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The Saint John Sea Dogs were expected to acquire a veteran goaltender before the start of the season - and on Saturday they did just that.
The Sea Dogs acquired overage netminder Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo from the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2022 QMJHL Entry Draft.
Pagliarulo split last season between the Quebec Remparts and Sagueneens. He went 14-18 in 34 games to go along with a 3.48 goals against average and a .885 save percentage.
Originally a fifth-round pick of the Rimouski Oceanic in 2016, Pagliarulo has recorded a 29-35 record along with a 3.11 GAA and .889 SV% in his QMJHL career. He's played with Rimouski, Quebec and Chicoutimi.
Pagliarulo has never played more than 34 games in a single season in his QMJHL career, which perhaps makes him an ideal candidate to platoon with second-year netminder Noah Patenaude.
"I think that Noah has all the potential to be a starting goalie," president and general manager Trevor Georgie told Rogers TV a few weeks ago. "It's probably too early to give him that right away next season... a platoon situation makes most sense. There are a lot of goalies out there that are 19 and 20 that I think could be good mentors for Noah or share the duties. We're going to look at getting a goalie in here to share those duties with Noah and may the best goalie win."
Mathias Savoie, 18, is the only other netminder on Saint John's roster with any QMJHL playing experience (and that's just one game).
Overage players on Saint John's roster heading into the 2020-21 campaign include Ben Badalamenti, Anderson MacDonald, Matt Gould, Jordan Spadamore and now Pagliarulo.
Earlier on Saturday, the Charlottetown Islanders made a huge trade, acquiring overage goaltender Colten Ellis from Rimouski in exchange for a third round pick in this year's draft along with first and second round picks in 2021.
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