Lemieux spent the past four seasons with the Foreurs and helped the club reach the President Cup final last year. He went 11-4 in the playoffs with a 1.95 goals against average and .910 save percentage.
The Foreurs are not the team they were a year ago, sitting last in the Western Conference with a 7-9-1-0 record.
Game time tonight at the Agnico Eagle Centre is 8 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV
Records: The Sea Dogs are 8-8-0-2 for 18 points (fourth Maritimes/fifth Eastern/12th QMJHL) while the Foreurs are 7-9-1-0 for 15 points (fourth West/eighth Western/16th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 loss in Gatineau on Wednesday. Josh Lawrence scored twice while William Dufour added a single. Jonathan Lemieux made 37 saves. The Foreurs are coming off a 5-3 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads last night. Jason Desruisseaux, William Provost and Jeremy Michel scored for Val-d'Or. William Blackburn made 32 saves in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Foreurs.
2020-21 head-to-head: These two did not meet last season.
Last meeting: Nov. 14, 2019 in Val-d'Or where the Foreurs defeated the Sea Dogs 7-3. Marshall Lessard scored twice for the Foreurs while singles came from Jacob Gaucher, Alexandre Doucet, Alexander Mirzabalaev, Olivier Picard and Jeremy Michel. Saint John goals came from Maxim Cajkovic, Jeremie Poirier and Josh Lawrence. Jonathan Lemieux made 49 saves in the win. Zachary Bouthillier allowed five goals on 19 shots while Tommy DaSilva allowed two on 10 shots in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Foreurs: Defenseman Kale McCallum.
Random stat: Along with Jonathan Lemieux, the Sea Dogs have another former Foreurs in Olivier Picard. The forward spent parts of the past three seasons in Val-d'Or.
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 29 and goals with 16... Josh Lawrence has a team high 17 assists... Alexandre Doucet leads the Foreurs in points with 22 and goals with 10... Jeremy Michel has a team high 13 assists... Val-d'Or is 5-5-0-0 at home... Saint John is 4-4-0-0 on the road... the Foreurs have lost four straight games... Jeremie Poirier sits fifth in defensemen scoring with 17 points while former Dog Kale McCallum sits eighth with 14 points... the Foreurs have the league's worst penalty kill with a rating of 66.1%... Lawrence has assists in six straight games and points in eight straight road games... Dufour has points in seven straight road games.
Out of town:
Acadie-Bathurst at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST Drummondville at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EST
Cape Breton at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Halifax at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Rouyn-Noranda to face the Huskies on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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