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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads
Tonight at 7:00pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None | Live:
@SeaDogsLive
Halifax Metro Centre – Halifax, NS
PREVIEW
HALIFAX, NS – With 11 games left, the Sherbrooke Phoenix
are gaining ground on the Saint John Sea Dogs.
The Sea Dogs currently sit 15th overall in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with 43 points. Meanwhile, the 16th-placed
Pheonix, who have two straight and are 4-6 in their last 10 games, are only
three points back. Shawinigan is 17th with 35 points and Cape Breton
is in last with 32.
The Sea Dogs will very likely make the playoffs and, no
matter where they finish, will have a massive challenge in the first-round. But
where they finish could have a big impact on the team’s future. If they end up
in 15th they will select fourth overall in this year’s draft while
finishing in 16th would mean picking third.
As the season winds down, this battle between the Phoenix
and Sea Dogs for positioning will at least give us all something to follow and
keep an eye. They’ll both be in tough tonight as Saint John takes on the
Halifax Mooseheads and Sherbrooke faces the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads just met this past Wednesday
at Harbour Station where Halifax won 8-3. The Moose led 4-0 after one and 8-1 after
two. A win will be hard to come by for the Dogs tonight, but hopefully they
improve from Wednesday’s performance.
Saint John enters play this evening with a 21-35-1-0
record which is good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division. They are
2-7-1-0 in their last 10 and have lost back-to-back matches.
Jakub Izacky is Saint John’s leading scorer with 30
points in 52 games this year.
Halifax enters action tonight with a 47-6-2-1 record.
They sit first overall in the league, have already clinched the Maritimes
Division title, and are ranked second in the Canadian Hockey League again this
week.
The Moose are led by Jonathan Drouin who has 86 points in
40 games. The 2013 NHL Draft eligible forward had four points Wednesday in
Saint John.
THE NUMBERS| Halifax | Saint John | |
| Record | 47-6-2-1 (1st Maritimes) | 21-35-1-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 25-2-1-0 | 11-18-0-0 |
| Road Record | 22-4-1-1 | 10-17-1-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 5.06 (1st) | 2.63 (16th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.61 (1st) | 4.00 (15th) |
| Shots For/Game | 36.17 (2nd) | 27.44 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 25.38 (3rd) | 35.39 (17th) |
| Overall PP | 28.3% (2nd) | 21.7% (10th) |
| Home PP | 31.0% (3rd) | 20.5% (12th) |
| Road PP | 25.4% (2nd) | 22.9% (5th) |
| Overall PK | 80.2% (6th) | 75.3% (15th) |
| Home PK | 81.1% (10th) | 77.0% (13th) |
| Road PK | 79.4% (5th) | 73.4% (15th) |
| PIM/GAME | 12.7 | 15.9 |
| Attendance | 8,447 | 3,773 |
LEADING SCORERS
Halifax
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jonathan Drouin | 40 | 35 | 51 | 86 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 41 | 28 | 41 | 69 |
| Martin Frk | 44 | 28 | 39 | 67 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jakub Izacky | 52 | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| Pierre Durepos | 34 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Stephen Anderson | 52 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
GOALTENDERS
Halifax
Halifax
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Zach Fucale | 37-5-1-1 | 2.41 | 0.905 |
| Chris Clarke | 10-1-1-0 | 3.11 | 0.877 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 20-26-1-0 | 3.41 | 0.903 |
| Alex Fournier | 1-9-0-0 | 5.58 | 0.848 |
LAST GAMES
These teams played each other on Wednesday night in Saint
John. The Mooseheads won the game 8-3. Martin Frk had a hat trick while Halifax singles
came from Andrew Ryan, Jonathan Drouin, Luca Ciampini, MacKenzie Weegar, and
Stephen MacAulay. Saint John had markers from Jurij Repe, Maxime Villemaire,
and Matthew Highmore. Chris Clarke made 24 saves in the win. Sebastien Auger
was pulled after allowing six goals on 21 shots. Alex Fournier allowed two
goals on 19 shots in relief.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 1-5-0-0 against the Mooseheads this
season while Halifax is 5-0-1-0 against Saint John.
After tonight’s game, they meet one more time this
regular season on Friday, March 15 in Halifax.
STREAK
Jonathan Drouin is currently on a 21-game point streak, a
streak that has seen him score 20 goals and 26 assists. He has registered at
least a point in every Mooseheads game since November 30.
NOTES
- No Nathan MacKinnon again tonight for the Moose. He is still out with a knee injury.
- Jonathan Drouin’s 86 points are good for fourth in league scoring.
- Drouin is second in the league in power play assists with 25.
- Drouin is fifth in shorthanded goals with four.
- Drouin, who was +5 on Wednesday, is a league best +42.
OUT OF TOWN
Acadie-Bathurst at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EST
Rimouski at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST
Quebec at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
Gatineau at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Sunday
afternoon at 3pm at Harbour Station.
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