The Eagles take on the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight and Saturday in the Port City. It's the team's first trip to Saint John in nearly a year.
There are plenty of new faces on both sides since their last meeting in November of 2020. Two new faces on the Eagles side are familiar faces in Saint John: forwards Nicholas Girouard and Dawson Stairs. The two ex-Dogs will take on their former club for the the first time this weekend.
Game time for both games is 7 p.m.
Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 100%/Required/Required
Records: The Sea Dogs are 1-3-0-1 for two points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Eagles are 1-2-2-1 for five points (fourth Maritimes/sixth Eastern/11th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-1 win in Charlottetown on Monday afternoon. Riley Bezeau, William Dufour and Cam MacDonald scored for Saint John. Jonathan Lemieux made 38 stops in the win. The Eagles are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes on home ice on Wednesday. Nicholas Girouard scored both of Cape Breton's goals. Nicolas Ruccia made 25 stops in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Eagles.
2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-1-1-0 against the Eagles last season while Cape Breton went 2-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Nov. 18, 2020 at Centre 200 where the Eagles defeated the Sea Dogs 8-6. Shawn Element and Felix Lafrance each scored twice for the Eagles while singles came from Connor Trenholm, Ryan Francis, Nathan Larose and Jarrett Baker. Joshua Roy and Brady Burns each scored a pair for Saint John with singles coming from Leighton Carruthers and Dawson Stairs. William Grimard made 35 saves in the win. Noah Patenaude made 26 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Forwards Nicholas Girouard and Dawson Stairs.
Eagles to watch: Forwards Nicholas Girouard and Dawson Stairs for obvious reasons. Seems very likely one or both will light up Saint John this season.
Random stat: Brady Burns has points in all five games this season.
Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in scoring with seven points... Burns and William Dufour each have a team high three goals... Josh Lawrence leads the team in assists with five... Nicholas Girouard leads the Eagles in points with eight and goals with five... Jeremy Langlois leads the team in assists with four... Saint John is 0-1-0-1 at home... Cape Breton is 1-0-0-1 on the road... Girouard has scored in four straight games and has points in five straight... Langlois has assists in four straight games... Sea Dogs forward - and former Eagle - Ryan Francis remains away at Stockton Heat training camp.
Out of town:
Shawinigan at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT Sherbrooke at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EDT
Québec at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT
Drummondville at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Gatineau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Next game: Following Saturday's Sea Dogs/Eagles matchup, the Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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