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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads
Tonight at 7:00pm
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Halifax Metro Centre – Halifax, NS
HALIFAX – The Saint John Sea Dogs play their first game
of the calendar year tonight in Halifax against the Mooseheads. Puck drop is
scheduled for 7pm.
The Sea Dogs have gotten even younger since the Sea Dogs
and Mooseheads met last. Along with Kevin Gagne, Saint John has also traded
veterans Ryan Tesink and Aidan Kelly. They’ll need some younger players to step
up like they did on Monday in a 3-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats.
Saint John enters play with a 17-20-0-0 record and sit
fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 14th overall in the
league. They are 3-7-0-0 in their last 10 games and Monday’s victory ended a
four-game losing streak.
With Jonathan Huberdeau still away and Ryan Tesink and
Kevin Gagne both traded, Stephen MacAulay is currently Saint John’s leading
scorer. He has 17 goals and 16 assists for 33 points in 33 games this season.
Halifax is having an incredible season. Despite being
without Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Martin Frk for the past few
weeks, the Moose are an 11-0-1-0 run and are 9-0-1-0 in their last 10 games.
The Mooseheads sit first overall in the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League standings with a 32-3-1-1 record for 66 points. They are
11 points ahead of the second-place Rimouski Oceanic. Halifax is also the toped
ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League again this week.
With MacKinnon and Drouin away with Team Canada at the
world juniors, Darcy Ashley is Halifax’s leading scorer with 12 goals and 30
assists for 42 points in 37 games.
THE NUMBERS
| Halifax | Saint John | |
| Record | 32-3-1-1 (1st Maritimes) | 17-20-0-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 18-1-0-0 | 9-11-0-0 |
| Road Record | 14-2-1-1 | 8-9-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 4.99 (1st) | 2.89 (14th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.63 (1st) | 3.75 (12th) |
| Shots For/Game | 36.36 (1st) | 27.76 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 24.37 (1st) | 33.81 (15th) |
| Overall PP | 28.7% (3rd) | 21.3% (10th) |
| Home PP | 33.7% (2nd) | 22.6% (9th) |
| Road PP | 23.3% (4th) | 20.0% (7th) |
| Overall PK | 79.3% (8th) | 79.8% (7th) |
| Home PK | 82.7% (7th) | 81.3% (9th) |
| Road PK | 75.4% (11th) | 77.9% (7th) |
| PIM/GAME | 13.9 | 15.5 |
| Attendance | 8,256 | 3,755 |
LEADING SCORERS
Halifax
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 30 | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 24 | 19 | 29 | 48 |
| Darcy Ashley | 37 | 12 | 30 | 42 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 30 | 16 | 29 | 45 |
| Stephen MacAulay | 33 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Oliver Cooper | 36 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
GOALTENDERS
Halifax
Halifax
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Zach Fucale | 25-3-0-1 | 2.43 | 0.897 |
| Chris Clarke | 7-0-1-0 | 3.25 | 0.880 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 17-15-0-0 | 3.04 | 0.909 |
| Alex Fournier | 0-5-0-0 | 6.95 | 0.809 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-1 win over the Moncton
Wildcats on Monday night at Harbour Station. Saint John was out shot 49-22 in
the game. Noah Zilbert scored all three Sea Dogs goals. Sebastien Auger was
terrific in net, making 48 saves in the win.
The Mooseheads are coming off a 7-3 win over the Moncton
Wildcats last night at the Metro Centre. Andrew Ryan had two goals for the winners
while singles came from Brendan Duke, Konrad Abeltshauser, Darcy Ashley,
MacKenzie Weegar, and Stefan Fournier. Zach Fucale made 16 saves for the win.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 0-4-0-0 against the Mooseheads this
season while Halifax is 4-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Their last meeting was on December 21 at Harbour Station
where the Sea Dogs lost 5-1 to the Mooseheads. Matthew Boudreau had two goals
while singles came from Andrew Ryan, Ryan Falkenham, and Stefan Fournier for Halifax. Stephen Anderson scored Saint John’s lone goal.
Sebastien Auger made 38 saves in the loss while Zach Fucale made 22 in the win.
NOTES
- Tonight is Teddy Bear Toss night at the Metro Centre. So there is going to be a big delay after Halifax’s first goal.
- Saint John has called up forward Connor Donaghey for this weekend’s games.
- Defenseman Jeremy Doucet, who was acquired in the Aidan Kelly trade earlier this week, will likely make his Sea Dogs debut.
- Stefan Fournier is second in the league power play goals with 13. Stephen MacAulay is fourth with 12.
- Konrad Abeltshauser leads the league in power play assists with 18.
- Matthew Boudreau is second in game-winning goals with six.
- MacKenzie Weegar has the fourth best +/- rating at +27.
OUT OF TOWN
Cape Breton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Quebec at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
Victoriaville at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the PEI Rocket tomorrow night at 7pm at
Harbour Station.
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