ALUMNI
GAME IS COMING
Saturday
is the big day. The 2015 Wallace McCain
Memorial Alumni Reunion game - presented by Atlantic Superstore and in support of
the Children's Wish Foundation – takes place at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Harbour
Station.
Fans will get a chance to see five
former team captains, 13 members of Saint John’s 2011 Memorial Cup championship
squad and a number of other players who have worn a Sea Dogs jersey at some
point in their junior career. The full roster can be seen here.
Tickets to
the game are still available and can be purchased through the usual outlets.
3-ON-3 OT
COMING SOON
QMJHL will go to 3-on-3 for overtime in pre-season games
and almost certain it will be adopted in regular season as
well.
— Willy Palov (@WillyPalov) August
6, 2015
Good news
if you like being entertained. Le Soleil has more details.
McQUAID
HEADS HOME
Former Sea
Dogs defenseman and PEI native Alex McQuaid has been traded to the Charlottetown Islanders.
The
Islanders acquired McQuaid from the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in exchange for a 10th
round draft pick in the 2016 QMJHL Entry Draft. He played in 32 games with the
Quebec Remparts and 22 with the Sags last season, recording a combined two
assists.
The
19-year-old was a fourth-round draft choice of the Sea Dogs in 2013. In 53
games with Saint John during the 2013-14 campaign, the d-man registered three
assists.
McQuaid
joins Oliver Cooper and Will Thompson as former Sea Dogs on the Islanders.
GAUTHIER RE-SIGNS
Former Sea Dogs forward Danick Gauthier
has re-signed with the East Coast Hockey League’s Wichita Thunder.
In 66 games with the Thunder last
season, the 23-year-old Gauthier registered 29 goals and 39 assists. Since
graduating from the QMJHL in 2012, Gauthier has bounced between the AHL and
ECHL.
Gauthier is one of the players confirmed
to attend Saturday’s alumni game at Harbour Station.
CAN HOFFMAN DO IT AGAIN?
Mike Hoffman was awarded one-year, $2
million deal with the Ottawa Senators by an arbitrator earlier this week, which
isn’t a whole lot for one of the Sens’ top offensive contributors last season.
The Senators are looking to see of
Hoffman can duplicate or improve on his breakout 2014-15 campaign where he
registered 27 goals and 21 assists in 79 games.
"Mike's play tailed off a bit in
the second half and we want to see if Mike can do it again... we have a lot of
confidence and faith Mike can do that next year," Senators assistant
general manager Pierre Dorion said, via theScore.
Hoffman spent the 2009-10 season with
Saint John as an overager, recording 46 goals and 39 assists in 56 games.
TROUBLES IN SHAWINIGAN
We haven’t had a Shawinigan Cataractes
controversy in some time, but their latest marketing campaign is causing a bit
of a stir. Yahoo’s Sunaya Sapurji has a good story on it.
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