Game Day 2: vs Wildcats

SAINT JOHN - After a thrilling season opening game, the Saint John Sea Dogs will try to do one better this afternoon - and try and pick up their first win of the season.

The Sea Dogs host the rival Moncton Wildcats today at 2 p.m. at Harbour Station. The two teams met four times in the pre-season with each squad winning twice. All four games were fairly entertaining, and there is good reason to believe this could be a very fun season series.

The Wildcats opened up the year with a win on Thursday night in Bathurst and have not played since.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/Sea Dogs Radio/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-1-0 this season (5th Maritimes, 13th overall) while the Wildcats are 1-0-0-0 (second Maritimes, seventh overall).

2017-18 records: 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 are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night at Harbour Station. Robbie Burt, Brady Burns, Josh Lawrence and William Poirier scored for Saint John. Alex D'Orio made 31 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-1 win in Bathurst on Thursday night. Dylan Seitz, Tristan DeJong and Mika Cyr scored for Moncton. Francis Leclerc made 33 saves in the win.

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: Sept 16 in pre-season play where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 7-3 in Bouctouche. Maxim Cajkovic scored all three Saint John goals. Elliot Desnoyers and Nicolas Kingsbury-Fournier scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Jeremy McKenna, Dylan Seitz and Brady Pataki. Stewart Bagnell allowed seven goals on 39 shots in the loss. Francis Leclerc allowed three goals on 28 shots in the win.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio voice Tim Roszell

Wildcat to watch: Mika Cyr had five goals and three assists in five games against Saint John last season.

Notes: Josh Lawrence (one goal and one assist) and Maxim Cajkovic (two assists) lead Saint John in scoring... Mika Cyr (one goal and one assist) and Adam Capannelli (two assists) lead Moncton in scoring... the Sea Dogs battled with nerves in the first period of Friday's game. Those should be shaken out by now... these two teams meet again on Friday in the first game to be played at the new Avenir Centre.

Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Québec - 3:00 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders on Wednesday at 7 p.m.