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PEI Rocket vs Saint John Sea Dogs
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN - There are six games left in the Saint John
Sea Dogs’ regular season, but tonight’s contest against the PEI Rocket will be
their second-to-last home game. Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm.
The Sea Dogs have already clinched a playoff spot, but as we wrote about last night, they are still in battle with the Sherbrooke Phoenix
for playoff/draft positioning. With six games left, the Phoenix sit in 15th-place,
one-point ahead of the Sea Dogs.
Saint John enters action with a 22-39-1-0 record which
places them fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 16th overall
in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Dogs have lost back-to-back games
and are 2-8-0-0 in their last 10.
As the home portion of their 2012-13 schedule winds down,
the Sea Dogs have a 12-20-0-0 at Harbour Station. They have been outscored
111-76.
Jakub Izacky leads the Dogs in scoring with 19 goals and
14 assists for 33 points in 57 games.
With the Rocket changing their name to “Islanders” next
season, tonight’s contest will likely be the final time a team called the “PEI
Rocket” plays the Sea Dogs at Harbour Station. The name won’t be missed.
PEI enters play this evening with a 35-23-3-1 record
which is good for third in the Maritimes Division and seventh overall. The
Rocket are in quite a battle in the middle of the standings for playoff
positioning. Val-d’Or, Drummondville, Rouyn-Noranda, and PEI all have 74 points.
The Rocket have two of the league’s top scorers in Ben
Duffy and Josh Currie. Duffy sits second in the league in scoring with 97
points while Currie is third with 95.
THE NUMBERS| PEI | Saint John | |
| Record | 35-23-3-1 (3rd Maritimes) | 22-39-1-0 (5th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 21-8-1-0 | 12-20-0-0 |
| Road Record | 14-15-2-1 | 10-19-1-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 3.73 (8th) | 2.56 (16th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.48 (10th) | 3.95 (14th) |
| Shots For/Game | 31.67 (7th) | 27.28 (14th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 31.11 (10th) | 35.91 (17th) |
| Overall PP | 22.2% (7th) | 20.9% (12th) |
| Home PP | 22.9% (8th) | 20.1% (12th) |
| Road PP | 21.6% (7th) | 21.6% (8th) |
| Overall PK | 79.2% (7th) | 75.8% (14th) |
| Home PK | 86.6% (1st) | 78.3% (13th) |
| Road PK | 74.1% (15th) | 73.0% (16th) |
| PIM/GAME | 17.4 | 15.8 |
| Attendance | 1,780 | 3,891 |
LEADING SCORERS
PEI
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Ben Duffy | 62 | 34 | 63 | 97 |
| Josh Currie | 62 | 43 | 52 | 95 |
| Victor Provencher | 61 | 23 | 23 | 46 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Jakub Izacky | 57 | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| Pierre Durepos | 37 | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| Stephen Anderson | 57 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
GOALTENDERS
PEI
PEI
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Antoine Bibeau | 22-11-2-1 | 2.94 | 0.906 |
| Maxime Lagace | 13-12-1-0 | 4.05 | 0.869 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 21-28-1-0 | 3.34 | 0.905 |
| Alex Fournier | 1-11-0-0 | 5.50 | 0.855 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-1 loss in Bathurst on
Saturday night, a loss that saw Saint John give up 56 shots. Maxime Villemaire
had the only goal for the Dogs. Alex Fournier made 52 stops in the loss.
The Rocket are coming off a 6-3 loss in Rouyn-Noranda on
Saturday night. Jimmy Oligny, Ben Duffy, and Alex Micallef all scored for the
Rocket. Maxime Lagace allowed five goals on 18 shots in 40 minutes of action.
Antoine Bibeau allowed one of 11 shots.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 1-5-0-0 against the Rocket this season
while PEI is 5-0-1-0 against Saint John.
Their last meeting was on February 16 in Charlottetown
where the Rocket defeated the Sea Dogs 6-2. Louick Marcotte, Victor Provencher,
Matej Beran, Erik Robichaud, Yan Pavel Laplante, and Matt Bursey all scored for
the Rocket. Michael Abbott and Stephen Anderson had goals for Saint John. Alex
Fournier made 32 stops in the loss while Antoine Bibeau made 25 in the win.
NOTES
- The Sea Dogs and Rocket meet one more time this season on March 17 in Charlottetown. That is the final game of the regular season.
- Josh Currie is fourth in the league in goal scoring with 43.
- Ben Duffy has a league high 63 assists.
- Duffy is sixth in power play assists with 25.
- Currie is first in shorthanded goals with nine.
- Louick Marcotte is fifth in first goals with seven.
- Duffy is second in insurance goals with seven.
- Patrick McGrath’s 161 penalty minutes is the most in the league.
OUT OF TOWN
Moncton at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs play their final home game of the regular
season on Friday night at Harbour Station against Bathurst. Tickets are going
quickly.
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