Big Game Tomorrow

Oh how quickly things change in junior hockey.

On this day two years ago, a single point separated the Shawinigan Cataractes and Saint John Sea Dogs at the top of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League standings.

Today, the two teams are separated by three points in the league’s basement.

Games were intense between the two during the 2011-12 season with so much on the line in the standings. They could be just as good this year with the two battling for a playoff spot with two months left in the season.

Saint John and Shawinigan meet for the first time this season tomorrow night in at the building formerly known as Centre Bionest. They also meet on February 20^th at Harbour Station.

The bottom of the league’s standings have gotten quite congested over the past few weeks with Bathurst, Charlottetown, and Sherbrooke all struggling and Saint John and Shawinigan improving. Only eight points separate the 18^th-place Cataractes and the 14^th-place Titan.

The Sea Dogs sit two-points back of the Phoenix – who hold the final playoff spot – with a game in-hand. The Cataractes are three-points back of the Dogs. Tomorrow night’s game is a big one.