Game Day 23: at Bathurst

BATHURST - After ending a three-game losing streak on Thursday, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to make it back-to-back wins tonight.

The Sea Dogs pulled off a major upset on Thursday, defeating the top-ranked Moncton Wildcats 6-2 at Avenir Centre. They'll play their fifth straight road game tonight, visiting the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at 7 p.m.

The Titan remain second in the Maritimes Division with a 13-7-0-0 record. This will already be the fifth meeting of the season between Bathurst and Saint John with the two splitting the series so far.

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2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 11-11-0-0 for 22 points (third Maritimes/sixth Eastern/10th QMJHL) while the Titan are 13-7-0-0 for 26 points (second Maritimes/fifth Eastern/seventh QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 win in Moncton on Thursday. Eriks Mateiko scored twice for Saint John while singles came from Dylan Rozzi, Egan Beveridge, Olivier Duhamel and Elliot Dubé. Charles-Edward Gravel made 35 saves in the win. The Titan are coming off a 2-1 win in Charlottetown last night. Tyson Goguen and Dawson Sharkey scored for Bathurst. Mathis Langevin made 28 stops in the win.

2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-2-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 2-2-0-0 against Saint John.

 

Last meeting: Oct. 20 in Saint John where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 4-3. Blake Pilgrim-Edwards, Maddex Marmulak, Mavrick Brunet and Colby Huggan all scored for Bathurst. Saint John goals came from Eriks Mateiko, Egan Beveridge and Zachary Morin. Joshua Fleming made 32 stops in the win. Charles-Edward Gravel made 28 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Colby Huggan has two goals and three assists in four games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: The Titan have the worst power play in the QMJHL with a rating of 10.8% but the best penalty kill at 89.9%.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 23 and assists with 20... Eriks Mateiko leads the team in goals with 13... Colby Huggan leads Bathurst in points with 18 and goals with nine... Huggan, Blake Pilgrim-Edwards and Alexandre Lallier all have a team high nine assists... Saint John is 6-6-0-0 on the road... Bathurst is 6-5-0-0 at home... Zachary Morin is fourth in QMJHL rookie scoring (16 points) while Elliot Dubé is fifth (15 points)... Morin is second in rookie assists with 12... Tivey is tied for second in QMJHL defensemen scoring. He leads all d-men in assists... the Titan are averaging the second fewest goals against per game (2.42).

Out of town:

Drummondville at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST 

Cape Breton at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST 

Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST 

Halifax at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EST 

Gatineau at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EST 

Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST

Next game: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.