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Rimouski Oceanic vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Today at 3:00pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – Coming off a big 6-4 win over the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to
keep the good times rolling this afternoon against the Rimouski Oceanic.
Today’s 3pm contest is the annual “Journée des Francofans”
promotional game. But the much bigger event this afternoon will be the return
of Kevin Gagne, the long-time Sea Dogs defenseman who was traded to the Oceanic
during the holiday trading period.
Gagne has a good chance to take part in yet another
lengthy playoff run. Rimouski sits fourth overall on the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League with a 35-12-1-5 record. They are one-point back of the Telus
East Division leading Baie-Comeau Drakkar with two games in hand.
The Oceanic are led by Fredericton’s Peter Trainor who is
having an impressive season. He sits fourth in the league in scoring with 81
points in 53 games.
Gagne has three goals and 19 assists in 16 games with the
Oceanic this year. Former Sea Dog Scott Oke is also having a good year,
registering 56 points in 42 games. Meanwhile, Maxime Gravel, a Sea Dogs draft
pick who never played for the club, has 20 points in 48 games.
Saint John enters play tonight with a 20-31-1-0 record
and sit fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15th overall in
the circuit. Friday’s win in Bathurst ended a seven-game losing streak for the
Dogs. They are 2-7-1-0 in their last 10 games.
Jakub Izacky is Saint John’s leading scoring with 27
points in 47 games.
THE NUMBERS| Rimouski | Saint John | |
| Record | 35-12-1-5 (2nd Telus East) | 20-31-1-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 19-5-0-2 | 10-15-0-0 |
| Road Record | 16-7-1-3 | 10-16-1-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 3.89 (7th) | 2.63 (15th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.02 (5th) | 3.87 (14th) |
| Shots For/Game | 30.11 (9th) | 27.59 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 31.45 (11th) | 35.02 (16th) |
| Overall PP | 22.0% (9th) | 21.7% (10th) |
| Home PP | 23.1% (9th) | 19.8% (12th) |
| Road PP | 20.9% (8th) | 23.4% (4th) |
| Overall PK | 82.2% (3rd) | 75.5% (15th) |
| Home PK | 87.5% (2nd) | 78.2% (13th) |
| Road PK | 78.8% (5th) | 73.0% (14th) |
| PIM/GAME | 13.2 | 16.0 |
| Attendance | 3,683 | 3,769 |
LEADING SCORERS
Rimouski
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Peter Trainor | 53 | 35 | 46 | 81 |
| Alexandre Lavoie | 48 | 28 | 45 | 73 |
| Scott Oke | 42 | 24 | 32 | 56 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jakub Izacky | 47 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| Pierre Durepos | 29 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Stephen Anderson | 47 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
GOALTENDERS
Rimouski
Rimouski
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Robin Gusse | 21-11-0-1 | 3.40 | 0.885 |
| Marc-Antoine Gervais | 1-1-0-0 | 5.25 | 0.897 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 19-23-1-0 | 3.26 | 0.906 |
| Alex Fournier | 1-8-0-0 | 5.72 | 0.844 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-4 victory over the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night. Maxime Villemaire scored twice while
singles came from Jakub Izacky, Andreas Tsogkas, Spencer Smallman, and Stephen
Anderson. Pierre Durepos recorded four
assists. Alex Fournier made 43 saves for the win.
The Oceanic are coming off a 3-2 loss to the PEI Rocket
in Charlottetown on Friday. Alexandre Lavoie and Jean-Francois Plante each
scored for the visitors. Robin Gusse made 35 saves in the loss. Rimouski was
scheduled to play in Moncton last night but the game was postponed due to the
snow storm.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Saint John is 0-2-0-0 against Rimouski this season while
the Oceanic are 2-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs.
Their last meeting was on January 11 in Rimouski where
the Oceanic steamrolled the Sea Dogs, 9-1. Peter Trainor had four goals,
Alexandre Lavoie three, and Anthony DeLuca and Frederik Gauthier each added
singles. Brett Malone had Saint John’s only goal. Philippe Desrosiers made 15
saves in the win. Sebastien Auger was pulled after allowing six goals on 27
shots. Alex Fournier allowed three on 15 shots in relief.
NOTES
- Peter Trainor is fourth in the league in scoring with 81 points.
- Trainor is sixth in goals with 35.
- Trainor is third in assists with 46.
- Keven Gagne is second in power play assists with 24.
- Francis Beauvillier is seventh in first goals with six.
- Samuel Morin is fourth in penalty minutes with 117.
- Frederick Gauthier is second in rookie scoring with 52 points.
- Oceanic goaltender Philippe Desrosiers is hurt.
- The Sea Dogs have Rimouski’s first-round pick for this year’s draft.
- It’s certainly possible that these two could meet in the first-round of the playoffs.
OUT OF TOWN
Moncton at P.E.I. - 4:00 PM AST
Shawinigan at Quebec - 3:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the Shawinigan Cataractes on Thursday
night at Harbour Station.
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