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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Pre-Season Game Day 7: vs Titan

FREDERICTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs and Acadie-Bathurst Titan met on Aug. 28 in what felt like a regular season preview.

Both teams dressed most of their regulars prior to players departing for NHL training and development camps. But, with NHL rookie camps and tournaments now in full swing, many of those players are gone for a bit, meaning tonight's meeting should have plenty of different faces in the lineup.

That Aug. 28 game saw the Titan defeat the Sea Dogs 6-5 - Saint John's only loss of the pre-season so far. They are 5-1 entering play this evening.

Game time at the Aitken Centre in Fredericton is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/None/None

Pre-season records: The Sea Dogs are 5-1-0-0 this pre-season while the Titan are 2-3-0-0.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 win over the Moncton Wildcats in Dieppe last Sunday. William Dufour netted a pair of goals while singles came from Olivier Picard, Peter Reynolds Riley Bezeau and Josh Lawrence. Jonathan Lemieux stopped 26 shots in the win. The Titan are coming off a 4-1 home win over the Charlottetown Islanders last Sunday. Cameron MacLean scored twice while Cole Huckins and Jacob Melanson also scored. Chad Arsenault made 27 saves in the win.

2020-21 records: The Sea Dogs finished the regular season with a 15-14-3-1 record for a .515 points percentage (third Maritimes) while the Titan went 21-10-1-1 for a .667 points percentage (second Maritimes).

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs went 5-6-1-0 against the Titan in the regular season while Bathurst went 7-4-0-1 against Saint John.

2021 pre-season head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Titan this pre-season while Bathurst is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Aug. 28 at the KC Irving Regional Centre where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 6-5. Bennett MacArthur scored two goals for Bathurst while singles came from Cole Larkin, Cole Huckins, Hendrix Lapierre and Ben Allison. Saint John had a pair of goals from William Dufour and solo markers from Charles Savoie, Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns. Bathurst's Chad Arsenault allowed two goals on 17 shots in the first half of the match while Jan Bednar allowed three goals on 26 shots in the second half. Jonathan Lemieux allowed six goals on 20 shots in the first half of the game for Saint John while Noah Patenaude stopped all 13 shots he faced in the second half.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Notes: Carter McCluskey and Nico Laforge each have a Sea Dogs high eight points... Josh Lawrence, Peter Reynolds and the departed Vince Elie lead the team in goals with five each... Laforge and Riley Bezeau lead the team in assists with five... Jacob Melanson leads the Titan in pre-season scoring with six points... a bunch of Titan players have two goals... Melanson and Riley Kidney both have four assists to lead the team... a couple new names on Saint John's pre-season roster: former Titan forward Yannic Bastarache and Saint John Vito's netminder Alex Myatt.

Out of town:
Cape Breton at Charlottetown - 4:00 PM ADT 
Val-d'Or at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EDT 
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 4:00 PM EDT 
Halifax at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play their final game of the pre-season on Friday in Halifax.

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