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Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss in Cape Breton on Friday. Matt Green and Cole Reginato scored for Saint John. Callum Booth made 19 saves in the loss. The Mooseheads are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday. Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jocktan Chainey scored for Halifax. Alexis Gravel made 26 saves in the loss.
2016-17 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-2-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 2-2-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Feb. 3 at Scotiabank Centre where the Sea Dogs defeated the Mooseheads 7-4. Cole Reginato had two goals for Saint John while singles came from Joe Veleno, Spencer Smallman, Jakub Zboril, Samuel Dove-McFalls and Bokondji Imama. Jake Coughler, Nico Hischier, Arnaud Durandeau and Otto Somppi scored for Halifax. Callum Booth made 15 saves in the win. Alexis Gravel made 24 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Goaltender Blade Mann-Dixon.
Random stat: Today's game kicks off a stretch off seven straight home matches for the Sea Dogs. Saint John has played just 27 home games so far this year, which is the fewest in the QMJHL.
Three Things to Know
1. Including today's match, the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads have four meetings remaining this season - three of which will be played at Harbour Station.
2. Former Sea Dogs goaltender Blade Mann-Dixon has not played with the Mooseheads since Feb. 5 due to a lower body injury. The Moose have recalled Raphael Blais for today's game.
3. The Sea Dogs will be without defenceman Thomas Chabot today due to a two-game suspension for a check to the head in Friday's game.Goaltender Cole McLaren sent back to Midget AAA and Raphael Blais called up for tomorrow's #Mooseheads game @ Saint John pic.twitter.com/dNlvqTJqhT— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) February 25, 2017
Notes: Matthew Highmore leads Saint John in scoring with 77 points... Bokondji Imama leads the team in goals with 35... Highmore has a team high 47 assists... Maxime Fortier leads Halifax in scoring with 81 points... Nico Hischier has a team high 37 goals... Fortier leads the team in assists with 52... the Mooseheads are 12-14-1-1 on the road... Saint John has picked up points in six straight games... Hischier leads all rookies in points (79), goals (37) and assists (42)... Simon Bourque is fifth in defencemen scoring with 47 points.
Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Acadie-Bathurst - 3:00 PM AST
Charlottetown at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Mooseheads again on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in a makeup game.
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