The Sea Dogs announced Thursday that all four of the club's 2021 pre-season contests will be played at the Aitken Centre on the University of New Brunswick campus.
“We are so pleased to bring these games to our great fans in the Fredericton region,” said Sea Dogs president and general manager Trevor Georgie in a news release. “We’ve been fortunate to have players from Fredericton become captains and key contributors to our success over our history. Currently, we have two talented forwards from Fredericton, in Josh Lawrence and Peter Reynolds. There’s also a strong Sea Dogs connection to the Reds’ current roster, with Sam Dove-McFalls and Ben Gagne.”
According to the Sea Dogs, the move is due to some renovations taking place at TD Station.
Saint John's four home pre-season games are below.
Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. - vs Charlottetown
Friday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. - vs Moncton
Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. - vs Bathurst
Even with provincial pandemic restrictions expected to ease before Aug. 19, there will be a capacity reduction - at least to start. From the news release:
For the two games in August, there will be a reduced capacity at UNB’s Aitken Centre, with only about half the seats being made available. Tickets will only be sold in multiples of two and masks will be required inside the facility.UNB will reassess the situation ahead of the games in September, following any update to public health regulations and guidelines.Tickets will be sold for individual games. Four-game packages will also be available.
Tickets will go on sale this Tuesday, July 27.
The Sea Dogs have played at the Aitken Centre a number of times in their history - most recently in 2019 when they fell 3-2 to the Cape Breton Eagles. Saint John played all of its pre-season home games away from TD Station that year as well.
Saint John will play a total of nine exhibition games this year. The team begins regular season play on Oct. 1 at TD Station against the Charlottetown Islanders.
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