GAMEDAY 54 - vs Armada

A preview of today’s game between the St. John's Fog Devils Montreal Junior Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Today at 4:00 pm AST, Harbour Station

TV/Radio: TELUS Webcast/News 88.9

Records: The Armada are first in the Telus West Division and second overall in the QMJHL with a 34-10-4-5 record for 77 points. The Sea Dogs are sixth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 16^th overall with a 17-32-1-3 record for 38 points.

Last games: The Armada are coming off a 5-2 win in Charlottetown last night. Danick Martel had two goals and an assist for Blainville-Boisbriand. The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 victory in Bathurst last night. Nathan Noel had a goal and two assists.

2013-14 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-1-0 against the Armada while Blainville-Boisbriand is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: January 12^th in Blainville-Boisbriand when the Armada edged the Sea Dogs 3-2 in overtime. Daniel Walcott scored the game-winner at 4:25 of OT in what was a closely played game.

Random stat: Saint John native Matthew Bursey has two goals and two assists in his career against the Sea Dogs.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Armada: Ryan Tesink

BLB notes: 7-1-0-2 in their last 10 games and are winners of six straight… Marcus Hinds is fourth in the league in shooting percentage with a 22.2% rating… Danick Martel is fifth in dangerous shots with 130… Martel’s +30 is fifth in the league… Etienne Marcoux’s 2.69 GAA is fifth in the league… Daniel Walcott’s 35 points place him eighth in scoring by defensemen… averaging 13.81 penalty minutes per game, the second lowest… an impressive 20-1-2-2 when scoring first… 8-1-1-1 against the Maritimes Division… their 74.5% penalty kill is second worst in the league… averaging the second fewest goals against per game (2.72)… averaging 25.30 shots against per game, the fewest in the Q… Martel has goals in five straight games.

SJ notes: This is the final game of a three-in-three for the Sea Dogs… 5-5-0-0 in their last 10 games… 3-6-1-0 against the Telus West Division… Saint John is two points back from 14^th overall and fourth in the division… Thomas Chabot has assists in five straight games.

Leading Scorers
Blainville-Boisbriand

Points	Danick Martel	54 (30+24)
Goals	Danick Martel	30
Assists	Samuel Hodhod	29
Rookie Points	Nathanael Halbert	15 (5+10)
D-Man Points	Daniel Walcott	35 (10+25)
vs Saint John	Matthew Bursey & Nikita Jevpalovs	2 (1+1)

Leading Scorers
Saint John

Points	Oliver Cooper	46 (20+26)
Goals	Oliver Cooper	20
Assists	Oliver Cooper & Olivier LeBlanc	26
Rookie Points	Nathan Noel	31 (14+17)
D-Man Points	Olivier LeBlanc	33 (7+26)
vs Blainville-Boisbriand	Cooper, Zilbert, & Highmore	2

Goaltenders
Blainville-Boisbriand

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Etienne Marcoux	20-9-3-3	2.69	0.897
Samuel Montemeault	8-1-1-0	2.44	0.897

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	14-25-1-3	2.99	0.920
Christopher Smith	1-0-0-0	3.00	0.897

Promotion: It's Journee Des Francofans, where the Sea Dogs and the local Francophone community come together to celebrate French culture in the Saint John region.

SJ Next Five Games

Today vs Blainville-Boisbriand

Wednesday, February 12th vs Gatineau

Friday, February 14th vs Moncton

Sunday, February 16th at Cape Breton

Thursday, February 20^th vs Shawinigan