SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs have made a decision
on the team’s goaltending situation.
The Sea Dogs announced this afternoon that goaltender
Alex Fournier has been released from the active roster. He spent all of last season with the club but has not seen any action this year due to an injury.
As backup to Sebastien Auger, Fournier certainly had his struggles
last season. He posted a 1-13 record with a 5.52 goals against average and a
0.856 save percentage. He also appeared in one game of Saint John’s first-round
playoff series against the Halifax Mooseheads.
Fournier, 18, definitely got better as the season went
along. Could he have posted good numbers this season? It’s certainly possible.
Plenty of people forget all the struggles Auger had in his first year in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and look at him now.
But the play of Antoine Landry, 17, this pre-season and
in the two games this past weekend would make it difficult to justify keeping
Fournier over Landry. The fact that Landry is a year younger than Fournier
likely played some kind of factor in this move as well.
So now that the backup situation is settled, we can now
turn our attention to the Auger trade rumours that will no doubt start in the
coming months.
The Sea Dogs now have 25 players on their active roster heading into action this weekend. Saint John holds their home opener on Saturday night against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Rumors starting in a couple of months.....Already heard a few lol.
ReplyDeleteAuger won't be traded, you'll see him and Anderson back as 20's next year, permitting Anderson has a good season.
ReplyDeleteAnderson will be a great 20 next year. Jason Cameron, the worst Q player in the history of the league is one of our 20's this year. Anderson will be like Mike Hoffman compared to that scrub.
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