The Sea Dogs are up north this week for a strange
two-game mid-week road trip. The Dogs are in Rouyn-Noranda this evening to
battle the Huskies at 8:30pm before moving on to Val-d’Or to face the Foreurs
tomorrow night.
Saint John is on a bit of a roll. They’ve won three
straight and moved above the .500 mark with a 13-12-0-0 record.
After these pair of games, they return home to host Scott
Oke and the Rimouski Oceanic at 3pm on Sunday.
MOVEMBER
Movember is winding down but there is still time to
donate to the Sea Dogs team. They currently have $545 raised in donations.
Movember captain David Weckworth leads the way with $290 in donations.
The Sea Dogs posted some pictures of players sporting
their stache on their Facebook page last night.
WORLD JUNIORS
According to NHL.com, Team Canada will announce their
world junior selection camp roster this Monday. The camp will be held from
December 11-15 in Calgary.
Jonathan Huberdeau is the only Sea Dog expected to
receive an invite and is a lock to make the team (as long as the NHL
and NHLPA continue their craziness).
“Huberdeau formed a dynamic duo alongside Mark Stone on
last year’s world junior team, setting up the gifted scorer with some nice
feeds in Alberta,” writes Sportsnet’s Patrick King who listed Huberdeau as one
of the ‘hot’ players in his power rankings this week. “He’s playing a similar
style with the Sea Dogs now, as evidenced by his performance last week.”
FIGHTING
Got news for you: fighting is down across the Canadian
Hockey League.
“Over in Québec, they're going at a rate of two fights
every three games, or 0.75 per game, a modest 5% drop from the last season,”
writes Cam Charron in a post over at Buzzing The Net.
According to HockeyFights.com, the Sea Dogs have just 11
fights this season in 25 games, the second fewest in the league. They had 68 in
68 games last season.
Michael Mastrangelo (5), Marcus Cuomo (2), Devon
Oliver-Dares (2), Jonathan Huberdeau (1), and Ryan Tesink (1) are the only Sea
Dogs with fighting majors this year.
TSN’s latest QMJHL Player Rankings are out. Here’s where
some Sea Dogs are currently ranked:
No. 24 – Jonathan Huberdeau
No. 28 – Ryan Tesink
No. 44 Stephen MacAulay
Player rankings are based on statistical production and
are intended to value the impact a player has on the game.
WALSH
According to the Cape Breton Post, Screaming Eagles
defenseman John-Michael Walsh broke his arm last Saturday while playing against
the Sea Dogs at Harbour Station. He is expected to be out six to eight weeks.
Walsh has no points in 14 games with Cape Breton this
season.
It’s been a dreadful season in Cape Breton where the
Eagles currently hold the final playoff spot with a 7-15-2-3 record.
THE MHL
Danny Chiasson, who played six games with Saint John last
season, currently leads the Maritime Junior ‘A’ Hockey League in scoring. He
has 15 goals and 29 assists for 44 points in 24 games with the Dieppe
Commandos.
Colin Campbell, who played six games with the Dogs last
year as well, is fifth in MHL scoring with 33 points in 23 games.
AUGER
Sea Dogs goaltender Sebastien Auger has certainly been
busy this season. He has played the second most minutes of any goaltender in
the QMJHL with 1312:25 minutes played. Only Bathurst’s Jacob Brennan has played more.
Auger is third in saves with 631. His goals against
average of 3.11 places him sixth, his save percentage of 0.903 is good for
fourth, and his 13 wins puts him fourth.
VITO’S
Some Saint John Vito’s highlight videos that were used
last Saturday at Harbour Station have been uploaded. Did the Vito’s not have
their own YouTube channel back in 1992?
Photo: Huskies Facebook
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