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PEI Rocket vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:00pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None | Live:
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – Coming off an overtime win against the No. 1
ranked team in the country last night, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to keep rolling
tonight against the PEI Rocket. Game time is 7pm at Harbour Station.
The Sea Dogs have won two straight games thanks to a 3-1
win over the Moncton Wildcats on Monday and last night’s OT win in Halifax.
Saint John will look to beat another squad that sits ahead of them in the Telus
Maritimes Division standings again tonight.
Saint John enters play with an 18-20-0-0 record, good for
fifth in the Maritimes Division and 14th overall in the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League. They are 9-11-0-0 at Harbour Station this year.
With Jonathan Huberdeau still in Russia and Ryan Tesink
traded, Stephen MacAulay is Saint John’s leading scorer for tonight’s contest.
Thanks to a goal and two assists last night, the 20-year old forward now has 18
goals and 18 assists in 34 games.
The star for Saint John of late has been goaltender
Sebastien Auger. He has an 18-15-0-0 record to go along with a 3.01 goals
against average and a 0.911 save percentage.
PEI enters action tonight with a 21-15-2-0 record and sit
third in the Telus Maritimes Division and ninth overall in the league. The
Rocket are 5-5-0-0 in their last 10 games.
The Rocket have the league’s leading scorers in Josh
Currie and Ben Duffy. Each have 63 points.
| PEI | Saint John | |
| Record | 21-15-2-0 (3rd Maritimes) | 18-20-0-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 13-6-1-0 | 9-11-0-0 |
| Road Record | 8-9-1-0 | 9-9-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 3.65 (9th) | 2.89 (14th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.55 (10th) | 3.70 (12th) |
| Shots For/Game | 29.73 (8th) | 27.64 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 31.38 (11th) | 34.08 (16th) |
| Overall PP | 23.5% (6th) | 21.5% (10th) |
| Home PP | 26.9% (6th) | 22.6% (9th) |
| Road PP | 19.7% (8th) | 20.5% (7th) |
| Overall PK | 80.2% (6th) | 80.0% (7th) |
| Home PK | 85.7% (4th) | 81.3% (9th) |
| Road PK | 75.6% (10th) | 78.5% (6th) |
| PIM/GAME | 19.0 | 15.3 |
| Attendance | 1,687 | 3,755 |
LEADING SCORERS
PEI
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Josh Currie | 38 | 32 | 31 | 63 |
| Ben Duffy | 38 | 25 | 38 | 63 |
| Louick Marcotte | 38 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 30 | 16 | 29 | 45 |
| Stephen MacAulay | 34 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Jakub Izacky | 33 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
GOALTENDERS
PEI
PEI
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Antoine Bibeau | 12-7-1-0 | 2.82 | 0.912 |
| Maxime Lagace | 9-8-1-0 | 4.13 | 0.865 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 18-15-0-0 | 3.01 | 0.911 |
| Alex Fournier | 0-5-0-0 | 6.95 | 0.809 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the
Halifax Mooseheads last night at the Metro Centre. Stephen MacAulay, Pierre
Durepos, and Jakub Izacky scored for Saint John. Goaltender Sebastien Auger was
terrific again, making 43 saves in the victory.
The Rocket are coming off a 6-1 home loss to the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Thursday. Louick Marcotte scored PEI’s only goal.
Maxime Lagace allowed three goals on 10 shots before getting pulled. Antoine
Bibeau allowed three goals on 22 shots in relief.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Rocket this season
while PEI is 2-0-1-0 against Saint John.
Their last meeting was on December 16 at the
Charlottetown Civic Centre where the Rocket won 6-3. Ben Duffy and Josh Currie
each scored twice while singles came from Victor Provencher and Alex Micallef.
Stephen MacAulay and Aidan Kelly scored for the Sea Dogs. Alex Fournier allowed
five goals on 41 shots in the loss while Antoine Bibeau made 23 stops in the
win.
NOTES
- Josh Currie and Ben Duffy are the leading scorers in the league. They each have 63 points.
- Currie is second in goals with 32.
- Duffy has a league high 38 assists.
- Stephen MacAulay is fourth in power play goals with 12.
- Duffy is third in power play assists with 17.
- Currie has seven shorthanded goals this season, the most in the league.
- Patrick McGrath has 117 penalty minutes, the most in the Q.
- Sebastien Auger has faced 40 or more shots in five straight games.
- The Rocket lead the league in fights with 58.
OUT OF TOWN
Baie-Comeau at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST
Cape Breton at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Rimouski at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Quebec at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs head to Quebec for a three-in-three road
trip next weekend. It begins on Friday in Rimouski with an 8:30pm game against
the Oceanic.
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