FINAL: Saint John 4---Shawinigan 5

Final/OT

Saint John Sea Dogs- 4

Shawinigan Cataractes- 5

Scoring Summary

1st period
1. SHA - Gabriel Lemieux (1) (Nicolas Larocque-Marcoux, Dominik Schlumpf) 06:19

Penalties: SNB - Stanislav Galiev (04:19), SNB - Simon Després (09:41), SHA - Adam Bourque-Leblanc (18:55), SNB - Olivier Ouellet (20:00)(misc.)

2nd period
2. SNB - Steven Anthony (5) (Nicholas Petersen) 07:13
3. SNB - Olivier Ouellet (4) (Simon Després, Kevin Gagné) (pp) 13:19
4. SHA - Pierre-Alexandre Vandall (7) (Étienne St-Germain, Michaël Bournival) 13:49
5. SHA - Michaël Bournival (5) (Charles-Olivier Roussel, Dave Labrecque) (pp) 19:59

Penalties: SHA - Adam Bourque-Leblanc (11:43), SHA - Charles-Olivier Roussel (14:28), SNB - Tomas Jurco (19:34), SHA - Pierre-Alexandre Vandall (19:34), SNB - Nicholas Petersen (19:53)

3rd period
6. SNB - Nicholas Petersen (1) (Nathan Beaulieu, Michael Kirkpatrick) (pp) 03:46
7. SHA - Pierrick Martel (3) (Tommy Tremblay, Antoine Houde-Caron) 17:05
8. SNB - Nicholas Petersen (2) (Stanislav Galiev, Yann Sauvé) 19:50

Penalties: SHA - Gabriel Lemieux (03:12), SHA - Raphaël Pouliot (05:49), SNB - Danick Gauthier (07:28), SHA - Charles-Olivier Roussel (09:07), SNB - Danick Gauthier (10:32), SHA - Gabriel Lemieux (10:32), SHA - Antoine Houde-Caron (13:12), SNB - Nicholas Petersen (13:40), SHA - Dave Labrecque (13:40)

Overtime
9. SHA - Gabriel Lemieux (2) (Pierre-Alexandre Vandall) 04:28

Penalties: No penalties

Goaltenders
SNB: St-Laurent, Karel (L-3-2-0) St-Laurent, Karel (at 19:50 per 3)
SHA: Girard, Gabriel (W-2-3-0)

Shots per period
SNB: 11 + 17 + 14 + 2 = 44
SHA: 9 + 8 + 9 + 5 = 31

Powerplays
SNB: 2/7
SHA: 1/4

Spectators: 3,119

Match stars:
1. SHA - Bournival, Michaël
2. SNB - Petersen, Nicholas
3. SHA - Girard, Gabriel
Stars chosen by: S.Turcotte - Le Nouvelliste

News 88.9 Top Dog: Nicholas Petersen

PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Shawinigan Cataractes

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Shawinigan Cataractes
Today, October 3, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
Bionest Centre

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 5-3-0-0
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 7-4 loss @ Montreal on Friday
Leading Scorer: Danick Gauthier: 8-4-3-7
Notes: Sea Dogs have never won a game in Shawinigan… ranked the #10 team in the Canadian Hockey League this week… second game of a three game Quebec road swing… first game played at Shawinigan’s new Bionest Centre… Mike Hoffman is scratched with a hairline fracture in his foot… former Cataracte Nicholas Petersen is questionable to play. Mike Kelly wants Petersen to get more practice before suiting up… Mike Thomas will be serving the fourth game of a six game aggressor suspension.

Home Team: Shawinigan Cataractes
Record: 3-2-0-1
Last Season Record: 51-14-3-0 (2nd Telus Central)
Last Game: 4-3 Shootout loss yesterday @ Victoriaville
Leading Scorer: Pierre-Alexandre Vandall: 4-6-3-9
Notes: The Cataractes have four NHL drafted players: Maxime Legault (Buffalo), Dave Lebrecque (Philadelphia), Philippe Paradis (Carolina), Charles-Olivier Roussel (Nashville)… lost in the QMJHL final to Drummondville in seven games… acquired Alex Grant from the Sea Dogs at the holiday trading period for Nick Petersen and a draft pick… moved into the Bionest Centre last season… changed its logo last season while celebrating its fortieth anniversary.

