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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Gatineau Olympiques

Tonight at 8:30pm

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Robert Guertin Arena – Gatineau, Que.

PREVIEW

GATINEAU, Que. – Two teams on losing streaks meet tonight in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

The Saint John Sea Dogs, losers of four straight, are in Gatineau to face the Olympiques, losers of two straight, tonight at 8:30pm. It’s been a rougher stretch for the Sea Dogs who are just 1-9-0-0 over their past 10 games.

The Dogs enter play tonight with a 19-29-0-0 record which is good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15^th overall. The top 16 teams make the playoffs and the Sherbrooke Phoenix, who are four points back of Saint John, hold the final spot.

This is the second game of a three-game road trip through Quebec for the Port City juniors. They fell 2-1 in Victoriaville on Wednesday, battle the Olympiques this evening, and travel to Shawinigan for a 5pm rematch of the Memorial Cup semi-final tomorrow.

Jakub Izacky leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 15 goals and eight assists for 23 points in 43 games.

Gatineau enters play this evening with a 21-24-1-2 record and sit fifth in the Telus West Division and 13^th overall in the league. They are seven points ahead of Saint John in the standings.

Emile Poirier leads the ‘Piques in scoring with 20 goals and 27 assists for 47 points in 45 games.

Both of these teams are fighting for playoff positioning. Only seven points separate them in the standings. Let’s hope it’s a good one.

THE NUMBERS

	Gatineau	Saint John
Record	21-24-1-2 (5th West)	19-29-0-0 (5th Maritimes)
Home Record	9-13-0-1	10-14-0-0
Road Record	12-11-1-1	9-15-0-0
Goals For/Game	3.28 (11th)	2.56 (15th)
Goals Against/Game	3.78 (13th)	3.80 (14th)
Shots For/Game	26.37 (15th)	27.24 (14th)
Shots Against/Game	30.34 (9th)	34.62 (16th)
Overall PP	16.7% (15th)	19.4% (13th)
Home PP	11.3% (18th)	20.0% (12th)
Road PP	22.0% (7th)	18.9% (10th)
Overall PK	78.3% (9th)	76.5% (13th)
Home PK	74.1% (17th)	78.6% (11th)
Road PK	81.3% (3rd)	74.3% (12th)
PIM/GAME	19.4	15.7
Attendance	2,733	3,797

LEADING SCORERS
Gatineau

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Emile Poirier	45	20	27	47
Martin Reway	33	15	23	38
Adam Chapman	48	13	25	38

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Huberdeau	30	16	29	45
Jakub Izacky	43	15	8	23
Pierre Durepos	25	4	11	15

GOALTENDERS
Gatineau

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Robert Steeves	8-5-0-2	3.46	0.881
Eric Brassard	6-7-0-0	3.81	0.870

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	19-22-0-0	3.22	0.906
Alex Fournier	0-7-0-0	5.90	0.839

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 loss in Victoriaville on Wednesday night. Stephen Anderson scored Saint John’s only goal and Sebastien Auger made 31 saves in the loss.

The Olympiques are coming off a 6-3 loss to the Drummondville Voltigeurs last Sunday. Adam Chapman, Emile Poirier, and Kameron Kielly all scored for Gatineau. Eric Brassard made 18 saves in the loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-0 against the Olympiques this season while Gatineau is 0-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Their only previous meeting this season was way back on September 29 at Harbour Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Olympiques 3-1. Ryan Tesink had two goals and Jonathan Huberdeau added a single for Saint John. Tomas Hyka scored for Gatineau. Sebastien Auger made 34 saves in the win while Michael Nishi made 22 in the loss.

REPE

Defenseman Jurij Repe tweeted today that he will return to the Sea Dogs lineup tonight.

Tonight my first game after injury :) #injury #seadogs
— Jurij Repe (@JurijRepe) February 1, 2013

Repe has not played since November 25 due to breaking his hand at the division 1 world juniors. He has two goals and two assists in 22 games this season.

BOURRET

Gatineau defenseman Gabriel Bourret will face his former team tonight. Bourret played with Saint John during the 2010-11 season and with Chicoutimi last season. In 46 games with the Olympiques, Bourret has five goals and 24 assists.

NOTES

• The Sea Dogs acquired defenseman Michael Abbott from the Olympiques during the holiday trading period. He had two goals and three assists in 31 games with Gatineau prior to the deal.
• Taylor Burke has the second most shorthanded goals in the league with seven.
• Adam Chapman has the second most penalty minutes with 134.
• Emile Poirier leads the league in shorthanded assists with five.
• The Sea Dogs are 4-7-0-0 against Telus West Division teams this season.

OUT OF TOWN

Cape Breton at P.E.I. - 7:00 PM AST

Drummondville at Quebec - 7:00 PM EST

Rouyn-Noranda at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST

Halifax at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EST

Victoriaville at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EST

Acadie-Bathurst at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST

Val-d'Or at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST

Moncton at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EST

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs wrap up their road trip tomorrow in Shawinigan.