The Sea Dogs began their three-in-three Quebec road trip on Friday night with a 5-3 loss in Shawinigan but followed that up with a big 7-4 upset win in Victoriaville last night. Patrick Leaver was the star of last night's contest, making 47 stops in the victory.
An interesting matchup awaits the Sea Dogs today. On paper, this is the "easiest" game of this road trip. But this will be the club's third game in less than 72 hours and they'll be facing a Gatineau squad that is an impressive 6-3-1-0 in their last 10 games.
Game time today is 4 p.m. Atlantic.
TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/CHL TV
2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 16-24-3-3 for 38 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Olympiques are 15-26-3-2 for 35 points (third West/seventh Western/16th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-4 win in Victoriaville last night. Pavel Simek and Tyler Peddle scored twice while singles came from Egan Beveridge, Drew Elliott and Brody Fournier. Patrick Leaver made 47 saves in the win. The Olympiques are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Friday. Justin Boisselle, Sander Wold, William Labranche and Nathan Lévesque scored for Gatineau. Zach Pelletier made 25 saves in the loss.
2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 16-24-3-3 for 38 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Olympiques are 15-26-3-2 for 35 points (third West/seventh Western/16th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-4 win in Victoriaville last night. Pavel Simek and Tyler Peddle scored twice while singles came from Egan Beveridge, Drew Elliott and Brody Fournier. Patrick Leaver made 47 saves in the win. The Olympiques are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Friday. Justin Boisselle, Sander Wold, William Labranche and Nathan Lévesque scored for Gatineau. Zach Pelletier made 25 saves in the loss.
2023-24 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Olympiques.
2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-1-0-0 against the Olympiques last season while Gatineau went 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: April 7 at TD Station where the Olympiques eliminated the Sea Dogs from the first round of the playoffs with a 6-1 win in Game 5. Vincent Maisonneuve, Tristan Luneau, Cam MacDonald, Olivier Nadeau, Samuel Savoie and Zachary Dean all scored for Gatineau. Eriks Mateiko scored Saint John's lone goal. Francesco Lapenna made 30 saves in the win. Ventsislav Shingarov made 43 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Olympiques: Forward Danny Akkouche and defensemen Mathis Gauthier.
Olympiques to watch: After recording 17 points (five goals and 12 assists) in 36 games with Saint John in the first half, overage defenseman Mathis Gauthier has 12 points (three goals and nine assists) in just eight games with Gatineau.
Random stat: Gatineau is 1-4-1-0 against Maritimes Division teams this season.
Notes: Brody Fournier leads Saint John in points with 37 and goals with 18... Joseph Ianniello has a team high 21 assists... Jeremie Minville leads Gatineau in points with 51 and goals with 25... Charles Boutin has a team high 34 assists... Saint John is 9-10-1-1 on the road... Gatineau is 9-12-2-1 at home... Saint John has the league's third worst power play (17.2%) while Gatineau has the second worst (16.7%)... the Olympiques have the worst penalty kill in the league (70.6%)... Gatineau is averaging a league low 26.18 shots per game.
Out of town:
Charlottetown at Acadie-Bathurst - 3:00 PM AST Cape Breton at Halifax - 3:00 PM AST
Sherbrooke at Moncton - 4:00 PM AST
Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 3:00 PM EST
Québec at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Bathurst to face the Titan on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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