GAMEDAY 27 - at Halifax

GAMEDAY

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads

Tonight at 7:00pm

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

Halifax Metro Centre – Halifax, NS

PREVIEW

HALIFAX – The Saint John Sea Dogs will try to end a seven-game losing streak tonight in Halifax.

The Sea Dogs’ latest losing skid was extended to seven with a 2-1 shootout loss to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles last night. Nathan Noel scored Saint John’s only goal while Sebastien Auger made 39 saves in 65 minutes of action.

Tonight, things won’t get any easier for the Dogs as they take on the Mooseheads at the Metro Centre at 7pm.

Halifax has found their mojo again. They have won eight straight games, are 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games, and sit second overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a 20-8-0-0 record.

These two met two weeks ago and Saint John nearly completed a big time third period comeback but fell short, 7-5. They’ll need to play like they did in that third period tonight if they want to pull off an upset.

THE NUMBERS

	Halifax	Saint John
Record	20-8-0-0 (1st Maritimes)	6-17-0-3 (6th Maritimes)
Home Record	11-4-0-0	4-6-0-2
Road Record	9-4-0-0	2-11-0-1
Goals For/Game	4.18 (3rd)	2.39 (17th)
Goals Against/Game	2.84 (3rd)	3.65 (14th)
Shots For/Game	32.65 (4th)	30.08 (9th)
Shots Against/Game	27.05 (5th)	37.41 (18th)
Overall PP	21.7% (10th)	21.3% (11th)
Home PP	17.5% (16th)	21.1% (12th)
Road PP	27.0% (4th)	21.4% (10th)
Overall PK	78.6% (9th)	78.9% (7th)
Home PK	84.7% (3rd)	85.7% (2nd)
Road PK	72.6% (15th)	72.3% (16th)
PIM/GAME	16.1	17.2
Attendance	7,632	3,002

LEADING SCORERS
Halifax

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Drouin	18	14	30	44
Nikolaj Ehlers	28	15	21	36
Brent Andrews	26	16	18	34

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Oliver Cooper	26	7	14	21
Olivier LeBlanc	26	5	14	19
Nathan Noel	26	9	9	18

GOALTENDERS
Halifax

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Zach Fucale	16-5-0-0	2.75	0.893
Kevin Darveau	4-3-0-0	3.02	0.905

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	4-14-0-3	2.94	0.922
Antoine Landry	2-3-0-0	4.99	0.860

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 shootout loss to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles last night at Harbour Station. Nathan Noel scored Saint John’s only goal while Sebastien Auger made 39 saves in the loss.

The Mooseheads destroyed the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 9-2 last night at the Metro Centre. Brent Andrews and Mackenzie Weegar each had two goals while singles came from Andrew Ryan, Vincent Watt, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jonathan Drouin, and Luca Ciampini. Drouin and Darcy Ashley each had four assists. Zach Fucale made 25 saves.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 2-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Their last meeting was two weeks ago at the Metro Centre when the Moose defeated the Sea Dogs 7-5. Brent Andrews, Matt Murphy, and Nikolaj Ehlers each had two goals while Jonathan Drouin added a single. Stephen Anderson had a pair of goals for Saint John and Will Thompson, Nathan Noel, and Noah Zilbert also scored. Zach Fucale made 17 saves while the combo of Sebastien Auger and Antoine Landry made 39.

NOTES

• Jonathan Drouin has put up unlimited points this month. He has 28 points so far in November.
• Drouin is second in the league in scoring with 44 points. He is 11 points back of Anthony Mantha who has played six more games.
• Mooseheads goaltender Zach Fucale leads the league in wins with 16.
• Nikolaj Ehlers leads all rookies in scoring with 36 points.

OUT OF TOWN

Charlottetown at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST

Moncton at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST

Québec at Rimouski - 4:00 PM EST

Victoriaville at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST

Blainville-Boisbriand at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Sherbrooke at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EST

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday night at Harbour Station.