The Sea Dogs will face a Moncton Wildcats team that has won seven of their past eight games and are once again ranked No. 1 in the CHL top 10 rankings. Game time at Avenir Centre is 7 p.m.
Moncton's one loss in their last eight came against the Sea Dogs – a 3-2 overtime loss on Halloween at TD Station. Saint John will need to bring their best if they want to pull off a repeat of that result.
2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 10-11-0-0 for 32 points (first Maritimes/sixth Eastern/11th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 15-2-2-0 for 23 points (first East/first Eastern/first QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 loss in Rimouski on Saturday. Eriks Mateiko, Olivier Groulx and Ben Cross all scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson made 32 saves in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 2-1 home win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Sunday. Gabe Smith and Juraj Pekarcik scored for Moncton. Jacob Steinman made 13 stops in the win.
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2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 10-11-0-0 for 32 points (first Maritimes/sixth Eastern/11th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 15-2-2-0 for 23 points (first East/first Eastern/first QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 loss in Rimouski on Saturday. Eriks Mateiko, Olivier Groulx and Ben Cross all scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson made 32 saves in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 2-1 home win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Sunday. Gabe Smith and Juraj Pekarcik scored for Moncton. Jacob Steinman made 13 stops in the win.
2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 2-0-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Halloween at TD Station where the Sea Dogs upset the Wildcats 3-2 in overtime. William Yared scored a pair for Saint John while Matteo Mann netted the OT winner. Caleb Desnoyers and Juarj Pekarcik scored for Moncton. Charles-Edward Gravel made 33 saves in the win. Jacob Steinman made 22 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.
Wildcat to watch: Caleb Desnoyers has three goals and three assists in three games against Saint John this season.
Random stat: Moncton is 12-0-0-0 when scoring first this season.
Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 22 and assists with 19... Eriks Mateiko leads the team in goals with 10... Caleb Desnoyers leads Moncton in points with 25... Alex Mercier leads the club in goals with 13... Julius Sumpf land Etienne Morin lead Moncton in assists with 15 each... Saint John is 5-6-0-0 on the road... Moncton is 7-1-1-0 at home... Jacob Steinman has a league best 1.84 goals against average... Zachary Morin is now fourth in QMJHL rookie scoring with 16 points in 14 games... Saint John's power play has struggled of late and sits third worst in the league (16.1%)... Moncton has the third best penalty kill (83.9%) while Saint John has the fourth best (82.7%)... the Wildcats are averaging a league high 4.67 goals per game and a league low 2.26 goals against per game... Desnoyers has assists in five straight home games... the Wildcats have won seven straight home games.
Out of town:
Halifax at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Bathurst on Saturday to face the Titan at 7 p.m.
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