The Saint John Sea Dogs' five-game road trip through Quebec comes to a close this evening with a matchup against the reigning Memorial Cup champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Sea Dogs are 2-2 on this trip and have lost back-to-back games.
Game time is a late one with puck drop scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Atlantic.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 8-13-1-0 for 17 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 15th QMJHL) while the Huskies are 10-8-2-1 for 23 points (second West, fourth Western, 10th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-3 loss in Val-d'Or last night. Maxim Cajkovic, Jeremie Poirier and Josh Lawrence scored for Saint John. Zachary Bouthillier and Tommy DaSilva combined to allow seven goals on 29 shots. The Huskies are coming off a 3-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Saturday. Tyler Hinam, William Rouleau and Jeremy Duguay scored for Rouyn-Noranda. Zachary Emond made 32 stops in the win.
2019-20 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Huskies last season while Rouyn-Noranda went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Jan. 20 at Iamgold Arena where the Huskies defeated the Sea Dogs 8-4. Justin Bergeron and Joel Teasdale each scored twice for the Huskies while singles came from Samuel Naud, Jacob Neveu, Alex Beaucage and Raphael Harvey-Pinard. Nicholas Deakin-Poot, Maxim Cajkovic, Jeremie Jacob and Filip Prikryl scored for Saint John. Zachary Emond made 18 saves in the win. Zachary Bouthillier made 52 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Huskies: None.
Husky to watch: Alex Beaucage is eighth in the league in goals with 15.
Random stat: The Huskies are 2-4 against Maritimes Division opponents this season.
Notes: Brady Burns, Jeremie Poirier and Nicolas Guay are all tied for the Sea Dogs lead in points with 23... Nicholas Deakin-Poot has a team high 11 goals... Guay leads the team in assists with 16... Alex Beaucage and Tyler Hinam are tied for the Huskies scoring lead with 25 points each... Beaucage has a team high 15 goals... Hinam and Vincent Marleau each have a team high 13 assists... Saint John is 4-7-1-0 on the road... Rouyn-Noranda is 5-4-1-0 at home... the Huskies and Sea Dogs have the two worst penalty kills in the league... Louis-Filip Cote has points in eight straight home games... Brady Burns has assists in five straight road games.
Out of town:
Gatineau at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Halifax at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EST
Cape Breton at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Friday at 7 p.m.
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