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Drummondville Voltigeurs vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Today at 3:00pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – For just the second time this season and the
first time since November, the Saint John Sea Dogs take on the Drummondville
Voltigeurs. Game time this afternoon is 3pm at Harbour Station.
The Sea Dogs are coming off a rough home-and-home series
against the Halifax Mooseheads. Saint John lost both games and were outscored a
combined 14-4. Hopefully things go better today.
The Dogs currently sit fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division
and 15th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a
21-36-1-0 record. Saint John has lost three straight and are 2-7-1-0 in their
last 10 games.
Saint John is in a battle with the Sherbrooke Phoenix in
the bottom of the standings. A win by the Dogs today would put them four points
up on the 16th-place Phoenix with nine games remaining in the
regular season.
Drummondville sits fourth in the Telus West Division and
10th overall in the league with a 31-23-2-2 record. They’ve lost two
straight and are 5-5 in their last 10.
The Volts are in a battle for playoff positioning in the
middle of the standings. They are three points back of the Val-d’Or Foreurs who
sit ninth and the PEI Rocket who sit eighth. The top eight teams will have home
ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs.
Drummondville is led by Jerome Verrier who has 29 goals
and 36 points for 65 points in 58 games.
THE NUMBERS| Drummondville | Saint John | |
| Record | 31-23-2-2 (4th West) | 21-36-1-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 25-2-1-0 | 11-18-0-0 |
| Road Record | 22-4-1-1 | 10-18-1-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 3.23 (13th) | 2.60 (16th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.48 (10th) | 4.03 (16th) |
| Shots For/Game | 29.06 (12th) | 27.21 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 26.61 (4th) | 35.34 (17th) |
| Overall PP | 21.4% (10th) | 21.3% (11th) |
| Home PP | 24.0% (7th) | 20.5% (12th) |
| Road PP | 18.2% (13th) | 22.1% (6th) |
| Overall PK | 77.1% (12th) | 74.7% (16th) |
| Home PK | 78.9% (12th) | 77.0% (13th) |
| Road PK | 75.4% (11th) | 72.4% (17th) |
| PIM/GAME | 17.8 | 16.1 |
| Attendance | 2,335 | 3,773 |
LEADING SCORERS
Drummondville
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jerome Verrier | 58 | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Olivier Archambault | 55 | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| Nikolas Brouillard | 58 | 10 | 34 | 44 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jakub Izacky | 53 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Pierre Durepos | 34 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Stephen Anderson | 53 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
GOALTENDERS
Drummondville
Drummondville
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Domenic Graham | 20-12-1-1 | 3.18 | 0.883 |
| Chris Clarke | 11-11-1-1 | 3.53 | 0.863 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 20-26-1-0 | 3.41 | 0.903 |
| Alex Fournier | 1-10-0-0 | 5.61 | 0.846 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-1 loss to the Mooseheads
in Halifax on Friday night. Jakub Izacky scored Saint John’s only goal. Alex
Fournier allowed six goals on 33 shots in the loss.
The Voltigeurs are coming off a 7-2 loss in Moncton on
Friday night. Drummondville goals came from Olivier Archambault and Jerome
Verrier. Domenic Graham allowed seven goals on 26 shots in the loss.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Voltigeurs this
season while Drummondville is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Their only previous meeting this season was on November
10 in Drummondville where the Volts beat the Dogs 6-2. Jonathan Huberdeau and
Ryan Tesink scored for Saint John. Drummondville had a pair of goals from
Guillaume Gauthier and Marc-Olivier Brouillard and singles from Olivier
Archambault and Olivier Caouette. Alex Fournier allowed six goals on 44 shots
in the loss while Domenic Graham made 15 stops in the win. The Sea Dogs were
out shot 44-17.
NOTES
- This is the final game of a three-game Maritime road trip for the Volts. They played in PEI Thursday night and Moncton on Friday.
- Olivier Archambault is 10th in the league in power play goals with 13.
- Nikolas Brouillard is seventh in power play assists with 24.
- Jerome Verrier is second in game-winning goals with eight.
- Oliver Cooper has penalty minutes in five straight games.
- Saint John is 4-8-0-0 against Telus West Division teams.
OUT OF TOWN
Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 2:00 PM AST
Cape Breton at P.E.I. - 3:00 PM AST
Shawinigan at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on
Wednesday night at Harbour Station.
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