Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Game Day 38: at Halifax

HALIFAX - The Saint John Sea Dogs close out the decade this afternoon at Scotiabank Centre.

The Sea Dogs face the Halifax Mooseheads in a New Year's Eve afternoon game. Game time is 2 p.m.

Saint John has had Halifax's number this season, winning four of the five previous meetings - and those games featured a much more "loaded" Mooseheads team than the one they will take on this afternoon.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 1-0 home win over the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday. Kale McCallum scored Saint John's lone goal while Zachary Bouthillier made 43 saves in the shutout win. The Mooseheads are coming off a 5-3 loss in Sydney on Sunday. Zack Jones, Kevin Gursy and Jordan McKenna scored for Halifax. Cole McLaren made 40 saves in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 4-1-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 1-4-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 14 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Mooseheads 4-2. Nicolas Guay scored two goals for Saint John while Jordan Spadafore and William Villeneuve added solo markers. Patrick Kyte and Landon Miron scored for Halifax. Zachary Bouthillier made 24 saves in the win. Cole McLaren made 35 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Kevin Gursoy.

Moosehead to watch: Former Sea Dog Kevin Gursoy has four goals and five assists in just three games against Saint John this season as a member of the Charlottetown Islanders.

Random stat: The Mooseheads have lost four straight and are 4-6 in their last 10 games. It's going to be a rough second half for the rebuilding Moose.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 38 and goals with 20... William Villeneuve leads the team in assists with 26... with Raphael Lavoie away at the world juniors (and soon to be traded), Kevin Gursoy is the team's active leading scorer with 28 points. He also leads the team in assists with 17... Gursoy and Senna Peeters each have a team high 11 goals... Saint John is 9-10-1-0 on the road this season... Halifax is 6-8-1-1 at home... Burns has points in seven straight road games.

Out of town:
Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 2:00 PM AST
Québec at Baie-Comeau - 1:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Blainville-Boisbriand - 1:00 PM EST
Charlottetown at Cape Breton - 2:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Chicoutimi - 2:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Gatineau - 2:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Sherbrooke - 2:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Victoriaville - 2:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday at 7 p.m.

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