Game Day 2: vs Mooseheads

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look for their first win of the season tonight – along with their first goal.

The Sea Dogs were shutout 3-0 in their season opener on Friday, falling 3-0 to the Moncton Wildcats. Saint John struggled to generate quality scoring chances, recording just nine dangerous shots in the loss.

Saint John will look to get things going tonight against the Halifax Mooseheads. After being a contender the past couple years, the Moose have taken a step back this season and are in the beginning stages of a rebuild. There could be some tight games between Saint John and Halifax this year.

Game time tonight at TD Station is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/Sea Dogs Radio/CHL TV

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 for zero points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 1-0-0-0 for two points (third Maritimes/fifth Eastern/ninth QMJHL).

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs were 20-39-5-4 for 49 points (sixth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads were 42-18-7-1 for 92 points (first Maritimes/second Eastern/fourth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-0 loss to the Moncton Wildcats last night. Charles-Edward Gravel made 28 saves in the loss. The Mooseheads are coming off a 2-1 shootout win in Charlottetown last night. Lou Levesque scored Halifax's lone regulation time goal. Mathis Rousseau made 26 saves in the win.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 3-4-1-0 against the Mooseheads last season while Halifax went 5-2-1-0 against Saint John.

 

Last meeting: March 23 in Saint John where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 7-4. Markus Vidicek scored a pair of goals for Halifax while singles came from Mathieu Cataford, Dylan MacKinnon, Jan Sprynar, Jack Martin and Logan Crosby. Saint John had a pair of goals from Brody Fournier and singles from Tyler Peddle and Drew Elliott. Mathis Rousseau made 32 stops in the win. Patrick Leaver made 34 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: None.

Moosehead to watch: Quispamsis native Liam Kilfoil recorded 20 points in 62 games with the Mooseheads during his rookie campaign. He recorded an assist in Halifax's win last night.

Random stat: Defenseman Nate Tivey had a goal and two assists in eight games against Halifax last season.

Notes: Justin Robinson will likely get the start in goal for Saint John... the Sea Dogs are still expected to be without forwards Tyler Peddle and Eriks Mateiko along with defenseman Matteo Mann due to NHL training camps... Halifax went 0/4 on the power play in their season opener... Liam Kilfoil had two goals and four assists in seven games against his hometown club last season... both of these teams struggled in the faceoff circle on Friday. Halifax won 20/61 while Saint John won 12/63.

Out of town:

Cape Breton at Acadie-Bathurst - 4:00 PM ADT 

Rimouski at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT 

Rouyn-Noranda at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EDT 

Victoriaville at Québec - 4:00 PM EDT 

Chicoutimi at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT 

Val-d'Or at Sherbrooke - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders on Friday at 7 p.m.