Eagles Return To Action Tonight To Face Saint John
The Cape Breton Eagles are into their final ten games of the regular season, and return to action tonight with a weekend set against the Saint John Sea Dogs.
The Eagles are looking to build a winning streak, coming off an unusual stretch of six days off that followed a 3-1 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders. Prior to the that game, the Isles had won nine of their last eleven games, and the Eagles were able to snap the longest current point streak in the league of Charlottetown forward Matthew Butler. Cole Burbidge led the way with two goals and an assist. One line change saw Lucas Romeo moved onto the trio with Burbidge & Lewis Gendron, and in addition to notching an assist, Romeo registered ten hits.
Tonight’s opposition is a Saint John club that snapped an eleven game losing streak with a win over Halifax on Thursday night. Columbus draft choice Tyler Peddle snapped out of a slump with a three point performance. In addition to Peddle, another name up front to watch is Zachary Morin, who this week was in Montreal as the Canadiens recognized the top eligible prospects for this summer’s NHL draft. On the backend, a pair of 20 year olds- Philadelphia prospect Matteo Mann and Sea Dogs leading point getter Nate Tivey- have helped lead the way.
Since the last meeting between the two clubs, Saint John has parted ways with veteran Charles-Edward Gravel, bringing in netminder Eric Young from the BCHL to share duties with Justin Robinson in goal. With Robinson absent due to injury, Young has taken the reigns and has delivered back to back strong outings, stopping 57 of 61 shots.
Here’s what else you need to know ahead of tonight’s game!
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Venue: Centre 200, Sydney, NS
Puck drop: 7 PM AST
Web coverage: https://watch.chl.ca
Radio Coverage: 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com
Twitter: @cbehockey
Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/31231/
| SAINT JOHN | CAPE BRETON | |
| 10th Eastern Conference, 20-36-0-0 (Away: 8-19-0-0) | RECORD | 5th Eastern Conference, 28-19-4-3 (Home: 15-11-1-1) |
| 1-0-0-0 | CURRENT STREAK | 1-0-0-0 |
| 139GF/223GA | GOALS FOR/GOALS AGAINST | 174GF/164GA |
| 2-2-0-0 | SEASON SERIES | 2-0-1-1 |
| Thursday, Halifax 2 @ Saint John 4 | LAST GAME RESULT | Sunday, Charlottetown 1 @ Cape Breton 3 |
| Nate Tivey (37 points in 55 games) | LEADING SCORER | Jacob Newcombe (60 points in 54 games) |
| 17th, 15.6%, Away: T13th, 16.7% | POWER PLAY | 11th, 22.1% Home: 11th, 22.8% |
| 7th, 79.1% Away: 9th, 77.1% | PENALTY KILL | 3rd, 82.1% , Home: 4th, 82.5% |
| Justin Robinson, Dylan Krayer, Darien Reynolds | iNJURY REPORT (PRIOR GAME) | WIll Murphy |
