GAME DAY 36: vs Titan

The Saint John Sea Dogs (20-13-2-0, 2^nd Maritimes Division, 8^th QMJHL) host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan (13-19-2-1, 4^th Maritimes Division, 15^th QMJHL) tonight at 7 p.m. at Harbour Station to kick off the QMJHL’s second half.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live

Last games: The Titan are coming off a 6-1 win in Charlottetown on Dec. 18. Mark Trickett, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel, Christophe Boivin, Guillaume Brisebois, Mark Simpson and Daniil Miromanov all scored for Bathurst while Reilly Pickard made 33 saves in the win. The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads on Dec. 18. Luke Green, Ryan Chiasson and Nathan Noel all scored for the Dogs while Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 18 saves in the win.

2015-16 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Adam Marsh had a hat trick in Saint John’s 8-3 victory over Bathurst on Oct. 22 at Harbour Station.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Defenseman Jason Bell

Player to watch: Antoine Morand, who was picked second overall in the 2015 QMJHL Entry Draft behind Joe Veleno, is fourth in QMJHL rookie scoring with 10 goals and 23 assists for 33 points in 30 games.

3 Things to Know

1. The Titan have the second worst road record in the league this season (4-11-1-1). The Baie-Comeau Drakkar have the worst with just one road win in 16 tries.

2. Bathurst entered the Christmas break on a three-game winning streak, beating Drummondville (5-2) once and Charlottetown twice (2-1 and 6-1).

3. The Titan enter the second half with 29 points and sit 4^th in the Maritimes Division. The Halifax Mooseheads and Charlottetown Islanders, who sit 5^th and 6^th in the division, respectively, also have 29 points.

Other notes: The Sea Dogs will, obviously, be without defensemen Thomas Chabot and Jakub Zboril due to the world juniors… the Sea Dogs traded Jason Bell to the Titan last week... this will be just the third meeting of the season between Bathurst and Saint John. Meanwhile, Saint John and Moncton have already met six times... this tweet is interesting.

Happy to go back with the @SJSeaDogs for some days!

— Alex D'orio (@goalie_dor99) December 27, 2015

Out of town:

Charlottetown at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Moncton at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EST

Coming up:

Tuesday, Dec. 29 at Bathurst – 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 vs Charlottetown – 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 3 at Cape Breton – 3 p.m.