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HALIFAX - It's a big day for several former Saint John Sea Dogs.
Ostap Safin and the Halifax Mooseheads will look to keep the Memorial Cup in the Maritimes tonight when they host the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in an all-QMJHL championship game. Puck drop is 8 p.m. on Sportsnet.
Safin has had a limited role during the Mooseheads' playoff and Memorial Cup run. He has been held pointless in three games at the tournament - but he hasn't seen a lot of ice time.
The Mooseheads are no doubt the underdogs even though they had the bye into the final. The Huskies, who had one of the best regular seasons in junior hockey history, also know how to beat the Mooseheads, defeating them in six games in the QMJHL final and again on Wednesday in a preliminary round game.
Halifax will look to become the first Maritime team to win two Memorial Cup championships. Rouyn-Noranda will be looking for their first - and avenge the 3-2 overtime loss they suffered in the 2016 final against the London Knights.
Elsewhere, Mathieu Joseph and Thomas Chabot will play for Team Canada in the gold medal game of the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia. The Canadians will face Finland at 3 p.m. on TSN.
Joseph has recorded a goal and an assist in nine games while Chabot has two goals and five assists.
In the AHL, Tomas Jurco, Spencer Smallman, Julien Gauthier and the Charlotte Checkers can earn a spot in the Calder Cup Final with a win tonight. Smallman has not appeared in any games but is on the team's playoff roster.
The Checkers lead the Eastern Conference Final 3-2 over the Toronto Marlies heading into Game Six this evening.
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Guay deal basically made official
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By Kevin Chambers
SN Staff
SAINT JOHN - Rumblings from January were essentially made official on Tuesday.
TVA Sports' Mikael Lalancette reported that the Saint John Sea Dogs will be acquiring overage forward Nicolas Guay from the Drummondville Voltigeurs when the trade period opens at the 2019 QMJHL Entry Draft next month.
Guay, who served as the captain of the Voltigeurs, picked up 40 goals and 47 assists in 64 games this past season. Over his career, Guay has appeared in 204 games, picking up 82 goals and 92 assists for a total of 174 points.
Drummondville's season came to an end on Sunday when they dropped Game Six of the President Cup semifinals to the Halifax Mooseheads.
The QMJHL Entry Draft will take place on June 8 in Quebec City. The Sea Dogs have the first overall pick.
By Kevin Chambers
SN Staff
SAINT JOHN - Rumblings from January were essentially made official on Tuesday.
TVA Sports' Mikael Lalancette reported that the Saint John Sea Dogs will be acquiring overage forward Nicolas Guay from the Drummondville Voltigeurs when the trade period opens at the 2019 QMJHL Entry Draft next month.
In return, the Sea Dogs will be sending third-round picks for both the 2020 and 2021 drafts to the Voltigeurs. There's a second round pick that was to be included as well but this pick has already been moved to Drummondville in exchange for the rights to Casey Carreau - an American forward who never reported to Saint John. There is no additional second round selection being moved to acquire Guay.Nicolas Guay des #Voltigeurs sera échangé aux #SeaDogs de Saint-Jean au prochain repêchage #LHJMQ. Drummondville recevra un choix de 2e tour et deux choix de 3e tour. #tvasports— Mikaël Lalancette (@MLalancetteTVA) April 30, 2019
Guay, who served as the captain of the Voltigeurs, picked up 40 goals and 47 assists in 64 games this past season. Over his career, Guay has appeared in 204 games, picking up 82 goals and 92 assists for a total of 174 points.
Drummondville's season came to an end on Sunday when they dropped Game Six of the President Cup semifinals to the Halifax Mooseheads.
The QMJHL Entry Draft will take place on June 8 in Quebec City. The Sea Dogs have the first overall pick.