Thursday, October 3, 2024

Game Day 5: at Bathurst

BATHURST - The Saint John Sea Dogs will put their two-game winning streak on the line tonight at the KC Irving Regional Centre.

The Sea Dogs are coming off back-to-back road wins over the Charlottetown Islanders and Cape Breton Eagles last weekend. They'll look to keep that momentum going tonight against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

The Titan are 3-1 this season and have allowed a league low seven goals. Saint John's offense, meanwhile, has scored just 10 goals, the second fewest in the league.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/None/CHL TV

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 2-2-0-0 for four points (fifth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/14th QMJHL) while the Titan are 3-1-0-0 for six points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/fifth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 shootout win in Cape Breton on Sunday. Dylan Rozzi scored Saint John's only goal while Charles-Edward Gravel made 29 saves. The Titan are coming off a 2-0 home loss to the Charlottetown Islanders on Sunday. Mathis Langevin made 19 stops in the loss.

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

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 5-3-0-1 against the Titan last season while Bathurst went 4-5-0-0 against Saint John.
 
Last meeting: March 14 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 2-1. Pavel Simek and Drew Elliott scored for Saint John while Bathurst's lone goal came from Matthew McRae. Patrick Leaver made 31 saves in the win. Joshua Fleming made 23 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Mathieu St-Onge has already scored two game winning goals this season.

Random stat: Titan goaltender Joshua Fleming has the QMJHL's third best GAA (1.65) while Charles-Edward Gravel has the fourth best (1.95).

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in scoring with five points... Tyler Peddle leads the team in goals with three... Tivey has a team high four assists... Louis-Francois Belanger leads Bathurst in points with six... Belanger and Alexander Lallier each have a Titan high four assists... Mathieu St-Onge leads the team in goals with three... Saint John is 2-0-0-0 on the road... Bathurst is 2-1-0-0 at home... Tivey is fourth in QMJHL defensemen scoring... Bathurst has the league's best penalty kill (93.3%) while Saint John's sits second (88.9%)... the Sea Dogs are still without overage defenseman Matteo Mann due to AHL training camp.

Out of town:
Québec at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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