The Saint John Sea Dogs are a Canadian

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team in the

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(QMJHL) based in

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. Founded as an expansion team in 2005, the Sea Dogs play their home games at TD Station and became the first team from

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to win a

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championship in

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. The Sea Dogs won the 2022 Memorial Cup as the host team, and have three President's Cup championships in franchise history:

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History

The city of Saint John was granted a

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expansion team for the 2005–06 season, to replace the

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that relocated in 2003. The Sea Dogs' first head coach was Christian La Rue under general manager Bob LeBlanc. The Sea Dogs were also given the first overall pick at the 2005 QMJHL Draft, selecting defenceman Alex Grant. The Sea Dogs did not qualify for the playoffs in their first season of play. During the offseason, La Rue was replaced with former

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assistant coach Jacques Beaulieu. Following the mid-season resignation of Leblanc, Beaulieu assumed the dual role of coach and general manager. The Sea Dogs had another first overall pick at the 2006 QMJHL Draft, where they selected defenceman Yann Sauvé. The team missed the playoffs again in 2007, and selected defenceman Simon Després first overall. The team also selected goaltender Robert Mayer third overall at the 2007

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. In 2008, the team signed coach Beaulieu's son

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. In the 2008–09 season, the Sea Dogs hosted the second game of the Canada–Russia Series at TD Station. The Russians defeated Team QMJHL by a score of 4–3, with the Canadian roster featuring four Sea Dogs players: Grant, Després, Sauvé, and rookie Steven Anthony (in place of an injured Chris DiDomenico). Later that season, the Sea Dogs fired Beaulieu after a first round playoff loss. Karel St

In the 2009 QMJHL Draft, the team chose future

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forward Jonathan Huberdeau 18th overall. In the 2009 CHL Import Draft, the Sea Dogs chose Russian forward Stanislav Galiev first overall as well as Slovakian forward Tomas Jurco fourth overall. In the 2009–10 season, the Saint John Sea Dogs won 22 consecutive games beginning on October 17 until December 12. The offense was led by Mike Hoffman (45 points). Following their streak, the Sea Dogs were first place in the league. In 2011, Yann Sauvé became the first player from the Saint John Sea Dogs organization to play an NHL game with his draft team, the

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. The Sea Dogs tied a QMJHL record for most wins in a season with 58 in

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, and won their first QMJHL President's Cup. In the same season, the Sea Dogs then became the first team from Atlantic Canada to win a

. The Sea Dogs won their second Memorial Cup in 2022. Saint John Sea Dogs celebrate 2011 Memorial Cup championship

Players

Team captains

* 2005–06 Vincent Lambert / Kevin Coughlin * 2006–07 Charles Bergeron / David MacDonald * 2007–08 Alex Grant * 2008–09 Alex Grant / David Stich * 2009–11 Mike Thomas * 2011–12 Jonathan Huberdeau * 2012–13 Jonathan Huberdeau / Pierre Durepos * 2013–14 Sébastien Auger * 2014–15 Olivier LeBlanc / Mark Tremaine * 2015–17 Spencer Smallman * 2017–18 Joe Veleno / Bailey Webster * 2018–19 Anthony Boucher / Michael Campoli * 2019–20 Nicolas Guay * 2020–21 Vacant * 2021–22 Vincent Sévigny * 2022–23 Charlie DesRoches * 2023–24 Peter Reynolds * 2024-2025 Eriks Mateiko / Nate Tivey

Sea Dogs Hall of Fame

* Jonathan Huberdeau (2009–2013) * Mike Thomas (2006–2011) * Gerard Gallant (2009–2012) * Mike Kelly (2010–2014) * Thomas Chabot (2013–2017)

NHL alumni

The following players have played in at least one

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(NHL) game as of the 2023–24 season: *

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* Thomas Chabot * Charlie Coyle * Simon Després * Christopher DiDomenico * William Dufour * Stanislav Galiev * Brett Gallant * Julien Gauthier * Éric Gélinas * Alex Grant * Matthew Highmore * Mike Hoffman * Jonathan Huberdeau * Bokondji Imama * Mathieu Joseph * Tomas Jurco * Yan Kuznetsov * Yann Sauvé * Joe Veleno * Jakub Zboril

NHL first round draft picks

List of first round selections in the NHL Entry Draft:

Season-by-season results

Regular season

QMJHL season standings.
OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Playoffs

Memorial Cup

The

is contested annually by the champions of the

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(OHL),

(QMJHL), and

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(WHL), as well as a predetermined host team. The competition consists of a round-robin, a semifinal game, and a final game. Below are the results of every game the Saint John Sea Dogs have competed in.

References

External links

* {{New Brunswick Sports Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in New Brunswick Ice hockey in Saint John, New Brunswick Ice hockey clubs established in 2005 2005 establishments in New Brunswick