The Wildcats carry a four-game winning streak into tonight's contest and were placed No. 1 in this week's CHL Top 10 rankings. Gardiner MacDougall's squad seems to be hitting the stride most expected of them.
The Sea Dogs, meanwhile, are a perfect 3-0 on the road this young season. This will be their first trip of the year to Moncton.
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 shootout win over the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday. Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle, Ben Cross, Matthew MacLean and Elliot Dubé all scored for Saint John. Charles-Edward Gravel made 30 stops in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-1 home win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Monday. Julius Sumpf scored a pair of goals while singles came from Gabe Smith, Markus Vidicek and Preston Lounsbury. Keegan Warren made 29 saves in the win.
Game time tonight is 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/CHL TV
2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 6-3-0-0 for 12 points (fourth Maritimes/fifth Eastern/sixth QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 6-1-1-0 for 13 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL).
2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 6-3-0-0 for 12 points (fourth Maritimes/fifth Eastern/sixth QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 6-1-1-0 for 13 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 shootout win over the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday. Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle, Ben Cross, Matthew MacLean and Elliot Dubé all scored for Saint John. Charles-Edward Gravel made 30 stops in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-1 home win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Monday. Julius Sumpf scored a pair of goals while singles came from Gabe Smith, Markus Vidicek and Preston Lounsbury. Keegan Warren made 29 saves in the win.
2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Sept. 20 in Saint John where the Wildcats shutout the Sea Dogs 3-0. Riley Sampson scored a pair of Moncton goals while Alex Mercier added a solo marker. Jacob Steinman made 32 saves in the win. Charles-Edward Gravel made 28 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.
Wildcat to watch: Jacob Steinman has the QMJHL's second best goals against average (2.00) and second best save percentage (.932).
Random stat: The Wildcats are averaging the second most goals per game (4.36) and second fewest goals against per game (1.99).
Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 15 and assists with 12... Tyler Peddle leads Saint John in goals with five... Julius Sumpf leads Moncton in points with 11... Sumpf, Markus Vidicek, Gabe Smith and Alex Mercier all have a team high five goals... Vincent Collard leads the club in assists with seven... Saint John is 3-0-0-0 on the road... Moncton is 3-1-1-0 at home... Charles-Edward Gravel has the QMJHL's third best GAA (2.27) and third best SV% (.930)... Tivey leads all QMJHL defensemen in scoring... Moncton has the fourth best penalty kill (88.6%) while Saint John's is fifth (87.5%)... Smith has goals in four straight games... Tivey has assists in four straight games... the Wildcats have won three straight home games.
Out of town:
Chicoutimi at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM ADT
Baie-Comeau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EDT
Gatineau at Québec - 7:00 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Titan tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in Bathurst.
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