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Moncton Wildcats vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:30pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN – A snowstorm cancelled their meeting
yesterday, but the second half of the home-and-home series between the Saint
John Sea Dogs and Moncton Wildcats will be played.
The Sea Dogs host the Wildcats tonight at 7:30pm at
Harbour Station in the final Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game of 2012.
It’s been a memorable year for the Sea Dogs hockey club
but the last few weeks certainly haven’t been good times. Saint John is
currently on a four-game losing streak and are just 2-8-0-0 in their last 10
games. They have slipped to fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 14th
overall in the league with a 16-20-0-0 record.
One of Saint John’s problems over their losing streak has
been the lack of offense. They’ve scored just two goals over the past three
games and that includes being shutout once. Of course, it’s not all that
surprising with Jonathan Huberdeau away with Team Canada and Kevin Gagne
traded.
The Dogs are led by Ryan Tesink in Huberdeau’s absence.
Tesink has 38 points in 34 games this season but has just one point during this
four-game losing skid.
Saint John has had success against Moncton this season –
their last win came against the Wildcats on December 14 – so the Dogs will be
hoping that continues this evening.
Moncton enters action today with a 23-13-1-0 record for
47 points. They sit second in the division and seventh overall in the QMJHL.
They are 6-3-1-0 in their last 10 games.
One of the Wildcats’ issues this season has been
divisional play. They are just 8-8-1-0 against teams in the Maritimes. To put
that in perspective, Saint John, who has seven fewer wins than the ‘Cats, is
9-10-0-0 in divisional play.
The ‘Cats are led offensively by Allain Saulnier who has
51 points in 37 games this season.
THE NUMBERS
| Moncton | Saint John | |
| Record | 23-13-1-0 (2nd Maritimes) | 16-20-0-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 13-5-1-0 | 8-11-0-0 |
| Road Record | 10-8-0-0 | 8-9-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 3.98 (4th) | 2.89 (14th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.30 (7th) | 3.82 (13th) |
| Shots For/Game | 35.08 (3rd) | 27.92 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 33.95 (17th) | 33.39 (15th) |
| Overall PP | 28.6% (3rd) | 21.7% (10th) |
| Home PP | 33.3% (2nd) | 23.3% (9th) |
| Road PP | 21.2% (6th) | 20.0% (7th) |
| Overall PK | 75.3% (14th) | 79.9% (7th) |
| Home PK | 80.2% (10th) | 81.6% (8th) |
| Road PK | 69.3% (17th) | 77.9% (7th) |
| PIM/GAME | 17.0 | 15.6 |
| Attendance | 4,153 | 3,672 |
LEADING SCORERS
Moncton
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Allain Saulnier | 37 | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| Dmitri Jaskin | 31 | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| Alex Saulnier | 37 | 18 | 29 | 47 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 30 | 16 | 29 | 45 |
| Ryan Tesink | 34 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
| Stephen MacAulay | 32 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
GOALTENDERS
Moncton
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Alex Dubeau | 17-11-1-0 | 2.99 | 0.886 |
| Cole Holowenko | 5-2-0-0 | 3.83 | 0.865 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 16-15-0-0 | 3.11 | 0.905 |
| Alex Fournier | 0-5-0-0 | 6.95 | 0.809 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-1 loss to the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night at Harbour Station. Stephen Anderson scored
Saint John’s lone goal. Sebastien Auger allowed five goals on 40 shots in the
loss.
The Wildcats are coming off a 4-1 loss to the PEI Rocket
in Charlottetown on Friday night. Allain Saulnier scored the Wildcats only
goal. Alex Dubeau allowed three goals on just 20 shots in the loss.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 3-0-0-0 against the Wildcats this season
while Moncton is 0-2-1-0 against Saint John.
Their last meeting was on December 14 where the Sea Dogs
defeated the Wildcats 4-3 in overtime. Ross Johnston, Alex Saulnier, and Ryan
Penny scored to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead. Stephen MacAulay scored followed
by two goals from Jakub Izacky to tie it up. Kevin Gagne scored the overtime
winner. Sebastien Auger made 31 saves in the win while Alex Dubeau made 24 in
the loss.
NOTES
- Saint John will be without Jonathan Huberdeau who is away at the World Junior Hockey Championship along with Matthew Highmore and Olivier LeBlanc who are at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.
- The Wildcats will be missing their second leading scorer in Dmitri Jaskin who is at the world juniors.
- Allain Saulnier is second in the league in assists with 33.
- Stephen MacAulay and Yannick Veilleux each have 12 power play goals.
- Veilleux has five game winning goals.
- Jonathan Racine is eighth in the league in penalty minutes with 81.
- Ivan Barbashev is sixth in rookie scoring with 30 points.
OUT OF TOWN
This is the only game in the league tonight. It’s a rare
Monday nighter.
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs travel to Halifax to face the Mooseheads at
7:00pm on Friday night.
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