The Telegraph-Journal’s recap. “While it's early in the
season, there was a sense of relief around Saint John's dressing room after the
triumph.”
Let’s Go Rocket’s recap. “The Rocket lost their second
straight game this season and drop to 1-2-0-1 on the season.”
SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. “Bolstered by the return of three players from NHL camps, the Saint
John Sea Dogs earned their first win of the season Sunday, 5-3 over the Prince
Edward Island Rocket.”
Here are some news and notes…
WELCOME BACK: Danick Gaithier was in beast mode
yesterday, putting up three goals and an assist to guide Saint John to their
first victory. It was his first game back since taking part in Phoenix Coyotes
rookie camp.
"It's faster and I think that helped me when I
came back here,'' Gauthier told the Telegraph-Journal. "I think (playing
at the camp) made me faster and (helped) me to make better decisions with the
puck. With the pros, it's harder and tougher.''
Alexandre Beauregard returned from Coyotes camp as well
and had a fight. Scott Oke scored a goal, added an assist, and was a +3 in his
return from Dallas Stars rookie camp.
AUGER: Sebastien Auger played very well in the Sea Dogs
goal, making 40 saves to earn the first win of his QMJHL career. It was a solid
rebound game after he got lit up for eight goals last week in Bathurst.
GALLANT RETURNS: Sea Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant returned
to the team after missing Friday’s game in Cape Breton. Gallant was a guest
coach at Toronto Maple Leafs training camp on Saturday. “It was fun,” Turk told
News 88.9 prior to the game.
ASSISTS: Colin Campbell became the first Sea Dog to get
two assists this season when he fed Brock Morrison on the team’s first goal.
Campbell was given the lone assist when the goal was announced but Oliver
Cooper was later awarded a helper as well.
GOOD START FOR COOPER: Speaking of Cooper, the rookie has started
the season on a solid note. With his assist in yesterday’s game, the
Fredericton native now has two goals and two assists in four games.
ROCKET POWER PLAY: PEI’s power play entered the game ranked
first in the league at 50% but it failed to connect on six chances yesterday.
LOTS OF SHOTS: Both goaltenders were kept busy as PEI
fired 43 shots on Sebastien Auger and Saint John let 37 shots go on Maxime
Lagace.
GORDIE HOWE HAT TRICK: Scott Oke’s goal, assist, and
fight yesterday gave him a Gordie Howe hat trick. According to Chris Phillips of HockeyFights.com, it was the first one this year in the QMJHL.
HURTING: Saint John only dressed five defensemen on
Sunday as Rory Craddock and Benjamin Hade were both hurt. According to News
88.9, Craddock is suffering from a head injury while Hade has a lower body
ailment.
Ryan Kelly, Kevin Gagne, Tyrone Sock, Jason Seed, and
Spencer MacDonald dressed as defensemen.
LETTERS: Kevin Gagne wore the captain’s ‘C’ for Saint
John again. Alexandre Beauregard, Danick Gauthier, and Scott Oke all wore an ‘A’
on their sweaters.
FIGHT NIGHT: With all the talk about the QMJHL attempting
to put a ban on fighting, the Sea Dogs and Rocket didn’t seem to care. A total
of four fights took place in the game.
Here is Oliver Cooper vs Kelly Bent:
Alexandre Beauregard vs Olivier Croteau:
The other fights saw Devon Oliver-Dares face Marc-Andre
Levesque and Dylan Capstick take on Scott Oke.
All of these scraps took place on family ticket package
day at Harbour Station. The horror.
TWEETS: Pierre Durepos was happy to hear his team finally
got their first win of the season. “Day two done,” he tweeted. “She was a tough
one, but hearing that the boys pulled out a huge win back in Saint John makes
me pretty happy!”
Durepos is currently in Los Angeles taking part in Kings
camp.
Stephen MacAulay, who is in St. Louis attending Blues
camp, also chimed in.
“Glad to see we got win No. 1 back in Saint John,” he
tweeted. “Danick Gauthier with
a monster game. Keep er going boys.”
HIGHLIGHTS: Here are the SeaDogsTV highlights from
yesterday’s game.
OUT OF TOWN: Acadie-Bathurst 3 at Cape Breton 5;
Quebec 4 at
Blainville-Boisbriand 2; Shawinigan 5 at Gatineau 2
NEXT GAME: The Val-d’Or Foreurs will be the first Quebec
team to make the trek to Saint John this season. They play the Sea Dogs at
Harbour Station this Friday at 7:30pm.
Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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