VIDEO: Phillips Extends Streak

Zack Phillips is on quite a roll.

The Saint John Sea Dogs forward has recorded at least a point in 17 straight games. It looked as though his streak would come to an end last night but, with 4:40 remaining in the third period, Phillips snipped one past Quebec Remparts goaltender Louis Domingue.

Here is the video courtesy of @Fel0096.



The goal ended Domingue’s shutout bid but the Remparts would go on to defeat the Sea Dogs 4-1.

Phillips’ 17-game point streak is the longest in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season and is a Sea Dogs team record. Since October 14, the Minnesota Wild prospect has recorded 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points. The streak also included an impressive 13-game assist streak that ended on November 13.

33 of Phillips’ 43 points this season have come during the streak. He is already one-point away from tying rookie total.

The Fredericton native's hot play this season has no doubt boosted his chances of getting an invite to Team Canada’ World Junior camp.

Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation

RECAP: Grigorenko's Show. Dogs Lose 4-1.

FINAL: Saint John 1, Quebec 4

QUEBEC CITY – The good news was that Zack Phillips extended his point streak to 17 games. The bad news was the score.

The Saint John Sea Dogs fell 4-1 to the Quebec Remparts on Tuesday night at Quebec Colisee. The loss was Saint John’s second straight while Quebec has now won nine consecutive games.

The offense just wasn’t there again for the Sea Dogs. Missing Jonathan Huberdeau, Stanislav Galiev, Tomas Jurco and Aidan Kelly due to injuries, the Sea Dogs fired 26 shots on goal and went 0-for-4 on the power play.

Phillips was the only Sea Dog who could beat Remparts goaltender Louis Domingue, ending his shutout bid with 4:40 to go in the game. Mathieu Corbeil allowed four goals on 33 shots.

Mikhail Grigorenko stole the show for Quebec by netting a hat trick. Patrick Walsh had the other Quebec goal. Domingue made 25 stops for the win.

Not much else to say about this one. Sea Dogs play their next seven games in New Brunswick.

LIVE BLOG: Sea Dogs vs Remparts

GAMEDAY 29: at Quebec

GAMEDAY

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Quebec Remparts

Tonight, November 22, 2011 at 8pm

Pepsi Colisee

PREVIEW

QUEBEC CITY – There is only one Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game on the schedule tonight – and it is a big one.

The two top teams in the league meet tonight at Pepsi Colisee as the Quebec Remparts host the Saint John Sea Dogs at 8pm. The game was originally scheduled to be played later this season but was rescheduled because of a conflict with the Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.

The Sea Dogs enter play with a league-best record of 21-6-0-1 and have 43 points. The Remparts sit second with a record of 19-4-2-1 for 41 points but have played two fewer games than Saint John.

In last week’s BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings, the Sea Dogs were ranked second while the Remparts were fourth.

Quebec has won eight straight games going into this evening’s game. They are 9-1-0-0 in their last 10. Meanwhile, Saint John saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end on Sunday evening when they fell 6-5 to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in a shootout. The Dogs are 8-1-0-1 in their last 10.

Tonight’s game will see the league’s best offensive team go head-to-head against the best defensive team. The Sea Dogs have scored a league high 131 goals while the Remparts have allowed a league low 68.

Saint John and Quebec met earlier this season at Harbour Station, a game that the Sea Dogs dominated en route to a 6-0 victory. Danick Gauthier had two goals while singles came from Tomas Jurco, Jason Cameron, Nathan Beaulieu and Charles-Olivier Roussel. Mathieu Corbeil made 22 stops for the shutout.

The Sea Dogs can expect a much tougher game tonight at Pepsi Colisee, one of the toughest buildings in junior hockey to play in.

Report: Galiev Has Wrist Surgery

Journal de Quebec is reporting that Stanislav Galiev will be out until mid-January.

The newspaper reports that Galiev had surgery on his broken wrist in Washington recently. The Russian winger tweeted last weekend that he was heading to DC but has since deleted it.

Galiev has not played with the Sea Dogs since October 1 because of the injury that he originally suffered at Washington Capitals training camp. In five games with Saint John, he recorded three goals and three assists.

It’s bad news for Galiev as this means he won’t have an opportunity to play for Russia at the World Junior Hockey Championships this winter.

The Caps prospect is one of several forwards missing from the Sea Dogs lineup these days. Captain Jonathan Huberdeau has still recovering from a broken foot, Aidan Kelly missed Sunday’s game with an upper-body injury, and Tomas Jurco left Sunday’s game with what Journal de Quebec reports as an hip flexor injury.

Forwards McKenzie Brown and Steven Anderson have both been recalled to help fill the void. The Sea Dogs are in Quebec City to face the Remparts on Tuesday at 8pm.

POSTSCRIPT: Sea Dogs 5, Titan 6 (SO)

A collection of recaps from yesterday’s 6-5 Saint John Sea Dogs shootout loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan…

Our recap. Special teams were the story as Saint John went just 1-for-9 on the power play and killed off just one of four penalties en route to a 6-5 shootout loss to Acadie-Bathurst Titan in front of a sparse crowd at the KC Irving Regional Centre.

The Telegraph-Journal’s recap. "The guys never quit," added the Titan coach Eric Dubois. "They could have collapsed after Saint John came back but they stuck to it and kept working hard. We are going to deserve that day off (Monday)."

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Zack Phillips had four assists for the visiting Sea Dogs, who picked up a point for the eighth straight game to run their record to 21-6-0-1. Phillips now has points in 16 straight games, the longest streak in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and a team record.

LeTitan.com’s recap. The Titan dominated the overtime session.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Alec Jon Banville led the Titan (10-14-3) with two goals in regulation time as Mirko Hoefflin, Olivier Houle and O'Brien each added singles.

SN Live Blog replay. Bathurst’s Zamboni has a large hamburger painted on it.

MISSING IN ACTION: Aidan Kelly, who took a head shot on Friday from PEI Rocket defenseman Jimmy Oligny, did not play. He is day-to-day with an ‘upper-body’ injury, reports News 88.9. He will not play Tuesday in Quebec City.

Here is video of the hit courtesy of HockeyFights.com.

Oligny did not play for the Rocket yesterday in their loss to the Victoriaville Tigres.

Forwards Jonathan Huberdeau and Stanislav Galiev were out once again. Forward Devon Oliver-Dares and defenseman Tyrone Sock are currently not with the team.