Sea Dogs will know final opponent tonight

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SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will find out who they are playing in the 2022 Memorial Cup final tonight.

The Sea Dogs will face the winner of this evening's semifinal between the Shawinigan Cataractes and Hamilton Bulldogs. Saint John defeated Shawinigan 5-3 on Saturday to earn a bye to Wednesday's championship game.

Saint John has also defeated Hamilton in this year's tournament, winning the event's opening game 5-3 last Monday.

The Bulldogs dropped their first two games of the tournament, losing to Saint John and Shawinigan, but advanced to the semifinal by defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-2 on Friday. Hamilton, who has been and continues to get banged up, has seemingly been getting better as the tournament has gone on.

Hear from @BulldogsOHL head coach Jay McKee, as well as captain Colton Kammerer and Logan Morrison, ahead of tonight's semi against Shawinigan. #MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/7ngtbuu8XA

— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) June 27, 2022

Hamilton made it to the 2018 Memorial Cup semifinal where they lost 4-2 to the host Regina Pats.

Shawinigan, meanwhile, defeated the Sea Dogs in the 2012 Memorial Cup semifinal to advance to the final.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m. at TD Station.