Sea Dogs return to Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, NL - Greetings from downtown St. John's where the Saint John Sea Dogs will take to the ice in unfamiliar territory this weekend.

For the first time since the 2007-08 season, the Sea Dogs will travel to Newfoundland for a QMJHL game. The team hasn't made the trek to St. John's since Jan. 6, 2008. Pascal Amyot scored Saint John's only goal in that 6-1 loss to the Fog Devils.

The Sea Dogs were, of course, expansion cousins with the Fog Devils and entered the league together in 2005-06. Despite that link, the Dogs didn't travel to St. John's a whole lot, playing in the city just 11 times before the team moved to Verdun ahead of the 2008-09 season.

Saint John is 2-9-0-0 all-time at Mary Brown's Centre – which was previously known as Mile One Centre. Here's a look at the Sea Dogs' season-by-season results against the Fog Devils.

2005-06: 0-6-0-0 (0-4-0-0 at St. John's)

2006-07: 3-3-0-0 (0-2-0-0 at St. John's)

2007-08: 4-4-0-0 (2-3-0-0 at St. John's)

The Sea Dogs will play the Newfoundland Regiment on Friday and Saturday night in St. John's. They'll also make the flight over for two games in mid-February.

Newfoundland will make their first appearance at TD Station on New Year's Eve.

The Regiment are off to a 6-6-0-0 start and are 4-4-0-0 at home. They sit one point ahead of the Sea Dogs in the standings, who own a 5-4-1-0 record.

It'll be a homecoming for Sea Dogs head coach Travis Crickard and assistant Mark Lee, who are both Newfoundlanders. The Regiment are coached by former Sea Dogs head coach Gordie Dwyer.