The Saint John Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 home shootout win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night while the Moncton Wildcats picked up a 4-2 road win over the Halifax Mooseheads. Game time tonight is 7 p.m.
So... will this game be played? At the time of this writing, everything was good to go. The Wildcats were not expected to spend the night in Moncton, which went back into the orange phase as of midnight last night, putting limitations on sports, entertainment venues and travel in and out. The bigger question might be: when will the Wildcats play after tonight's game?
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/CFBC 930 AM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-1-0 this season for three points (fourth Maritimes, 12th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 1-2-0-0 for two points (fifth Maritimes, 14th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 shootout win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night on home ice. Joshua Roy scored Saint John's only goal in regulation and the only goal of the shootout. Noah Patenaude made 34 saves in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-2 win in Halifax last night. Jacob Stewart scored a pair while singles came from Gabriel Bernier and Connor Olson. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 20 saves in the win.
2020-21 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two.
2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 3-5-0-0 against the Wildcats last season while Moncton went 5-3-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Sept. 25 in pre-season action where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 3-2 in overtime at TD Station. Dominic Leblanc scored twice for Moncton while Jacob Hudson netted the overtime winner. Jeremie Poirier and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 21 stops in the win. Creed Jones made 36 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Connor Richard and radio broadcaster Tim Roszell.
Wildcat to watch: Gabriel Fortier has just one assist in three games this season. In four games against Saint John last season, the Tampa Bay Lightning prospect recorded six goals and two assists.
Random stat: The Wildcats like to play on the road. With last night's win, they are 3-0 away from home in the regular season and pre-season combined.
GAMEDAY! The Wildcats are in Saint John and are looking for back to back wins! Wildcats haven’t lost on road (including preseason) and hope that trend continues tonight.
— 🎙Wildcast Podcast 🎧 (@MonctonWildcast) October 10, 2020
Jones vs DLC in 🥅 (only a guess) #WildcatsXXV #FromTheBeginning #DefendTheDen #MONvsSJ pic.twitter.com/rldxVGFFLJ
Notes: Jeremie Poirier leads Saint John in points with four and assists with three... Joshua Roy leads Saint John in goals with two... Vincent Labelle and Jacob Stewart lead the Wildcats in goals with two... Jordan Spence has a team high two assists... Poirier is fourth in QMJHL defensemen scoring... the Wildcats have scored just six goals (tied for second fewest) in two games despite averaging 34 shots per game (fifth most).
Out of town:
Rimouski at Chicoutimi - 3:00 PM EDT Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT
Val-d'Or at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EDT
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 4:00 PM EDT
Charlottetown at Cape Breton - 7 : 00 PM ADT
Next game: The Sea Dogs are supposed to visit the Moncton Wildcats next Friday... but we'll see.
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