The Victoriaville Tigres make their lone visit of the season to Saint John this evening. The Tigres currently sit fifth overall in the QMJHL standings and are in the conversation of being a Gilles Courteau Trophy contender.
The Sea Dogs have lost four straight home games heading into play tonight and are coming off a rough 4-0 loss to the Rimouski Oceanic on Thursday.
Game time this evening is 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Stream: None/Sea Dogs Radio/CHL TV
2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 14-20-3-3 for 34 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Tigres are 26-10-3-0 for 55 points (second Central/third Western/fifth QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Rimouski Oceanic on Thursday. Patrick Leaver made 40 saves in the loss. The Tigres are coming off a wild 8-7 overtime win in Bathurst last night, which saw them blow a 4-0 first period lead. Joseph Henneberry had four goals; Tommy Cormier two goals; and singles came from Noah Warren and Egor Goriunov. Gabriel D'Aigle made 17 saves in the win.
2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 14-20-3-3 for 34 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Tigres are 26-10-3-0 for 55 points (second Central/third Western/fifth QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Rimouski Oceanic on Thursday. Patrick Leaver made 40 saves in the loss. The Tigres are coming off a wild 8-7 overtime win in Bathurst last night, which saw them blow a 4-0 first period lead. Joseph Henneberry had four goals; Tommy Cormier two goals; and singles came from Noah Warren and Egor Goriunov. Gabriel D'Aigle made 17 saves in the win.
2023-24 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Tigres.
2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Tigres last season while Victoriaville went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Oct. 16, 2022 in Victoriaville where the Tigres defeated the Sea Dogs 7-0. Thomas Belgarde scored twice for Victoriaville while singles came from Justin Larose, Tommy Cormier, Nikita Prishchepov, Loick Daigle and Egor Goriunov. Gabriel D'Aigle made 29 saves in the shutout win. Olivier Brideau made 23 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Tigres: None.
Tigres to watch: Former Acadie-Bathurst Titan forward Joseph Henneberry has six goals and five assists in seven games against Saint John this season.
Random stat: Tommy Cormier is eighth in QMJHL scoring (53 points); Joseph Henneberry is ninth (50 points); Justin Larose is 10th (48 points); and Maxime Pellerin is 11th (48 points).
Notes: Eriks Mateiko and Brody Fournier are tied for the Sea Dogs' scoring lead with 30 points each... Mateiko and Fournier each have a team high 15 goals... Joseph Ianniello leads the team in assists with 16... Tommy Cormier leads Victoriaville in points with 53 and assists with 32... Jospeh Henneberry leads the club in goals with 27... Saint John is 6-12-2-2 at home... Victoriaville is 12-7-2-0 on the road... the Tigres have won three straight and are 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games... Pier-Olivier Roy is second in QMJHL defensemen scoring with 35 points... the Tigres are averaging the fourth most penalty minutes per game (11.23)... Saint John is 0-2-0-0 against Central Division teams... Victoriaville is 5-2-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams... the Tigres have the third best power play (25.4%) and sixth best penalty kill (80.9%)... the Tigres are averaging the fifth most goals per game (4.10)... Egor Goriunov has goals in three straight games... the Tigres have won six straight road games.
Out of town:
Rouyn-Noranda at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST Blainville-Boisbriand at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Drummondville - 4:00 PM EST
Québec at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Rimouski at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Next game: The Sea Dogs return to action on Wednesday night at TD Station when they host the Charlottetown Islanders at 7 p.m.
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