Cowan, now the team's interim head coach following the firing of Josh Dixon on Monday, will run the show for the first time this season. What kind of changes could we see? We'll find out tonight.
The Sea Dogs will be taking on a rather dysfunctional Gatineau Olympiques team that, like the Sea Dogs, has been feeling some heat from a frustrated fan base this season. The Olympiques have just seven wins this season and have lost six straight.
Game time tonight is 8:30 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 12-16-1-0 for 25 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 15th QMJHL) while the Olympiques are 7-17-3-0 for 17 points (fourth West, eighth Western, 17th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 overtime win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday at TD Station. Brady Burns and Maxim Cajkovic scored for Saint John. Noah Patenaude made 38 stops in the win. The Olympiques are coming off a 7-4 loss in Baie-Comeau on Saturday. Charles-Antoine Roy, Alexandre Hogue, Matthew Grouchy and Kieran Craig scored for Gatineau. Remi Poirier made 30 stops in the loss.
2019-20 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Olympiques.
2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-1-1-0 against the Olympiques last season while Gatineau went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Nov. 7, 2018 in Gatineau where the Olympiques edged the Sea Dogs 6-4. Connor LePage had two goals for Gatineau while singles came from Giordano Finoro, Shawn Boudrias, Darien Kielb and Gabriel Bilodeau. Robbie Burt had two goals for Saint John with Aiden MacIntosh and Maxim Cajkovic scoring as well. Creed Jones made 27 saves in the win. Alex D'Orio made 22 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Olympiques: None.
Olympique to watch: Long-time Rimouski Oceanic forward Carson MacKinnon has 22 points this season - but just six of those points have come at home.
Random stat: Not really a stat, but this could be the Sea Dogs' final game the Robert Guertin Centre with a new rink scheduled to open in 2020. This rink holds an important part of Sea Dogs history, with the club winning its first President Cup championship in the building in 2011.
Notes: Nicolas Guay leads Saint John in points with 32 and assists with 21... Brady Burns leads Saint John in goals with 15... Charles-Antoine Roy leads the Olympiques in points with 24 and goals with 13... Carson MacKinnon has a team high 17 assists... Saint John is 6-8-1-0 on the road... Gatineau is 3-6-3-0 at home... Gatineau and Saint John have the worst and second worst penalty kills in the league, respectively... Brady Burns has goals in four straight games... Gatineau has lost three straight home games... Saint John has won two straight road games.
Out of town:
Québec at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Friday at 8:30 p.m.
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