Thursday, March 2, 2023

Game Day 58: at Halifax

HALIFAX - The Saint John Sea Dogs go up against one of the QMJHL's top teams tonight at Scotiabank Centre.

The Sea Dogs, coming off back-to-back road losses in Cape Breton on the weekend, will try and upset the Halifax Mooseheads, who are 7-2-0-1 in their last 10 games and are coming off a challenging road trip that saw them play in Victoriaville, Sherbrooke and Quebec.

Saint John remains six points back of the QMJHL's final playoff spot(s). Halifax is six points back of first overall.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: Eastlink Community TV/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 20-35-1-1 for 42 points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 40-9-4-3 for 87 points (first Maritimes/second Eastern/second QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a wild 9-8 loss in Cape Breton on Sunday. Eriks Mateiko scored twice while singles came from Vince Elie, Luka Benoit, Brady Burns, Joseph Ianniello, Alexis Cournoyer and Noah Reinhart. Olivier Brideau allowed five goals on 23 shots and Ventsislav Shingarov allowed four goals on 23 shots. The Mooseheads are coming off a 4-3 win in Quebec City on Sunday. Attilio Biasca scored twice while Josh Lawrence and Evan Boucher also scored. Mathis Rousseau made 33 stops in the win.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-6-0-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 6-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Jan. 21 at TD Station where the Mooseheads edged the Sea Dogs 10-7. Attilio Biasca scored five goals for Halifax; Markus Vidicek had two; and Evan Boucher, Mathieu Cataford and Zachary L'Heureux had solo markers. Cole Burbidge had a hat trick for Saint John while singles came from Luka Benoit, Eriks Mateiko, Nicolas Bilodeau and Alexis Cournoyer. Brady James allowed six goals on 30 shots while Mathis Rousseau allowed one goal on eight. Olivier Brideau allowed nine goals on 41 shots in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Josh Lawrence.

Moosehead to watch: Jordan Dumais has six goals and nine assists in six games against Saint John this season - but was held pointless in two of those meetings.

Random stat: Defenseman Nate Tivey has five assists in six games against Halifax this season.

Notes: Brady Burns continues to lead Saint John in points (57), goals (29) and assists (28)... Jordan Dumais leads Halifax in points with 109 and assists with 65. Dumais continues to lead the league in scoring... Alexandre Doucet, who just signed an entry-level deal with the Detroit Red Wings, leads the Mooseheads and QMJHL in goals with 45... Halifax is 20-3-2-1 at home... Saint John is 10-16-1-1 on the road... Halifax is averaging a league low 8.41 penalty minutes per game... the Moose are averaging a league high 4.75 goals per game... Saint John is averaging a league worst 4.76 goals against per game... Halifax has won 10 straight home games.

Out of town:
Acadie-Bathurst at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Charlottetown at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.

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