Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Game Day 12: vs Wildcats

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to get back on track when they take on the Moncton Wildcats tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs have lost three straight games - two of which came against the Wildcats in Moncton last week. The Dogs and 'Cats also meet on Friday night in Saint John.

Saint John sits alone in the Maritimes Division basement with a 2-5-3-1 record while the Wildcats sit two points ahead of them with a .500 record. Who would have predicted that?

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 2-5-3-1 for eight points (sixth Maritimes, eighth QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 5-5-0-0 for 10 points (fifth Maritimes, seventh QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss in Halifax on Saturday. Brady Burns, Cam MacDonald, Jeremie Poirier and Peter Reynolds all scored for Saint John. Noah Patenaude made 31 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 6-4 loss in Charlottetown on Friday. Gabriel Fortier, Dominic Leblanc, Charles-Antoine Pilote and Jordan Spence all scored for Moncton. Nicholas Sheehan made 26 saves in the loss.

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-2-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 2-0-0-0.

Last meeting: Last Friday at Avenir Centre where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 4-3. Philippe Daoust scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Jordan Spence and Alexis Daniel. Liam Leonard, Nicholas Girouard and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 29 stops in the win. Creed Jones made 45 in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Connor Richard and radio broadcaster Tim Roszell.

Wildcat to watch: Jordan Spence has five goals and three assists over his past two games. He has been held pointless in just one game this season.

Random stat: Saint John's penalty kill has not been pretty of late. They enter tonight's game with a 65% rating. Only Halifax (63.9%) has a worse rating amongst active teams.

Notes: Joshua Roy leads Saint John in points with 11 and goals with six... Jeremie Poirier and Charlie DesRoches each have a team high eight assists... Jordan Spence leads the Wildcats in points with 14... Spence and Gabriel Fortier lead the team in goals with five each... Vincent Labelle leads the club in assists with 10... Saint John is 2-2-1-0 at home... Moncton is 3-2-0-0 on the road... Labelle leads all QMJHL rookies in points with 13... Spence has points in eight straight games... Roy has goals in four straight home games.

Out of town:
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Next game: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Friday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.

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