Game Day 9: vs Tigres

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to ride the momentum from last night's victory this evening against the Victoriaville Tigres.

The Sea Dogs shutout the Sherbrooke Phoenix – who entered the game sitting second overall in the QMJHL standings and ranked fourth in the CHL Top 10 – 3-0 on home ice in what was one of the team's most complete performances of this young season.

Tonight they'll face a Tigres team that has just two wins this season and sits 17th overall. They've lost four straight games.

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 5-3-0-0 for 10 points (third Maritimes/fifth Eastern/eighth QMJHL) while the Tigres are 2-5-0-0 for four points (fourth Central/seventh Western/17th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-0 win over the Sherbrooke Phoenix last night. Eriks Mateiko, Olivier Groulx and Elliot Dubé all scored. Charles-Edward Gravel made 31 saves in the shutout win. The Tigres are coming off a 4-2 loss last night in Charlottetown. Olivier Houde and Eliott Simard both scored. Gabriel D'Aigle made 22 saves in the loss.

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

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Phoenix last season while Sherbrooke went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

 

Last meeting: Jan. 27 in Victoriaville where the Sea Dogs defeated the Tigres 7-4. Tyler Peddle and Pavel Simek each scored a pair of goals for Saint John while Egan Beveridge, Drew Elliott and Brody Fournier added singles. Maxime Pellerin scored a pair for Victoriaville while Mathis Aguilar and Justin Larose also netted goals. Patrick Leaver made 47 saves in the win. Gabriel D'Aigle made 18 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Tigres: None.

Tigres to watch: Forward Eliott Simard, a fifth-round pick of Saint John in the 2021 QMJHL Entry Draft, is well on his way to having a career best season. He has six points in seven games so far this year.

Random stat: Victoriaville is 0-3-0-0 on the road this season.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 11 and assists with eight... Tyler Peddle leads the team in goals with four... Mael Lavigne leads the Tigres in points with 11 and assists with seven... Lavigne, Alexis Bourque and Eliott Simard all have a Victoriaville high four goals... the Sea Dogs are 2-3-0-0 at home... the Tigres have lost four straight games... Elliot Dubé sits fourth in QMJHL rookie points with seven and is third in goals with three... Tivey is second in QMJHL defensemen scoring... the Tigres are averaging a league high 14.86 penalty minutes per game... Victoriaville has the fifth best power play in the league with a rating of 27.6%... Saint John has the fourth best penalty kill with a rating of 86.7%... the Tigres are averaging a league high 5.57 goals against per game and 38 shots against per game... Tivey has assists in three straight games.

Out of town:

Rimouski at Québec - 4:00 PM EDT 

Drummondville at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EDT 

Cape Breton at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EDT 

Sherbrooke at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Moncton Wildcats on Thursday night at 7 p.m.