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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Pre-Season Game Day 1: vs Islanders

ST. STEPHEN, NB - The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League pre-season begins tonight for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs will host the Charlottetown Islanders at St. Stephen's Garcelon Civic Center in the first half of a home-and-home between the two teams. Game time is 7 p.m.

It's been five years since the Sea Dogs last played a pre-season game in St. Stephen. On Aug. 23, 2019, Josh Lawrence had a pair of assists while Jeremie Poirier and Nicolas Guay both scored in a 4-2 loss to the Halifax Mooseheads.

While it's not a true home game for the Sea Dogs, the home team typically dresses a respectable lineup – or at least dresses their top young players – for their first home pre-season game. We'll see what Saint John plans to do later today.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/None

Pre-season records: This is the first game of the pre-season for both clubs.

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs were 20-39-5-4 for 49 points (6th Maritimes/9th Eastern/16th QMJHL) last season while the Islanders were 26-34-6-2 for 60 points (5th Maritimes/8th Eastern/15th QMJHL).

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 3-4-0-2 against the Islanders last season while Charlottetown went 6-3-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: March 17 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Islanders 8-4. Tyler Peddle and Drew Elliott each scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Nico Laforge, Brody Fournier, Jacob Beaulieu and Matteo Mann. Simon Hughes, Ross Campbell, Kyle Powers and Anthony Flanagan scored for Charlottetown. Patrick Leaver made 41 saves in the win. Carter Bickle and Aksels Ozols took the loss in net.

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

Notes: Saint John's training camp roster can be found here... Charlottetown's training camp roster can be found here... Charlottetown didn't select until the third-round of the 2024 QMJHL Entry Draft. Their top pick was defenseman Emile-Alexandro Lemieux-Goupil... 19-year-old forward Will Allen and 19-year-old goaltender Jack Flanagan are currently attending Saint John training camp on loans from the Islanders... this is the first of four meetings between the Sea Dogs and Islanders in the pre-season.

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

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Islanders meet again on tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in Pownal, PEI.

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