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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Game Day 14: at Drummondville

DRUMMONDVILLE, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs will face a tough task tonight.

The Sea Dogs continue their Quebec road trip by visiting the Drummondville Voltigeurs, who currently have the QMJHL's second best winning percentage behind only the Moncton Wildcats. The Volts fell 5-1 to the Wildcats last night.

Saint John got their road trip off to a rough start in Sherbrooke last night, falling 6-1.

Game time tonight at the Marcel Dionne Centre is 5 p.m. Atlantic.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/CHL TV

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 7-6-0-0 for 14 points (fourth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/12th QMJHL) while the Voltigeurs are 9-3-0-1 for 19 points (first Central/first Western/third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-1 loss in Sherbrooke last night. Tyler Peddle scored Saint John's lone goal while Charles-Edward Gravel made 21 stops in the loss. The Voltigeurs are coming off a 5-1 home loss to the Moncton Wildcats last night. Ethan Gauthier scored Drummondville's lone goal. Riley Mercer made 36 saves in the loss.

2024-25 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Voltigeurs.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Voltigeurs last season while Drummondville went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.
 
Last meeting: Feb. 24 in Drummondville where the Voltigeurs hammered the Sea Dogs 9-2. Noah Reinhart had a hat trick for Drummondville; Mikael Huchette had two goals; and singles came from Ethan Gauthier, Peter Repcik, Lukas Landry and Sam Oliver. Saint John goals came from Eriks Mateiko and Brody Fournier. Louis-Felix Charrois made 31 saves in the win. Patrick Leaver made 40 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Voltigeurs: None.

Voltigeur to watch: Luke Woodworth leads the entire QMJHL in assists with 18. He has yet to score a goal this season.

Random stat: The Sea Dogs have lost back-to-back games. They have not lost three straight games this season.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 18 and assists with 15... Tyler Peddle leads the team in goals with seven... Luke Woodworth leads the Voltigeurs in points with 18 and assists with 18... Saint John native Sam Oliver leads Drummondville in goals with 11... Drummondville is 5-2-0-0 at home... Saint John is 4-2-0-0 on the road... the Volts have the third best power play in the league with a rating of 30.4%.

Out of town:
Charlottetown at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EDT 
Moncton at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT 
Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EDT 
Halifax at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play the final game of this road trip on Sunday, visiting the Gatineau Olympiques at 4 p.m.

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