Night Of Champions This Saturday

SAINT JOHN – Saturday’s ‘Night of Champions’ at Harbour Station is sure to be a memorable event.

The Memorial Cup arrived back in Saint John on Wednesday as excitement continues to build fir Saturday’s Sea Dogs contest against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. The championship banners will be raised to the rafters and members of the off- and on-ice team will receive their rings.

According to a Sea Dogs release, “Canadian Hockey League President David Branch and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Commissioner Gilles Courteau will be among the special guests participating in the ring ceremony. Other confirmed guests include Saint John Mayor Ivan Court, Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop, Quispamsis Mayor Murray Driscoll, Grand Bay - Westfield Mayor Grace Losier and area MLAs Dorothy Shephard and Glen Tait. Game time is 7 p.m. but fans are encouraged to be in their seats early.”

Roughly 1,000 tickets remained as off Thursday morning. The Harbour Station website lists ticket availability as “limited.”

SeaDogsTV released some solid videos earlier this week featuring interviews with goaltender Jacob DeSerres and forwards Danick Gauthier and Jonathan Huberdeau. All three helped Saint John win the 2011 national championship.

Here is the DeSerres video. The description says “sneak peak of a special interview.”

Are we the only ones that feel this should air on ESPN or something?

Here is Gauthier talking about Saturday’s game.

Captain Huberdeau shares his thoughts.