Winning (streak) ways are back

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

The vibes are high around the Saint John Sea Dogs right now.

The Sea Dogs won a fifth straight game on Monday afternoon, defeating the Drummondville Voltigeurs 4-3 in a shootout. The team has also collected at least a point in each of their past seven games and have suffered just one regulation loss this year.

Saint John is 6-1-1-1, placing them third overall in the QMJHL standings.

Sea Dogs fans are understandably excited about the start – and with good reason. This five-game winning streak is the longest the team has had since 2021-22, the year Saint John hosted the Memorial Cup.

If you remove that 2021-22 season, it's been a rough decade in terms of consistency for the Sea Dogs. Here's a look at the team's longest winning streaks in each of the past 10 seasons.

2025-26: 3

2024-25: 4

2023-24: 3

2022-23: 3 (done 3 times)

2021-22: 15

2020-21: 3 (done 3 times)

2019-20: 3 (done 6 times)

2018-19: 3

2017-18: 3

2016-17: 9

The Sea Dogs also had a 10-game and five-game winning streak in 2021-22. In 2016-17, they also had eight-game and five-game streaks.

Saint John won the Memorial Cup in 2022 and the QMJHL championship in 2017. The franchise is certainly hoping that cycle of championships continues in 2027.

Something else worth noting: Saint John is 4-0-1-1 on home ice this season. The Sea Dogs had one of the league's worst home records last season (11-19-2-0) and had more road wins (12) than home. This is a positive start to the year – and certainly another reason for Sea Dogs fans to be happy right now.

Saint John concludes a stretch of six straight home games with a tough back-to-back at TD Station this weekend. On Saturday at 4 p.m., the Sea Dogs host the struggling Cape Breton Eagles, who will try and turn their season around with a big road win in Saint John. Then on Sunday, the Dogs welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs who currently sit first overall in the QMJHL.