Thursday, November 25, 2021

Game Day 21: vs Huskies

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies complete a back-to-back tonight at TD Station.

The Huskies defeated the Sea Dogs in a wild 6-5 shootout decision last Saturday at Glencore Arena. The major storyline was Saint John's inability to maintain leads in the third period that ultimately led the game into extra time and a shootout loss for the Dogs.

Saint John, coming off a 1-1-0-1 road trip through Quebec, will look to get some revenge on Rouyn-Noranda tonight. It's the final meeting of the regular season between the two.

The Huskies will also visit Halifax and Cape Breton on this trip.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

Records: The Sea Dogs are 9-8-0-3 for 21 points (fourth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/13th QMJHL) while the Huskies are 10-6-0-3 for 23 points (second West/fourth Western/eighth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs and Huskies met last Saturday in Rouyn-Noranda where the the home team earned a 6-5 shootout victory. Mathieu Gagnon, Louis-Philippe Fontaine, Jeremie Minville, Anthony Turcotte and Dyllan Gill scored for Rouyn-Noranda. William Villeneuve, Olivier Picard, Carter McCluskey, Charlie DesRoches and Ryan Francis all scored for Saint John. Mathis Dorcal-Madore was pulled after allowing three goals on 17 shots while Samuel Richard allowed two goals on 28 shots in the win. Noah Patenaude allowed five goals on 36 shots in the loss.

2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-0-1 against the Huskies this season while Rouyn-Noranda is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Huskies: Forward Leighton Carruthers.

Huskies to watch: Forward Samuel Johnson had three assists against Saint John last weekend.

Random stat: The Huskies enter play tonight on a three-game winning streak and are 7-1-0-2 in their past 10 games.

Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 31 and goals with 16... Josh Lawrence leads the club in assists with 18... Mathieu Gagnon leads the Huskies in points with 16 and assists with 12... Samuel Johnson, Alex Arsenault, Louis-Philippe Fontaine and Leighton Carruthers each have a team high five goals... the Sea Dogs are 4-4-0-2 at home... the Huskies are 3-4-0-2 on the road... the Huskies have the worst power play in the league with a rating of 12.9% but the second best penalty kill with a rating of 85.1%... Dufour has points in eight straight games.

Out of town:
Québec at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Val-d'Or at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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