Pre-Season Game Day 7: vs Titan

FREDERICTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs' pre-season schedule is (finally) nearing its end.

The Sea Dogs have just two exhibition contests remaining and they'll both be against Gordie Dwyer's Acadie-Bathurst Titan. This Dogs and Titan meet this afternoon at 3 p.m. at Fredericton's Aitken Centre and again next Sunday afternoon in Lameque, NB.

The two New Brunswick rivals also begin the regular season with a home-and-home, meaning this afternoon's match is the first of four straight meetings.

Today's match should be a more even showing than the previous pre-season games between the two. The Titan have been dressing veterans for a few weeks now while Saint John's returning players just reported to camp this week.

 

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Pre-Season Records: The Sea Dogs are 2-4-0-0 this pre-season while the Titan are 4-1-0-0.

2021-22 records: The Sea Dogs finished with a record of 47-17-1-3 for 98 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL) while the Titan went 40-22-3-3 for 86 points (third Maritimes/fourth Eastern/sixth QMJHL). Saint John was eliminated in the opening round of the QMJHL playoffs and went on to win the Memorial Cup as the host team. The Titan were eliminated in the second round.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night in Fredericton. Marshall Lessard, Connor Trenholm and Eriks Mateiko scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov allowed five goals on 36 shots in the loss. The Titan are coming off an 8-6 loss to the Moncton Wildcats in Caraquet last night. Jacob Melanson had a hat trick for Bathurst; Cole Larkin scored twice; and Ty Higgins added a single. Sergei Litvinov allowed eight goals on 29 shots in the loss.

2022 pre-season head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-2-0-0 against the Titan this pre-season while Bathurst is 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Aug. 24 in Bathurst where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 7-2. Dominik Godin scored a pair of goals for Bathurst while singles came from Noah Ryan, Alexandre Lallier, Blake Pilgrim-Edwards, Izach Poirier and Joseph Henneberry. Nico Laforge and Chad Bellemare scored for Saint John. Mathis Lacroix-Goulet and Jack Howatt teamed up for the win in net. Justin Robinson allowed seven goals on 34 shots in the loss.

2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs went 5-2-1-1 against the Titan last season while Bathurst went 4-4-0-1 against Saint John.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Head coach and general manager Gordie Dwyer.

Random stat: Bathurst's Blake Prilgrim-Edwards sits in a tie for third in QMJHL pre-season scoring with seven points (three goals and four assists) in four games.

Notes: Saint John's training camp roster can be found here... Bathurst's training camp roster can be found here... Tomasz Szczerba leads Saint John in pre-season scoring with a goal and four points. Szczerba also has a team high three assists... Cole Burbidge and Danny Akkouche each have a Saint John high two goals... Blake Prilgrim-Edwards has a Titan high seven points this pre-season... Seattle Kraken prospect Jacob Melanson leads the team in goals with five... import Markas Samenas has a team high five assists.

Out of town:

Charlottetown at Moncton - 4:00 PM ADT

Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EDT

Sherbrooke at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs conclude pre-season play next Sunday, taking on the Titan in Lameque, NB.