English audio available for road trip

AMHERST, MA - Greetings from the other Amherst, where the UMass Minutemen will host the Maine Black Bears in a prime Hockey East matchup tonight.

The Saint John Sea Dogs, meanwhile, are in Rimouski to begin a three-game Quebec road trip. That game begins at 8 p.m. Atlantic – and there will be English play-by-play available.

The Sea Dogs announced Wednesday that PEI hockey broadcaster Luke Mutch will call 11 of the team's 12 Quebec road games this season.

From the Sea Dogs:

Mutch will call 11 Sea Dogs road games this season on the Sea Dogs Audio Network and FloHockey, beginning Thursday night against the Rimouski Oceanic. Bruce Smith will continue to handle play-by-play duties for all Sea Dogs home games with Joe Smith on colour commentary.

Mutch began his broadcasting career in 2021 with the Charlottetown Knights Major U18 team. He later became the play-by-play voice of the Summerside Western Capitals in 2023 and joined the Charlottetown Islanders’ broadcast crew in 2024, splitting time calling games with George Matthews and Cory Arsenault. Luke’s QMJHL broadcast debut came on February 10, 2023 as he filled in on the Sea Dogs broadcast alongside Bruce Smith.

Mutch is a very solid broadcaster and will make these road games much more enjoyable to watch/listen. His call will be available on the Sea Dogs Audio Network and FloHockey.

Sea Dogs games returning to radio

The Saint John Sea Dogs are returning to the radio dial.

All 60 Sea Dogs games will be broadcast live on CFBC 930 AM beginning with Friday's season opener in Bathurst. The broadcasts can also be heard on the station's website.

TD will be the presenting sponsor of the broadcasts.

“We’re so grateful for TD wanting to champion this program for the upcoming season,” said Sea Dogs president and general manager Trevor Georgie in a news release. “We anticipate thousands of fans will not be able to experience Sea Dogs hockey live at TD Station so TD’s investment to make our games easier to follow during the pandemic is deeply appreciated. They are a tremendous partner.”

"93 CFBC" is currently a country radio station. It's operated by MBS Radio, the company that also runs Kool 98 and K100. CFBC once carried Saint John Flames games way back in the day. 

UPDATE: CFBC carried the Sea Dogs during the 2005-06 inaugural season as well.

According to the news release, John Moore, Bruce Smith, Mike Sanderson and Kyle Moore will share broadcasting duties. All four have been involved with the team's online-only audio broadcasts over the past couple seasons.

Moore, it seems, will have the call of Friday's game.

It's official. @SJSeaDogs have a new radio partner, 93 CFBC. @TD_Canada is title sponsor for all 60 regular season broadcasts. Join me from KC Irving Centre for season opener tomorrow night. #QMJHL

— John Moore (@rinkrant) October 1, 2020

This is the first time since the 2017-18 season that Sea Dogs games will be heard on radio. The team has been producing "Sea Dogs Radio Live" online for the past couple seasons - but not all Quebec road games were covered. Obviously, that won't be an issue this season due to travel restrictions.

Sea Dogs games aired on CFBC in 2005-06 and then News 88.9 from 2006-07 to 2013-14. 96.1 NewSong FM carried games from 2014-15 to 2017-18.