Sea Dogs pre-season schedule released

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The Saint John Sea Dogs will play six games during the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's pre-season.

The QMJHL's pre-season schedule was released on Friday and will include three home and three away games for the Sea Dogs. Play begins with Saint John visiting the Charlottetown Islanders in Cornwall, PEI on Aug. 22 and ends with the Dogs hosting the Isles on Sept. 15.

The biggest change this year compared to recent "normal" training camps: the Sea Dogs are back on TD Station ice. The team has held "home" exhibition games at Fredericton's Aitken Centre each of the past two years.

The Sea Dogs last played home pre-season games at TD Station during the 2020 COVID year. They haven't played a "normal" exhibition game in Saint John since 2018.

Here's a look at Saint John's full pre-season schedule:

Tues., Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. - Saint John at Charlottetown (Cornwall, PEI)

Wed., Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. - Charlottetown at Saint John (TD Station)

Fri., Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. - Bathurst at Saint John (TD Station)

Fri., Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. - Saint John at Bathurst (Saint-Quentin, NB)

Sun., Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. - Saint John at Charlottetown (UPEI)

Fri., Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. - Charlottetown at Saint John (TD Station)

The Sea Dogs have previously played pre-season games at both the APM Centre in Cornwall and UPEI's MacLauchlan Arena. This will be their first voyage to the Centre Culturel de Saint-Quentin in northern New Brunswick.

With pre-season play ending Sept. 15 for Saint John, the team will presumably begin the regular season one week later on Friday, Sept. 22.