The Sea Dogs, who dressed a lineup sprinkled with veterans and a handful of high end youngsters, hammered a much less experienced Wildcats squad 8-1 in pre-season action in Moncton on Wednesday night. Given how the ‘Cats have operated their training camp, today’s game could feature similar lineup styles.
This marks the first QMJHL pre-season game to be played at St. Stephen’s Garcelon Civic Centre, which is home to the MHL’s Aces. The Sea Dogs held an open practice at the old Border Arena in 2006 but have not returned until today.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/None/None
Records: The Sea Dogs are 3-0-0-0 this pre-season while the Wildcats are 1-2-0-0. Last season, Saint John finished last overall in the QMJHL standings with a 14-43-9-2 record for 39 points while Moncton finished 14th overall with a 27-33-5-3 record for 62 points.
Last games: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats met on Wednesday night in Moncton where Saint John skated away with an 8-1 win. Josh Lawrence scored twice while singles came from Nathan Larose, Maxim Cajkovic, William Villeneuve, Brady Burns, Yohan Plamondon and Nicholas Deakin-Poot. Moncton’s goal came Mark Rumsey. Tommy DaSilva made 21 saves in the win. Philippe Gaudreault and Alec MacDonald took the loss in the Moncton net, allowing eight goals on 34 shots.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 3-4-2-0 against the Wildcats last season while Moncton went 6-1-1-1 against Saint John.
Last meeting: See above.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio voice Tim Roszell
Notes: Kevin Gursoy, Josh Lawrence, Nathan Larose, Maxim Cajkovic and Matt Green are all tied for the Saint John lead in pre-season scoring with three points each… Gursoy, Lawrence and Larose all have two goals… Cajkovic, Green and Jeremy Poirier each have two assists… Moncton is led by Elliot Desnoyers who has three assists in two pre-season games… Saint John has outscored opponents 15-3 in three games this pre-season… goaltender Tommy DaSilva has appeared in all three of Saint John’s pre-season games, allowing just one goal on 39 shots.
Out of town:
Cape Breton at Charlottetown - 4:00 PM ADT
Québec at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT
Drummondville at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT
Next game: This Sea Dogs have next weekend off. They’ll return to action on Saturday, Sept. 8, hosting the Charlottetown Islanders at 3 p.m. at Harbour Station.
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