Game Day 52: vs Eagles

SAINT JOHN - There's just over a month left in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League regular season and the Saint John Sea Dogs are about to get very familiar with the Cape Breton Eagles.

The Sea Dogs and Eagles play the first of five remaining meetings this afternoon at TD Station. Game time for this Family Day affair is 3 p.m.

Saint John has won two of the three meetings between the two this season – but they haven't met since mid-December. The Sea Dogs have been in a tailspin since then and will look to end a seven-game losing streak today.

This is Saint Johns' final home game until Feb. 27. They'll play their next three games in Quebec.

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

2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 19-32-0-0 for 38 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Eagles are 26-17-4-3 for 59 points (second Maritimes/fifth Eastern/10th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-4 home loss to the Shawinigan Catarctes on Saturday. Dylan Rozzi, Elliot Dubé, Ben Cross and Olivier Groulx all scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson allowed two goals on six shots while Eric Young allowed three goals on 26 shots in relief. The Eagles are coming off a 5-4 home win over the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Friday. Cole Burbidge scored twice while singles came from Xavier Daigle, Jacob Newcombe and Cam Squires. Jakob Milota made 24 saves in the win.

2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-1-0-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-0-1-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 13 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 5-4 in overtime. Olivier Groulx netted a pair of goals for Saint John while Zachary Morin, Florian Schenk and Egan Beveridge added singles. Emile Ricard, Tomas Lavoie, Cam Squires and Cole Burbidge all scored for Cape Breton. Charles-Edward Gravel made 33 stops in the win. Brandon Lavoie made 30 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Forward Cole Burbidge. 

Eagle to watch: Tomas Lavoie currently sits third in QMJHL defensemen scoring with 45 points in 46 games.

Random stat: Dylan Rozzi has a goal and two assists in three games against Cape Breton this season.

Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 36 and assists with 31... Zachary Morin has a team high 14 goals... Jacob Newcombe leads the Eagles in points with 57 and goals with 30... Cam Squires has a team high 35 assists... Saint John is 11-16-0-0 at home... Cape Breton is 12-8-3-2 on the road... Tomas Lavoie is tied for second in QMJHL defensemen goals with 11. He's third in assists with 34... Cape Breton has the fourth best penalty kill in the league with a rating of 80.6%... the Sea Dogs have lost six straight games at home.

Out of town:

Acadie-Bathurst at Charlottetown - 2:00 PM AST 

Moncton at Halifax - 2:00 PM AST

Next game: The Sea Dogs begin a three-game Quebec road trip on Thursday night in Baie-Comeau.