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Baie-Comeau Drakkar vs Saint John Sea Dogs
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs will have a tough
test this afternoon at Harbour Station.
The Baie-Comeau Drakkar, one of the top teams in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and ranked No. 7 in the BMO CHL MasterCard
Top 10 Rankings this week, are in town to face the Sea Dogs at 3pm.
The Drakkar are currently on a lengthy road trip through
the Maritimes. They played in Halifax on Wednesday, Charlottetown Friday,
Moncton last night, and Saint John today. They are 1-2-0-0 so far with their only
win coming against the PEI Rocket.
Despite having a rough stretch of games this week, the
Drakkar still sit fourth overall in the QMJHL and second in the Telus East
Division with a 17-6-1-2 record. They are just one-point back of the Quebec
Remparts for tops in the division and six points back of the league leading
Halifax Mooseheads.
Baie-Comeau is led by some familiar names. Petr Straka is
having a great season and has 21 goals and 16 assists in just 21 games this
season. Raphael Bussieres, the former Moncton Wildcat, has 35 points in 26
games. Meanwhile, import Valentin Zykov is second in rookie scoring with 29
points in 26 games.
The Drakkar are picking up where they left off last
season when they stunned everyone and made it to the second round of playoffs. It’s
nice to see for a franchise that hasn’t had great success over the past few
seasons.
Saint John enters action today with a 12-12-0-0 record
and sits fourth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 13th overall in
the QMJHL. They’ll be playing their second game in less than 24 hours after
beating the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-1 last night.
Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Dogs in scoring with 33
points in 24 games. Ryan Tesink has a team high 14 goals.
Saint John hits the road again this week for two games in
Quebec but return home for a match next Sunday.
THE NUMBERS| Baie-Comeau | Saint John | |
| Record | 17-6-1-2 (2nd East) | 12-12-0-0 (4th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 8-1-1-1 | 6-5-0-0 |
| Road Record | 9-5-0-1 | 6-7-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 4.21 (5th) | 3.00 (14th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.00 (4th) | 3.79 (13th) |
| Shots For/Game | 32.48 (5th) | 28.60 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 26.41 (4th) | 32.09 (13th) |
| Overall PP | 19.8% (11th) | 21.3% (10th) |
| Home PP | 27.0% (10th) | 28.3% (7th) |
| Road PP | 12.1% (17th) | 14.5% (14th) |
| Overall PK | 81.2% (5th) | 77.3% (11th) |
| Home PK | 87.2% (4th) | 79.6% (14th) |
| Road PK | 76.9% (7th) | 75.4% (10th) |
| PIM/GAME | 15.0 | 15.9 |
| Attendance | 2,434 | 3,711 |
LEADING SCORERS
Baie-Comeau
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Petr Straka | 21 | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| Raphael Bussieres | 26 | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| Valentin Zykov | 26 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 24 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| Ryan Tesink | 22 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| Stephen MacAulay | 20 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
GOALTENDERS
Baie-Comeau
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Philippe Cadorette | 13-5-1-1 | 3.10 | 0.883 |
| Simon Lemieux | 4-1-0-1 | 2.31 | 0.910 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 12-9-0-0 | 3.07 | 0.903 |
| Alex Fournier | 0-3-0-0 | 7.50 | 0.792 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-1 win over the Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles last night. Stephen MacAulay scored twice while
Jonathan Huberdeau and Kevin Gagne registered solo markers. Sebastien Auger
made 25 saves in net for the win.
The Drakkar are coming off a 6-5 loss to the Moncton
Wildcats yesterday afternoon. Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau scored twice while
singles came from Steve Lebel, Alexandre Ranger, and Valentin Zykov. Philippe
Cadorette allowed five goals on 22 shots before getting pulled in the second
period. Simon Lemieux allowed a goal on 14 shots in relief.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Drakkar this season
while Baie-Comeau is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Their only previous meeting this season came on October
20 in Baie-Comeau when the Drakkar beat the Sea Dogs 6-2. Petr Straka scored
twice while Samuel Noreau, Carl Gelinas, Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau, Valentin
Zykov also scored for the Drakkar. Saint John goals came from Ryan Tesink and
Jakub Izacky. Philippe Cadorette made 19 saves in the win while Alex Fournier
made 24 in the loss.
NOTES
- It’s Special Olympics night at Harbour Station.
- Petr Straka is fourth in the league in goals with 21.
- Stephen MacAulay is third in power play goals with nine.
- Jonathan Huberdeau is ninth in power play assists with 11.
- Valentin Zykov is third in game winning goals with five.
- MacAulay is second in first goals with four.
- Straka is fourth in insurance goals with three. Ryan Tesink is fifth with three as well.
- Frederic Gamelin is a +21 which is the second best plus/minus rating in the league.
OUT OF TOWN
Halifax at Moncton - 2:00 PM AST
Baie-Comeau at Saint John - 3:00 PM AST
Gatineau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST
Quebec at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs travel to north to take on the Rouyn-Noranda
Huskies on Wednesday night.
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