Pre-Season Game Day 3: vs Oceanic

WOODSTOCK, NB - The Saint John Sea Dogs will play their third pre-season game of the week this afternoon at the AYR Motor Centre.

It's the second straight year the Sea Dogs have played a pre-season game in Woodstock. They fell 5-4 to the Moncton Wildcats last year.

This year they'll be facing a different opponent – one they've never faced in pre-season play. The Rimouski Oceanic will make the 3.5 hour drive to Woodstock. It's rare to see Quebec teams facing Atlantic teams in exhibition play, but the Oceanic and Acadie-Bathurst Titan did frequently partner up back in the day.

The Sea Dogs have 30 players remaining on their training camp roster following five reassignments on Saturday. This could be an important game for a number of players as the roster continues to trim down.

Game time today is 4 p.m.

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

Pre-Season Records: Saint John is 2-0-0-0 for four points this pre-season while Rimouski is 3-0-0-0 for six points.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-4 win over the Moncton Wildcats in Fredericton on Friday. Olivier Groulx, Alexis Joseph, Alexander Donovan, Brock Lyons and Dylan Rozzi all scored. Jase MacPherson made 33 stops. The Oceanic are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Quebec Remparts on Friday. Justin Gagnon scored twice while Max Brien added a single. Edouard Lord and Morgan Blackwood split the win in net.

2025-26 records: The Sea Dogs finished 23-36-5-0 for 51 points (eighth Eastern/14th QMJHL) last season while the Oceanic were 19-44-0-1 for 39 points (ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL).

2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-2-0-0 against the Oceanic last season while Rimouski went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 6, 2025 in Rimouski where the Oceanic shutout the Sea Dogs 3-0. Liam Lefebvre, Dovydas Jukna and Mathys Dube scored for Rimouski. William Lacelle stopped all 26 shots he faced in the win. Rafaël Courchesne made 25 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Oceanic: None.

Notes: 30 players remain at Sea Dogs training camp following five reassignments on Saturday... Olivier Groulx and Brock Lyons each have a Saint John high three points (one goal and two assists)... Matyas Cancik also has two assists this pre-season... Justin Gagnon (two goals and two assists) and Julien Nadeau (one goal and three assists) lead the Oceanic in pre-season scoring with four points each... doesn't really mean anything given that it's pre-season, but Saint John's power play is 3/6 while the penalty kill is 8/8... the Oceanic's penalty kill is 17/17... the Oceanic made two picks in the first-round of this year's QMJHL Entry Draft: Gagnon (eighth overall) and Max Brien (10th).

Out of town: 

Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 3:00 PM EDT 

Shawinigan at Sherbrooke - 3:00 PM EDT 

Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs are back at TD Station on Friday night when they host the Halifax Mooseheads at 7 p.m.