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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Gatineau Olympiques

Tonight at 8:00pm

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Robert Guertin Arena – Gatineau, Que.

PREVIEW

GATINEAU, Que. – It’s been a rough road trip for the Saint John Sea Dogs so far.

The Sea Dogs lost 4-2 in Victoriaville on Thursday night and 6-3 in Sherbrooke last night. They play their final game of this three-in-three Quebec road trip this evening at 8pm in Gatineau against the Olympiques.

Saint John has lost five straight and sit 17^th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a 6-16-0-2 record. They are also just 2-10-0-1 on the road this year and have lost eight straight away games.

If there is any good news for the Sea Dogs it’s that their offense hasn’t been as bad of late compared to a few weeks ago. Since being shutout on November 5^th, the Dogs have scored 13 goals in four games. Unfortunately they have given up 25 over that same span.

The Dogs will face their toughest match of this road trip tonight. Gatineau, winners of three straight, enters play with a 17-8-0-0 record which is good for second in the Telus West Division and fourth overall in the league.

The Olympiques are led by Emile Poirier who has 16 goals and 18 assists for 34 points in 22 games. Gatineau also has an intriguing goaltending duo of Robert Steeves and Anthony Brodeur, the son of Martin Brodeur.

THE NUMBERS

	Gatineau	Saint John
Record	17-8-0-0 (2nd West)	6-16-0-2 (6th Maritimes)
Home Record	8-4-0-0	4-6-0-1
Road Record	9-4-0-0	2-10-0-1
Goals For/Game	3.45 (10th)	2.39 (17th)
Goals Against/Game	2.81 (2nd)	3.55 (13th)
Shots For/Game	28.40 (15th)	30.72 (7th)
Shots Against/Game	26.50 (2nd)	37.44 (18th)
Overall PP	15.6% (17th)	21.2% (11th)
Home PP	20.0% (13th)	22.4% (8th)
Road PP	11.3% (18th)	20.0% (11th)
Overall PK	80.3% (5th)	80.7% (4th)
Home PK	75.8% (14th)	86.2% (3rd)
Road PK	84.0% (2nd)	75.4% (12th)
PIM/GAME	20.5	17.2
Attendance	2,250	2,966

LEADING SCORERS
Gatineau

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Emile Poirier	22	16	18	34
Martin Reway	19	8	19	27
Vaclav Karabacek	25	9	10	19

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Oliver Cooper	24	7	14	21
Nathan Noel	24	8	9	17
Olivier LeBlanc	24	5	12	17

GOALTENDERS
Gatineau

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Robert Steeves	11-6-0-0	2.77	0.896
Anthony Brodeur	6-2-0-0	2.83	0.894

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	4-14-0-2	3.05	0.919
Antoine Landry	2-2-0-0	4.31	0.879

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-3 loss last night in Sherbrooke. Matthew Highmore had a pair of goals while Olivier LeBlanc added a single marker. Sebastien Auger made 27 saves in the loss.

Gatineau also played last night, defeating the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-1. Marc Beckstead, Taylor Burke, and Martin Reway all scored for the ‘Piques. Anthony Brodeur made 21 saves in the victory.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Olympiques.

Last year, Saint John went 1-1-0-0 against Gatineau while the Olympiques went 1-1-0-0 against the Sea Dogs.

NOTES

• This game ends a stretch of five straight road games for the Sea Dogs.
• Emile Poirier is tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals with four.
• Poirier is second in the league in game winning goals with five.
• Vaclav Karabacek is fifth in rookie scoring with 19 points.
• Martin Reway is on a three-game goal scoring streak.
• These two teams meet again on February 12th in Saint John.
• Alexandre Beauregard’s goal in Game 6 of the 2011 QMJHL Final. Never forget.
• Game 1 of the Subway Super Series will be played in this building on Monday.

OUT OF TOWN

Val-d'Or at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST

Québec at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST

Rouyn-Noranda at Sherbrooke - 4:00 PM EST

Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST

Drummondville at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST

Charlottetown at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST

Shawinigan at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EST

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Friday night at Harbour Station.