Friday, January 4, 2019

Game Day 39: vs Screaming Eagles

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to keep rolling tonight at Harbour Station when they host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

The Sea Dogs defeated the Moncton Wildcats 6-5 on the road last night, giving the club five wins in their past 10 games. The team has eight wins all season.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 8-27-2-1 for 19 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 17th QMJHL) while the Screaming Eagles are 22-13-1-2 for 47 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, eighth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 win in Moncton last night. Robbie Burt scored two goals while singles came from Josh Lawrence, Brady Burns, James White and Benjamin Gagne. Mikhail Denisov made 38 stops in the win. The Screaming Eagles are coming off a rough 7-1 loss in Halifax on New Year's Eve. Leon Gawanke scored Cape Breton's lone goal. William Grimard made 23 stops in the loss.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-4-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 4-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 15 at Harbour Station where the Screaming Eagles edged the Sea Dogs 3-2. Ian Smallwood, Brooklyn Kalmikov and Mitchell Balmas scored for Cape Breton. Filip Prikryl and Jeremie Poirier scored for Cape Breton. William Grimard made 17 stops in the win. Alex D'Orio made 32 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Screaming Eagles: Forward Isiah Campbell along with defensemen Ian Smallwood and Nathan Larose.

Screaming Eagle to watch: Nathan Larose will play against his former club for the first time tonight. He has two assists in three games with the Eagles so far.

Random stat: This is the Screaming Eagles' final visit to Saint John this season.

Notes: Robbie Burt leads Saint John in points with 24 and goals with 14... Maxim Cajkovic, Benjamin Gagne and Brady Burns all have a Sea Dogs high 14 assists... Mitchell Balmas leads Cape Breton in goals with 22 and points with 46... Derek Gentile leads the club in assists with 28... Saint John is 6-13-2-0 at home... Cape Breton is 12-6-1-1 on the road... Alex Drover, acquired by Saint John in the Nathan Larose trade, will also face his old club for the first time tonight. He has a goal and an assist in four games with Saint John.

Out of town: 
Rimouski at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Québec at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EST
Chicoutimi at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Rimouski Oceanic on Saturday night at 7 p.m.

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