GAMEDAY 58 - vs Cataractes

A preview of tonight’s game between the Shawinigan Cataractes and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Tonight at 7:00 PM AST, Harbour Station

TV/Radio: TELUS Webcast/News 88.9

Records: The Cataractes are sixth in the Telus East Division and 17^th overall in the QMJHL with a 15-34-4-4 record for 38 points. The Sea Dogs are sixth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 16^th overall with a 17-36-1-3 record for 38 points.

Last games: The Cataractes are coming off a 6-1 loss to the Quebec Remparts on home ice on Sunday. The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-1 loss in Cape Breton to the Screaming Eagles on Sunday.

2013-14 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Cataractes this season while Shawinigan is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: January 29^th in Shawinigan when the Cataractes defeated the Sea Dogs 4-2. Noah Zilbert had both Saint John goals.

Random stat: The Sea Dogs have not beaten the Cataractes since the final round-robin game at the 2012 Memorial Cup.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Cataractes: None

SHAW notes: 4-5-0-1 in their last 10 games but have lost four straight... Anthony Beauvillier is 19th in rookie scoring with 26 points... Shawinigan's five road wins is tied for the fewest in the league... 5-2-1-1 against the Maritimes Division... their power play rating of 16.5% is third worst in the league... somewhat surprisingly, Shawinigan has the fourth best penalty kill in the league (81.3%).

SJ notes: 3-7-0-0 in their last 10 games and have lost four straight... have also lost four straight home games... Nathan Noel is 14th in rookie scoring with 32 points... 0-10-0-1 against the Telus East Division... averaging a league high 37.24 shots against per game.

Leading Scorers
Shawinigan

Points	Kris Hodge	30 (9+21)
Goals	Gabriel Slight & Alexis D'Aoust	11
Assists	Kris Hodge	21
Rookie Points	Anthony Beauvillier	26 (7+19)
D-Man Points	Dylan Labbe	24 (8+16)
vs Saint John	Alexis D'Aoust & Jeremy Auger	2

Leading Scorers
Saint John

Points	Oliver Cooper	47 (21+26)
Goals	Oliver Cooper	21
Assists	Oliver Cooper & Olivier LeBlanc	26
Rookie Points	Nathan Noel	32 (14+18)
D-Man Points	Olivier LeBlanc	33 (7+26)
vs Shawinigan	Noah Zilbert	2 (2+0)

Goaltenders
Shawinigan

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Marvin Cupper	9-16-3-1	3.36	0.899
Storm Phaneuf	5-16-1-3	3.62	0.889

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	14-28-1-3	3.06	0.918
Antoine Landry	2-7-0-0	5.08	0.859

SJ Next Five Games

Tonight vs Shawinigan

Sunday, February 23rd at Charlottetown

Friday, February 28th vs Cape Breton

Saturday, March 1st vs Cape Breton

Sunday, March 2^nd at Bathurst