Sept 21: Sea Dogs vs. Mooseheads preview

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
September 21, 2018 at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @station_nation
Harbour Station (6,308) ~ Saint John, NB

In 8 months, your Halifax Mooseheads will have a chance to win a second Memorial Cup, this time as hosts, but before they can do that, the team has a lot of work to do and it begins with the regular season opener tonight! That's right, another season is here and ready to start. For our Herd it starts with a trip to New Brunswick to take on rivals Saint John Sea Dogs who are in a rebuild and will be looking to improve on their last place finish from last season. The Sea Dogs received permission from the QMJHL to have FIVE 16-year-olds on their roster and as such are one of the youngest teams in the Canadian Hockey League. Halifax meanwhile are a more experienced team this year but still have eight new players on the roster. A 15 game road trip to start the season will give the boys plenty of time to bond. The addition of Antoine Morand and Jordan Maher, who won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup with Acadie-Bathurst last year, and Samuel Dube should provide a replacement for departing players Max Fortier, Otto Somppi and Filip Zadina. With the moves Cam Russell and the brass made over the summer and being a year older, the Mooseheads were ranked the #1 team in the CHL's pre-season Top 10 rankings on Wednesday.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T-1st overall, T-1st in Maritimes division)
Sea Dogs: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T-1st overall, T-1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
SNB: n/a
HAL: n/a

Head-to-Head
September 21  7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
October 12  7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
November 16  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
December 7  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
February 18  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
February 23  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
March 10  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 15  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

Not Dressed - Arnaud Durandeau (NHL camp), Ben Higgins (injured), Jocktan Chainey (NHL camp), Jared McIsaac (injured), Antoine Morand (NHL camp), Kyle Petten (injured) and Benoit-Olivier Groulx (NHL camp)

Out of Town
Charlottetown vs. Cape Breton - 7:00pm
Val-d'Or vs. Gatineau - 8:00pm
Rouyn-Noranda vs. Drummondville - 8:30pm
Chicoutimi vs. Baie-Comeau - 8:30pm
Shawinigan vs. Sherbrooke - 8:30pm
Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Victoriaville - 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will head to the island to take on the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.