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Victoriaville Tigres vs Saint John Sea Dogs
Tonight at 7:30pm
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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB
SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs wrap up the home
portion of their first half schedule this weekend.
The Sea Dogs host the Victoriaville Tigres tonight at
7:30pm and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tomorrow at 7pm. Saint John will
then end their first half schedule with four straight road games.
The Dogs sit last in the Telus Maritimes Division and 17th
overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a 7-20-0-3 record. They
have lost two straight and are 1-8-0-1 in their last 10 games.
If Saint John wants to get back into the playoff picture,
a few wins before the Christmas break would be helpful. They currently sit
seven points back of the Sherbrooke Phoenix who own the final playoff spot.
The Tigres enter play tonight with a 12-14-2-2 record
which places them 5th in the Telus East Division and 14th
overall. They are 3-4-1-2 in their last 10 contests.
Angelo Miceli leads the team in scoring with 18 goals and
11 assists for 29 points in 30 games.
Tonight’s match will be the second of a three-game road
trip through the Maritimes for Victoriaville. They lost 4-1 in Halifax last
night, play in Saint John tonight, and visit Moncton on Sunday.
| Victoriaville | Saint John | |
| Record | 12-14-2-2 (5th East) | 6-14-0-2 (6th Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 6-7-1-2 | 5-8-0-2 |
| Road Record | 6-7-1-0 | 2-12-0-1 |
| Goals For/Game | 2.74 (15th) | 2.37 (17th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 3.50 (11th) | 3.72 (15th) |
| Shots For/Game | 28.39 (14th) | 29.56 (12th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 33.28 (14th) | 37.58 (18th) |
| Overall PP | 13.4% (18th) | 20.8% (13th) |
| Home PP | 9.7% (18th) | 20.7% (12th) |
| Road PP | 18.2% (13th) | 20.8% (12th) |
| Overall PK | 79.1% (9th) | 76.2% (14th) |
| Home PK | 76.8% (12th) | 80.6% (6th) |
| Road PK | 81.1% (4th) | 71.8% (17th) |
| PIM/GAME | 18.8 | 16.3 |
| Attendance | 2,294 | 2,999 |
LEADING SCORERS
Victoriaville
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Angelo Miceli | 30 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| Carl-Antoine Delisle | 30 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Matthew Boudreau | 21 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Oliver Cooper | 30 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Olivier LeBlanc | 30 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Nathan Noel | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
GOALTENDERS
Victoriaville
Victoriaville
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Brandon Whitney | 9-12-2-2 | 3.39 | 0.903 |
| Charles-Olivier Lajoie | 1-2-0-0 | 3.63 | 0.878 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Sebastien Auger | 5-16-0-3 | 3.02 | 0.919 |
| Antoine Landry | 2-4-0-0 | 4.99 | 0.867 |
LAST GAMES
The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 loss to the
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies last Saturday at Harbour Station. Nathan Noel, Oliver
Cooper, and Noah Zilbert all scored for Saint John while Sebastien Auger made
38 saves in the loss.
The Tigres are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Mooseheads in
Halifax last night. Carl-Antoine Delisle scored Victoriaville’s only goal while
Brandon Whitney made 42 stops in the loss.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Tigres this season
while Victoriaville is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
The two previously met on November 14th in
Victoriaville where the Tigres defeated the Sea Dogs 4-2. Mathieu Ayotte, Ross
Johnston, Angelo Miceli, and Mark Tremaine scored for the Tigres while Sea Dogs
goals came from Nathan Noel and Spencer Smallman. Brandon Whitney made 28 stops
in the win and Sebastien Auger made 40 in the loss.
NOTES
- Tonight is Teddy Bear Toss night. Bring a bear, throw it on the ice following Saint John’s first goal, and support local charities.
- Be on the look out for the Scotiabank Change Bandits who will be walking through the stands collecting your spare change with 100% of the proceeds going to the Empty Stocking Fund. Scotiabank will also match all donations collected by the Change Bandits up to $15,000.
- Sebastien Auger leads the league in saves with 822. Brandon Whitney is third with 756.
- The Tigres have not won a game this year that has gone to extra time.
- The Sea Dogs are 0-4-0-1 against Telus East Division teams.
- Ross Johnston has received penalty minutes in six straight games.
OUT OF TOWN
Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Québec at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Chicoutimi - 7:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EST
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
tomorrow night at 7pm at Harbour Station.
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