The Sea Dogs take on the Moncton Wildcats - who sit second overall in the league standings - this evening at 7 p.m. at Harbour Station. It's Pink in the Rink night, meaning the Dogs will be wearing pink jerseys that will be raffled off in-house in support of breast cancer research.
This is the second meeting of the season between the two New Brunswick rivals.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 3-5-1-0 (7 points, 5th Maritimes, 15th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 6-1-2-0 (14 points, 1st Maritimes, 2nd QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 loss in Bathurst on Thursday night. Kevin Gursoy scored for Saint John while Alex D'Orio made 37 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-2 win over the Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday at the Moncton Coliseum. Jaxon Bellamy, Jeremy McKenna and Mika Cyr scored for Moncton. Mark Grametbauer made 40 stops in the win.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Sept. 29 at the Moncton Coliseum where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 6-4. Mika Cyr scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Simon Le Coultre, Jakob Pelletier, Jonathan Aspirot and Jeremy McKenna. Alexis Girard, Anthony Boucher, Daniel Hardie and Cedric Pare scored for Saint John. Mark Grametbauer made 30 saves in the win. Cody Porter made 29 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Julien Tessier
Random stat: Saint John is just 1-3-1-0 at Harbour Station this season.
Wildcat to watch: Jakob Pelletier is second in QMJHL rookie scoring with four goals and 11 points in nine games.
Notes: Daniel Hardie leads Saint John in scoring with five goals and 11 points... Hardie's five goals leads the team... Hardie and Ostap Safin each have six assists... Mika Cyr (eight goals and 15 points) and Jeremy McKenna (seven goals and 14 points) are first and second in league scoring... Cyr is second in league goal scoring with eight... Nicholas Welsh has a Moncton high nine assists... Safin is fourth in rookie scoring with nine points... Welsh is third in defencemen scoring with 10 points... Moncton is averaging 4.18 goals per game, the third most in the league.
Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Drummondville - 3:00 PM EDT
Chicoutimi at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT
Gatineau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EDT
Acadie-Bathurst at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT
Cape Breton at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
Rouyn-Noranda at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT
Shawinigan at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Wildcats on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Moncton Coliseum.
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