Friday, August 25, 2023

Pre-Season Game Day 3: vs Titan

SAINT JOHN - The unofficial first half of Saint John Sea Dogs training camp comes to an end tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs will host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in their final pre-season game until Sept. 8. Tonight's match will be the final chance for a number of players to make one final impression on the team's management and coaches.

Saint John has just 28 players remaining in camp following cuts on Wednesday and Thursday. There are a few battles remaining at every position — forward depth, defensive depth and in net.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/None

2023 pre-season records: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 for two points while the Titan are 2-1-0-0 for four points.

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs finished 24-38-5-1 for 54 points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Titan were 20-40-5-3 for 48 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs fell 6-4 to the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday in Pownal, PEI. Kency Pierre-Noel scored twice for Saint John while Benjamin Beaudry and Chad Bellemare added singles. Sebastian Monaco and Charles-Antoine Girard took the loss in net. The Titan are coming off a 6-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday in Miramichi. Colby Huggan scored twice for Bathurst while singles came from Emile Perron, Dawson Sharkey, Samuel Frechette and Louis-Francois Belanger. Joshua Fleming made 23 saves in the win.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 4-3-2-0 against the Titan last season while Bathurst went 5-4-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: March 25 at TD Station where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 7-4. Cole Larkin scored twice for Bathurst while singles came from Donovan Arsenault, Matthew McRae, Bobby Orr, Ty Higgins and Dominik Godin. Alex Drover, Peter Reynolds, Vince Elie and Alexis Cournoyer scored for Saint John. Joshua Fleming made 37 saves in the win. Ventsislav Shingarov made 25 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Random stat: Saint John's power play is 4/9 this pre-season for a 44.4% rating.

Notes: Saint John's updated training camp roster can be found here... defenseman Tristan Dassylva leads Saint John in points and assists with five... Chad Bellemare and Kency Pierre-Noel each have a team high three goals... Louis-Francois Belanger leads Bathurst in points with seven and assists with four... Belanger and Colby Huggan each have a team high three goals... this is the first of two meetings between the Sea Dogs and Titan this pre-season.

Out of town:
Victoriaville at Baie-Comeau - 6:00 PM EDT 
Moncton at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM ADT 
Charlottetown at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT 
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EDT 
Rimouski at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT 
Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT 
Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT 
Québec at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Titan meet again on Friday, Sept. 8 in Saint-Quentin, NB.

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