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Friday, September 24, 2021

Pre-Season Game Day 8: at Halifax

HALIFAX - The pre-season, at long last, comes to an end tonight for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs will play their eighth and final exhibition contest against the Halifax Mooseheads under the bright lights of the Scotiabank Centre at 7 p.m.

Both teams are still missing several regulars due to NHL camps.

This is Saint John's first trip across the Nova Scotia border since Nov. 18, 2020 when they faced the Cape Breton Eagles in Sydney.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/None/Mooseheads YouTube

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

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Fredericton on Saturday. William Dufour, Kobe Burt and Cole Foston scored for Saint John. Noah Patenaude made 38 stops in the loss. The Mooseheads are coming off a 2-1 win in Moncton on Saturday. Senna Peeters and Zachary Beauregard scored for Halifax. Mathis Rousseau only had to make 15 stops in the victory.

2021 pre-season head-to-head: This is the first and only meeting between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads this pre-season. 

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-0-1-1 against the Mooseheads last season while Halifax went 2-0-0-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 14, 2020 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Mooseheads 4-3 in a shootout. Jeremie Poirier had a hat trick for Saint John. Halifax goals came from Lucas Robinson, Bobby Orr and Kyle Petten. Creed Jones made 31 saves in the win. Brady James made 41 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: None.

Notes: Carter McCluskey and Nico Laforge lead the Sea Dogs in pre-season scoring with eight points each... William Dufour, Josh Lawrence, Peter Reynolds and the departed Vince Elie lead the team in goals with five... Riley Bezeau has a Sea Dogs high six assists... Bobby Orr leads Halifax in pre-season points with eight and goals with four... Zack Jones and Markus Vidicek each have five assists to lead the Moose... it looks like the Mooseheads will be without Orr (Carolina), Elliot Desnoyers (Philadelphia), Zachary L'Heureux (Nashville) and Cameron Whynot (Calgary) due to NHL training camps... Saint John's Ryan Francis (Calgary), Jeremie Poirier (Calgary), Peter Reynolds (Columbus), Cam MacDonald (Tampa Bay) and William Villeneuve (Toronto) are still at NHL camps.

Out of town:
Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT 
Chicoutimi at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EDT 
Acadie-Bathurst at Rimouski - 7:00 PM EDT 
Gatineau at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT 
Québec at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The real thing starts on Friday night at TD Station when the Sea Dogs open the 2021-22 season against the Charlottetown Islanders.

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