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SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
March 10, 2019 at 2:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Harbour Station (6,603) ~ Saint John, NB

The Halifax Mooseheads play their last away game of the regular season this afternoon as they travel to Saint John and take on the Sea Dogs at Harbour Station. After winning eight straight, the Herd have been sliding a bit the past week losing 3 of 4 on this road trip. Halifax has had a great year against Saint John though and will be looking to continue that today. The Sea Dogs though will most likely be playing hard as they can still make the post-season. Saint John is one point behind 16th place Shawinigan for the final playoff spot after picking up victory the other day and the Cataractes losing 12 in a row. The Port City club can play some good hockey but being young is also a curse when you're going up against teams that have a lot of 19-year-olds on the roster. Saint John got a point against the Moose in the season opener but that is about as close a game the two teams would have this year.

This is the seventh meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 6-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 5-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on February 23 where Halifax skated away with a 11-1 victory on home ice led by Benoit-Olivier Groulx who had a goal and 3 assists while Cole McLaren stopped 25 of the Sea Dogs 26 shots.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 46-15-2-1 = 95pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)
Sea Dogs: 13-46-2-3 = 31pts (17th overall, 5th in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
SNB: Maxim Cajkovic 44pts (21G & 23A), Robbie Burt 34pts (15G & 19A), Benjamin Gagne 31pts (8G & 23A)
HAL: Samuel Asselin 84pts (48G & 36A), Raphael Lavoie 73pts (32G & 41A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 71pts (28G & 43A)

Previous Games
Halifax is coming off a 3-2 loss against the Wildcats on Saturday. Samuel Asselin and Arnaud Durandeau scored for the Mooseheads while Alex Gravel made 22 saves for the loss in Moncton.

Saint John is coming off a 5-1 victory over the Titan on Friday evening on home ice. Rookie John Lawrence led the Sea Dogs with 2 goals and an assist while Mark Grametbauer stopped 28 of Bathurst's 33 shots.

Head-to-Head
September 21  Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 4 OT
October 12  Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
December 7  Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 12  Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 18  Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
February 23  Sea Dogs 1 at Mooseheads 11
March 10  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 15  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Drummondville vs. Gatineau - 4:00pm
Moncton vs. Acadie-Bathurst - 4:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will come home to finish the regular season with 3 matches at the Scotiabank Centre starting with the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday. Puck drops at 7pm.