Sunday, September 10, 2023

Pre-Season Game Day 5: at Charlottetown

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs
CHARLOTTETOWN
 - The pre-season continues to wind down for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs have just two exhibition contests remaining before the regular season begins on Sept. 22. Both of their remaining games will be against the Charlottetown Islanders — the first of which takes place this afternoon at UPEI's Bell Aliant Centre.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a rough 10-2 loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Saint-Quentin, NB on Friday night. As the score would indicate, the Sea Dogs struggled defensively all game long, something they'll look to correct today.

This is the third meeting of the pre-season between the two. Saint John earned a 5-4 home win back on Aug. 22 and then fell 6-4 the next night in PEI.

Game time today is 3 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/Islanders YouTube (probably)

2023 pre-season records: The Sea Dogs are 2-2-0-0 for four points while the Islanders are 2-1-1-0 for five 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 Islanders were 26-33-6-3 for 61 points (fourth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/14th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 10-2 loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday. Noah Reinhart and Jacob Beaulieu scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson allowed 10 goals on 41 shots in the loss. The Islanders are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Halifax Mooseheads last night. Carl-Etienne Michel, Lucas Romeo and Kevin Walker scored for Charlottetown. Aksels Ozols allowed four goals on 33 shots in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 5-3-1-0 against the Islanders last season while Charlottetown went 4-2-1-2 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Aug. 23 in Pownal, PEI where the Islanders edged the Sea Dogs 6-4 in pre-season play. Evan Nicholson scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while singles came from Kian Bell, Ross Campbell, Kyle Powers and Simon Hughes. Saint John had a pair of goals from Kency Pierre-Noel and singles from Benjamin Beaudry and Chad Bellemare. Jack Flanagan made 16 saves in the win. Charles-Antoine Girard and Sebastian Monaco took the loss in net.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: Forward Simon Hughes.

Random stat: Forward Kiefer Lyons, now with the Sea Dogs, had an assist in two pre-season games with the Islanders this year.

Notes: Saint John's current training camp roster can be found here... Chad Bellemare and Tristan Dassylva each have a Saint John high five points... Bellemare leads the club in goals with five... Dassylva leads the team in assists with five... Ross Campbell has a Charlottetown high five points.

Out of town:
Gatineau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EDT 
Cape Breton at Halifax - 4:00 PM ADT 
Chicoutimi at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT 
Val-d'Or at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play their final game of the pre-season on Friday at 7 p.m. at TD Station against the Islanders.

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