookie scoring with 11 points.
- Oliver Cooper is the only player in the QMJHL with two overtime goals this season.
- Storm Phaneuf has a league best 1.29 GAA. His 0.937 save percentage is also a league best.
OTHER GAMES
Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT
Sherbrooke at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs travel to Cape Breton to take on the
Screaming Eagles on Friday night at 7pm.
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