Friday, October 6, 2023

Game Day 5: at Bathurst

BATHURST - Coming off a painful weekend, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to turn things around tonight at the KC Irving Regional Centre.

The Sea Dogs dropped back-to-back home games to the Cape Breton Eagles last weekend, one in regulation and the other in overtime. Saint John led late in the third period in both games before falling — something the team will look to improve upon this weekend.

This is the third meeting of the young season between the Sea Dogs and Titan — and the KCI was the location of Saint John's lone win so far this year, which came on opening night.

Game time this evening is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None, it seems/CHL TV

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-1-1 for four points (fourth Maritimes/sixth Eastern/13th QMJHL) while the Titan are 2-3-0-0 for four points (sixth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/15th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday at TD Station. Peter Reynolds, Luka Benoit, Mathis Gauthier and Noah Reinhart scored for Saint John. Patrick Leaver made 38 saves in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 4-3 home loss to the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday. Ty Higgins, Louis-Francois Belanger and Bobby Orr had Bathurst goals. Antoine Keller made 21 stops in the loss.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-1 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Sept. 23 in Saint John where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 4-3 in a shootout. Milo Roelens, Donovan Arsenault and Louis-Francois Belanger scored for Bathurst. Nate Tivey, Pavel Simek and Vince Elie netted Saint John goals. Joshua Fleming made 23 saves in the win. Patrick Leaver made 51 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: Defenseman Jared Cosman.

Titan to watch: Bobby Orr has four assists in two games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: The Titan are 0-3-0-0 at the KC Irving Regional Centre so far this season while Saint John is 1-0-0-0 on the road.

Notes: Peter Reynolds leads Saint John in points with six and assists with four... Eriks Mateiko leads the Sea Dogs in goals with three... Milo Roelens and Bobby Orr each have a Bathurst high seven points... Orr leads the club in assists with six... a few Titan players are tied for the team lead in goals with two... the last meeting between these two got interesting with Alexandre Lallier picking up a one-game suspension for being an instigator in a "fight" with Noah Reinhart... the Titan are averaging 13.40 penalty minutes per game, the third most in the league... Bathurst has the sixth best power play with a rating of 23.1%... Saint John has the fifth best penalty kill with a rating of 88.2%... the Sea Dogs are averaging a league high 37.94 shots against per game.

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

Next game: The Sea Dogs host Moncton Wildcats tomorrow night at 7 p.m. It's another $7 ticket game.

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