Game Day 18: vs Foreurs

SAINT JOHN - It's been an interesting few days for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The team had one of its biggest wins of the season on Thursday, upsetting the top-ranked Moncton Wildcats 3-2 in overtime. But the Sea Dogs followed that up with one of their worst performances of the season on Saturday, falling 5-0 to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in a game Saint John struggled from start to finish.

What Sea Dogs team will we see this afternoon? The Dogs host the Val-d'Or Foreurs at 3 p.m. today at TD Station.

The Foreurs have just nine points on the year and sit 17th overall in the 18-team QMJHL. They've lost three straight games and will be playing their third game in three days.

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

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 9-8-0-0 for 18 points (fourth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/10th QMJHL) while the Foreurs are 4-11-1-0 for nine points (third West/seventh Western/17th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-0 loss to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies last night. Charles-Edward Gravel made 32 saves in the loss. The Foreurs are coming off a 7-4 loss in Moncton last night. Noah Reinhart, Philippe Veilleux, Nathan Brisson and Nathan Baril scored for Val-d'Or. David Di Girolamo allowed five goals on 21 shots while Cedric Masse allowed two goals on 21 shots.

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

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 2-0-0-0 against the Foreurs last season while Val-d'Or went 0-2-0-0 against Saint John.

 

Last meeting: Nov. 26, 2023 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Foreurs 6-0. Eriks Mateiko scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Vince Elie, Pavel Simek, Peter Reynolds and Nicolas Bilodeau. Justin Robinson made 21 saves in the shutout win. Mathis Lussier made 22 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Foreurs: Forward Noah Reinhart and defenseman Nathan Drapeau.

Foreurs to watch: Former Sea Dogs forward Noah Reinhart has two goals and two assists in four games with the Foreurs. He was recently dealt to Val-d'Or by the Cape Breton Eagles.

Random stat: With last night's loss, the Sea Dogs are 4-5-0-0 at TD Station this season.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 19 and assists with 16... Tyler Peddle and Eriks Mateiko each have a team high seven goals... Nathan Baril leads Val-d'Or in points with 14... Baril and Donovan Arsenault each have a team high six goals... Evan Depatie has a team high nine assists... Val-d'Or defenseman Benjamin Cossette Ayotte is away at the under-17 World Challenge... the Foreurs are 2-6-1-0 on the road... Val-d'Or is 0-3-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams... Saint John has the second worst power play in the league with a rating of 17%... Val-d'Or has the second worst penalty kill with a rating of 64.9%... the Foreurs are averaging the second most goals against per game (4.77) and shots against per game (34.18)... Philippe Veilleux has goals in four straight games.

Out of town:

Moncton at Halifax - 3:00 PM AST 

Sherbrooke at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EST 

Shawinigan at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EST 

Gatineau at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST 

Drummondville at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs return to the road this week, travelling to Victoriaville on Thursday to face the Tigres at 8 p.m.