Saint John vs Shawinigan:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
2-0-2-0-0-0
Home: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Road: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Goals For: 2
Goals Against: 5

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
8-2-4-1-1-6
Home: 4-2-1-1-0-5
Road: 4-0-3-0-1-1
Goals For: 22
Goals Against: 31

Station Nation Facts:

• The Shawinigan Cataractes are the only original member of the QMJHL that has not located to another city.
• The team, and the QMJHL, celebrated their 40th anniversaries last season.
• They may be 40 years strong, but they have never won a President’s Cup.
• In just their second season in the League, the Shawinigan Bruins reached the final, but fell to the eventual Memorial Cup champion Remparts in five contests.
• In 1973-74, the team changed its name to “Dynamos”, but the team would still fall on tough times, missing the playoffs four consecutive seasons. Prior to the 1978-79 season, the team changed its name to “Cataractes”.
• The City of Shawinigan inaugurated a new 4,125 seat arena, the Bionest Centre. Since December 27, 2008, the Cataractes have made it their new home, leaving behind the Jacques-Plante arena, which was erected in 1937.
• In May 2009, this franchise reached the League final for the 2nd time in franchise history. The Cataractes pushed the series to Game 7, which they finally lost to the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
• The team’s notables over the years include: Claude Dolbec, Ron Lapointe, Stephan Lebeau, Patrice Lefebvre, Stéphane Robidas, Marc-André Bergeron, Jason Pominville and Denis Francoeur.
• The Cats have seven retired numbers and eight players. The numbers are 7, 14, 17, 18, 26, 27, 33.

Important Info:
Venue: Bionest Centre
Capacity: 4,125

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
Live Video Streaming: http://www.qmjhl.mytelus.com/
Post-Game Coverage: http://www.stationnation.blogspot.com/

ROUGH START TO ROAD TRIP

STATION NATION POST-GAME

The Saint John Sea Dogs started their road trip on a rough note, falling 7-4 to the Montreal Junior on Friday night at Verdun Auditorium.

Montreal opened the scoring just 36 seconds into the opening frame. Former Cape Breton Screaming Eagle and current Montreal captain Nicholas Chouinard scored his fifth off of a mad scramble in the crease that had Sea Dogs goalie Marc-Antoine Gelinas upset.

Alexandre Leduc had two terrific scoring chances but Jean-Francois Berube stood tall and smothered the puck.

Yann Sauve tied the game 1-1 at 6:27. He took a pass from Michael Kirkpatrick and ripped a slap shot from the right face-off circle that beat Berube on the power play.

Saint John took a brief 2-1 lead at 8:31 when overage forward Alexandre Leduc scored off of a nice give-and-go with Stanislav Galiev and Danick Gauthier. Leduc, a native of Verdun, was given a roaring cheer from a section of fans at the Auditorium.

At 10:23 Loic Poudrier scored his first goal to give Montreal a 3-2 lead. He took a weak swing at lose puck in front of the net that went between the pads of Gelinas.

Just 57 seconds later the Junior took a two goal lead when Stephen McAuley turned the puck over and Marc-Andre Levasseur scored to make it 4-2.

At 12:12 Loic Poudrier scored the easiest goal he’ll ever score. Rookie defenseman Gabriel Bourret tried to chip the puck off of the glass but deflected off of stick of Poudrier and into the net.

Zach Phillips shortened the Junior lead to one goal when he scored a beauty at 17:05. Phillips made a nifty dangle around David Foucher and beat Berube high glove side for his second of the season.

Saint John led Montreal in shots after one period 16-9.

Chris Thorne opened the second period scoring when a deflected pass at the Junior blue line went on to his stick after a line change. He went in on a breakaway and beat Gelinas. Gelinas was pulled in favour of Karel St-Laurent following the goal.

At 15:28 Steven Anthony made it a one goal game again on the power play. He beat Berube up and over his shoulder with assists going to Kirkpatrick and Nathan Beaulieu.

Anthony had a great chance as the horn sounded to end the second period. Saint John led in shots after two periods 24-18.

Eliezer Sherbatov made it 6-4 when a centering attempt down low went off the skate of Beaulieu and between the legs of St-Laurent at 3:37.

Olivier Oullet left the game shortly after taking a shot in the leg but did return.

Yann Sauve hammered Evgeny Solomonov with a huge hit. Solomonov left the game without putting any weight on his leg.

At 10:43 Sauve took down Pier-Antoine Dion with his stick and was given a penalty shot. St-Laurent made a great pad save to keep it 6-4 Montreal.

Berube was equally as good in his end robbing Galiev of a sure goal.

It looked as though Jeremy Gouchie may have beaten St-Laurent but video review proved otherwise.

Saint John pulled St-Laurent with 1:05 remaining. Sherbatov slipped it into the empty net to ice the game for a final of 7-4 Montreal.

Gelinas took the loss falling to 2-2-0. Berube got the win improving to 2-1-0 on the season.

NOTES: The attenadnce was 3,122... the teams overager situation is certainly becoming a problem with nobody seeming to want to step-up… Karel St-Laurent was good in relief of Marc-Antoine Gelinas... Saint John improved its special teams greatly going 2/5 on the power play and keeping Montreal to 0/4 on extra man oppertunities.

NEXT GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Shawinigan Cataractes. Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 5:00 pm at Bionest Centre.

KELLY: STICH WILL BE TRADED

Saint John Sea Dogs director of hockey operations Mike Kelly said before tonight's game on the News 88.9 pre-game show that David Stich will be traded.

Stich tried out for the Hartford Wolf pack of the American Hockey League but was sent back to his junior club after being cut. Saint John still his owns his junior rights but has not been added to the team's roster yet.

