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Friday, September 10, 2021

Pre-Season Game Day 6: vs Wildcats

FREDERICTON - Saint John Sea Dogs hockey is still a thing!

After a nearly two week break, the Sea Dogs are back in pre-season action this evening, hosting the Moncton Wildcats at Fredericton's Aitken Centre. Game time is 7 p.m.

Saint John is 4-1 in exhibition action with their only loss coming on Aug. 28 in Bathurst, a game that saw them lose 6-5 after trailing 6-1.

A few regulars will presumably be out of the lineup due to NHL rookie camps getting underway.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/None/None

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:
Halifax at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM ADT 
Acadie-Bathurst at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT 
Sherbrooke at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EDT 
Drummondville at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT 
Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Dieppe.

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