PLAYOFF GAMEDAY: Round 1, Game 3 - vs Mooseheads

GAMEDAY

2013 President’s Cup Playoffs – Round 1, Game 3

Halifax Mooseheads vs Saint John Sea Dogs

Tonight at 7:00pm

Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None

Harbour Station – Saint John, NB

PREVIEW

SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs and Halifax Mooseheads meet for a pivotal Game 3 tonight at Harbour Station.

The Mooseheads currently lead the best-of-seven first round Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff series 2-0 heading into this evening’s contest. A victory by Halifax tonight would give them a stranglehold on the series heading into tomorrow night’s Game 4.

Halifax dominated Game 1 on Friday night at the Metro Centre, winning 11-1. But on Saturday, although the Mooseheads outshot the Sea Dogs by a wide margin, they squeaked out a 2-1 win thanks to a third period goal by Matthew Boudreau.

Obviously, despite the shots, Saint John played a much better game on Saturday and were led by the outstanding play of goaltender Sebastien Auger. Tonight, the Sea Dogs will look to keep some of the momentum going that was gained from Saturday’s match.

One of the things Saint John did well on Saturday was stay out of the box. That’s something they’ll need to do again if they want to contain Halifax’s offense.

The Sea Dogs were 13-21-0-0 at home this season and are 4-9-0-0 at Harbour Station since the trade deadline.

THE NUMBERS (regular season)

	Halifax	Saint John
Record	58-6-3-1 (1st Maritimes)	23-44-1-0 (5th Maritimes)
Home Record	31-2-1-0	13-21-0-0
Road Record	27-4-2-1	10-23-1-0
Goals For/Game	5.06 (1st)	2.53 (16th)
Goals Against/Game	2.57 (1st)	3.96 (14th)
Shots For/Game	35.47 (3rd)	27.46 (14th)
Shots Against/Game	25.80 (3rd)	36.37 (18th)
Overall PP	27.7% (2nd)	20.3% (12th)
Home PP	30.7% (3rd)	18.7% (13th)
Road PP	24.3% (2nd)	21.9% (9th)
Overall PK	81.5% (4th)	75.3% (15th)
Home PK	83.2% (5th)	78.8% (13th)
Road PK	79.8% (5th)	72.0% (17th)
PIM/GAME	12.8	15.9
Attendance	8,686 (2nd)	3,992 (4th)

LEADING SCORERS (regular season)
Halifax

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Drouin	49	41	64	105
Martin Frk	56	35	49	84
Darcy Ashley	66	26	52	78

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jakub Izacky	63	21	17	38
Pierre Durepos	43	6	25	31
Stephen Anderson	63	12	15	27

GOALTENDERS (regular season)
Halifax

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Zach Fucale	45-5-2-1	2.35	0.909
Chris Clarke	13-1-1-0	3.10	0.880

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	22-31-1-0	3.33	0.907
Alex Fournier	1-13-0-0	5.52	0.856

SERIES SCHEDULE

Fri.Mar 22 Game 1 – Saint John 1, Halifax 11

Sat.Mar 23 Game 2 – Saint John 1, Halifax 2

Tues.Mar 26 Game 3 @Harbour Station 7pm

Weds.Mar 27 Game 4 @Harbour Station 7pm

Fri.Mar 29 Game 5 @Halifax Metro Centre 7pm *

Sun.Mar 31 Game 6 @Harbour Station 3pm *

Tues.Apr 2 Game 7 @Halifax Metro Centre 7pm *

*If Necessary

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Halifax went 7-0-1-0 against Saint John in the regular season while the Sea Dogs went 1-7-0-0 against the Mooseheads.

October 5 – Halifax 4, Saint John 3

October 6 – Saint John 2, Halifax 11

December 9 – Halifax 4, Saint John 2

December 21 – Halifax 5, Saint John 1

January 4 – Saint John 3, Halifax 2 (OT)

February 20 – Halifax 8, Saint John 3

February 22 – Saint John 1, Halifax 6

March 15 – Saint John 1, Halifax 3

NOTES

• Martin Frk leads the league in playoff scoring with eight points.
• Frk, Nathan MacKinnon, and Jonathan Drouin were all held pointless on Saturday.
• This game is not on TV anywhere.
• Lots of tickets available.

OUT OF TOWN

Blainville-Boisbriand at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:30 PM ADT

Rouyn-Noranda at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT

Baie-Comeau at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT

Moncton at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT

Quebec at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT

Rimouski at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EDT

P.E.I. at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads meet for Game 4 tomorrow night at Harbour Station.