Sunday, September 13, 2020

Pre-Season Game Day 4: vs Mooseheads

SAINT JOHN
- The Halifax Mooseheads are in town this afternoon for a match against the Saint John Sea Dogs.

These two met last Saturday in Dartmouth where the Mooseheads scored three third period power play goals en route to a 3-1 victory. This is the first game for both teams since that meeting.

Halifax joins Moncton, Victoriaville and Sherbrooke as the only four teams who have not lost a pre-season game yet. Saint John, meanwhile, is 1-2.

Game time today is 3 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Don't know?/Sea Dogs YouTube Channel

2020 pre-season records: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 this pre-season while the Mooseheads are 3-0-0-0.

2019-20 records: The Sea Dogs finished the shortened season with a 30-33-1-0 record for 61 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, 11th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads were 20-38-3-2 for 45 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 17th QMJHL).

Last games: These two met last Saturday in Dartmouth where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 3-1. Markus Vidicek, Zachary L'Heureux and Elliot Desnoyers scored for Halifax. Nicholas Girouard scored Saint John's lone goal. Rookie Mathis Rousseau stopped all 17 shots he faced in the first half of the game for Halifax. Cole McLaren allowed one goal on 31 shots in the second half. Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo allowed three goals on 28 shots in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 7-1-0-0 against the Mooseheads last season while Halifax went 1-7-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Last Saturday. See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: None (unless you include prospect Bobby Orr)

Moosehead to watch (if he plays): Markus Vidicek, selected 14th overall by the Mooseheads in this summer's QMJHL Entry Draft, scored his first goal of the pre-season against Saint John last Saturday. He has a goal and an assist in two exhibition contests.

Random stat: The Mooseheads have just one pre-season game remaining on their schedule (Sept. 26 vs Charlottetown) while the Sea Dogs will play three (Sept. 18 and 19 at Cape Breton and Sept. 25 vs Moncton).

Notes: Alex Drover leads Saint John in pre-season scoring with four points... Drover and Isaac Dixon (who was released this past week) each have a team high three assists... Cam MacDonald leads Saint John in goals with three... Elliot Desnoyers and Brendan Tomilson lead the Mooseheads in points with three... the Sea Dogs are averaging a league high 46.67 shots per game through three pre-season contests... this is the last meeting between these two until Oct. 17 in Halifax.

Out of town:
Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 2:00 PM EDT 
Shawinigan at Québec - 2:00 PM EDT 
Cape Breton at Moncton - 4:00 PM ADT 
Victoriaville at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EDT 
Val-d'Or at Rouyn-Noranda - 3:00 PM EDT 
Gatineau at Sherbrooke - 3:00 PM EDT 
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Sydney on Friday to play the first of back-to-back games against the Cape Breton Eagles.

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