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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Pre-Season Game Day 6 (for real this time): at Moncton

DIEPPE, NB
- The Saint John Sea Dogs and Moncton Wildcats will try, once again, to return to pre-season action today.

The two teams were scheduled to play in Fredericton on Friday night but the game was cancelled due to a bomb threat on the UNB campus. Hopefully that doesn't happen this afternoon in Dieppe where the Sea Dogs will play their first ever game at the new UNIplex.

It's been a long break for both teams. The Sea Dogs have not played since Aug. 28 while the Wildcats haven't seen action since Aug. 27.

A number of regulars will be out of the lineup due to NHL rookie camps kicking off this weekend.

Puck drop this afternoon is 4 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/None/Wildcats YouTube?

Pre-season records: The Sea Dogs are 4-1-0-0 this pre-season while the Wildcats are 2-3-0-0.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 loss in Bathurst on Aug. 28. William Dufour had a pair of goals while singles came from Charles Savoie, Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns. Jonathan Lemieux allowed six goals on 20 shots in the first half of the game while Noah Patenaude stopped all 13 shots he faced in the second half. The Wildcats are coming off a 7-4 loss to the Halifax Mooseheads in Dartmouth on Aug. 27. Charles-Antoine Pilote scored two Moncton goals while singles came from Alexis Daniel and Thomas Auger. Giovacchino DiMattia allowed four goals on 18 shots while Nicholas Sheehan allowed three goals on 22 shots.

2021 pre-season head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-0-0-0 against the Wildcats this pre-season while Moncton is 0-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Aug. 20 in Moncton where the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 7-2. Vince Elie scored three goals while Saint John had solo markers from Cam MacDonald, Brandon Casey, Jack O'Blenis and Peter Reynolds. Luke McPhee and Alex Mercier scored for Moncton. Ventsislav Shingarov allowed two goals on 15 shots while Olivier Brideau stopped all 21 shots he faced in the Saint John net. For Moncton, Dawson Rowe allowed six goals on 12 shots while Thomas Couture allowed a goal on 15 shots.

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs went 8-5-0-0 against the Wildcats in the regular season while Moncton went 5-7-1-0 against Saint John.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.

Notes: Carter McCluskey and Nico Laforge lead Saint John in pre-season scoring with eight points... the departed Vince Elie still leads Saint John in goals with five. McCluskey, Josh Lawrence and Peter Reynolds each have four... Laforge has a team high five assists... Alex Mercier leads Moncton in points with seven. He also has a team high five assists... Luke McPhee leads the team in goals with four... the Sea Dogs are 2-0 at the Aitken Centre so far this pre-season.

Out of town:
Charlottetown at Acadie-Bathurst - 3:00 PM ADT 
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 3:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Fredericton's Aitken Centre.

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