Mike Kelly said that Stich will be coming back to the QMJHL. He will be hard to trade because he is an overager and a European. Quebec league teams are only allowed to carry two European players and three overage players.

It is a surprise to see Stich returned to junior as most expected him to make the jump to professional hockey this season. Stich played in four games with the Wolf Pack (affiliate of the New York Rangers) after Saint John was eliminated from the 2009 playoffs.

In 174 games with Saint John, Stich has 14 goals and 60 points. He also has four goals and 13 points in 18 playoff games.

The native of the Czech Republic also served as captain of his national junior team in the 2009 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa. He captained the Sea Dogs following the holiday trade that sent Alex Grant to Shawinigan last season.

Stich has always been a physical specimen but his scoring ability has always been questioned after going a full year without scoring a goal. As News 88.9's Tim Rozsell said, trading Stich is like getting something for nothing with no chance of him suiting for the Sea Dogs.

Kelly has been taking and making phone calls about a future trade for the defenseman.

PRE-GAME NOTES: Sea Dogs vs Junior

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Montreal Junior
Verdun Auditorium

Pre-Game Notes:

• First of three meetings between the two teams.
• Nick Petersen is a healthy scratch. Sea Dogs want him to practice with the team for a longer amount of time before making his debut.
• Zack Phillips and Scott Oke in the line-up.
• Robert McEwan and Benjamin Lecomte are healthy scratches for the third straight game.
• Marc-Antoine Gelinas starting in goal for Saint John.
• Jean-Francois Berube is starting in goal for Montreal. Fredericton native Jake Allen on the bench.
• Alexandre Leduc, Yann Sauve, and Michael Kirkpatrick are all wearing an “A” on their sweaters.

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PRE-GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs vs Montreal Junior

Game Day
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Montreal Junior
Tonight, October 2, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Verdun Auditorium

Visiting Team: Saint John Sea Dogs
Record: 5-2-0-0 (Tied 1st Atlantic)
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (3rd Atlantic)
Last Game: 3-2 Shootout win vs Moncton on Sunday
Leading Scorer: Kevin Gagne: 7-0-7-7
Notes: The Sea Dogs are 2-0-0-0 on the road this season… Nick Petersen is expected to make his Saint John debut… Mike Hoffman is scratched with a hairline fracture in his foot after blocking a shot… Mike Thomas is serving the third game of a six game suspension… only the second game played in Montreal in franchise history… first game of a three game road trip through Quebec… have four overage players on its current roster... four of the five Sea Dogs wins have been by one goal- one in overtime and two in a shootout… #10 ranked team in the country.

Home Team: Montreal Junior
Record: 4-3-0-0 (3rd Telus West Division)
Last Season Record: 34-30-2-2 (2nd Telus West Division)
Last Game: 6-2 Win vs PEI on Wednesday
Leading Scorer: Trevor Parkes: 6-5-3-8
Notes: Junior have two NHL draft picks: Jake Allen (St. Louis) and Jean-Francois Berube (Los Angeles)… both draft picks are goaltenders… were picked to finish second last overall in the league by The Hockey News… Montreal is trying to attract fans by playing local players… Emile ‘Butch’ Bouchard, a former player of the Montreal Canadiens, will be honored before the game… the Junior sent star Luke Adam to Cape Breton in a blockbuster deal at the draft.

Saint John vs Montreal:
Last Season (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
3-1-2-0-0-2
Home: 2-1-1-0-0-2
Road: 1-0-1-0-0-0
Goals For: 8
Goals Against: 9

All-Time (GP-W-L-OTL-SOL-PTS):
(St. John’s & Montreal)
23-8-15-0-0-16
Home: 11-6-5-0-0-12
Road: 12-2-10-0-0-4
Goals For: 73
Goals Against: 86

(St. John’s only)
20-7-13-0-0-14
Home: 9-5-4-0-0-10
Road: 11-2-9-0-0-4
Goals For: 65
Goals Against: 77

Station Nation Facts:

• The Sea Dogs and Junior finished last season with identical records (34-30-2-2).
• The Junior moved to Verdun last season after three seasons in St. John’s as the Fog Devils.
• The Sea Dogs and Junior are expansion cousins, both coming into the league in 2005-06.
• The Fog Devils move was not based solely on attendance. It was a devilish arena deal that did in the junior team’s time on the rock. The Fog Devils, property of the Dobbin Family, were sold to Mr. Farrel Miller. The new owner of the franchise transfers the team to Montreal (QC) for the start of the 2008-09 season.
• The team’s notables over the years include: Réal Paiement, Wesley Welcher, Scott Brophy, Jean-Simon Allard and Luke Gallant.
• The Fog Devils were the opponent in the Sea Dogs inaugural game in 2005 that the Devils won 3-2.

Important Info:
Venue: Verdun Auditorium
Capacity: 3,780

Saint John Media: Radio- News 88.9 FM (http://www.news889.com/)
Live Video Streaming: http://www.qmjhl.mytelus.com/
Post-Game Coverage: http://www.stationnation.blogspot.com/

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