Monday, January 23, 2012

POSTSCRIPT: Sea Dogs 5, Titan 2


Billy Cundiff… yikes, man.

A collection of recaps from yesterday’s 5-2 Saint John Sea Dogs win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan…

Our recap. The Sea Dogs got off to a rough start as the Titan scored two power play goals in the opening 4:37 of the game.

The Telegraph-Journal’s recap. Paywalled.

News 88.9’s recap. Featuring Tim Roszell’s goal calls.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Zach O’Brien and Mirko Hoefflin scored for the Titan, and Robert Steeves made 18 saves in the loss as Bathurst fell to 23-20-2-3.

SN Live Blog Replay. Shout out to the folks who made the trek to Bathurst on the fan bus.

MISSING IN ACTION: Forwards Stanislav Galiev (wrist), Ryan Tesink (knee), Devon Oliver-Dares (head), and Maxime Villemaire (gone home) were all scratches for Saint John yesterday afternoon.

RECALLED: Affiliate Forward Mackenzie Brown played his second straight game with the Sea Dogs on Sunday. He finished the contest with no points and two shots.

ROUGH START: Saint John got off to a terrible start as Nathan Beaulieu went off to serve a four-minute penalty just 2:56 into the game. Beaulieu was called for boarding and unsportsmanlike actions. On the power play, the Titan would score twice to get an early 2-0 advantage. But Saint John showed some character, quickly tying it up and then taking a 3-2 lead into the first intermission. 

COYLE: Charlie Coyle continues his unreal start in the QMJHL. He recorded a goal, an assist, four shots, one hit and was a +3. His helper was his first Q-league assist.

Coyle now has an impressive five goals in his first four junior games.

TOP LINE: Coyle wasn’t the only member of Saint John’s top line who had a good night on Sunday. Zack Phillips was named first star with a two goal, one assist performance while Jonathan Huberdeau was named second star with three assists. Saint John’s top line of Huberdeau-Phillips-Coyle combined for three goals and five assists.

TIC-TAC-TOE: On the other side, Saint John shutdown Bathurst's top line of Zach O’Brien, Sebastien Trudeau and Matthew Bissonnette. The trio combined for a goal, two assists, and were all a -4. They couldn’t much of anything going when facing the Sea Dogs’ line of Huberdeau-Phillips-Coyle.

VS BATHURST: This was just the Sea Dogs’ second win against Bathurst this season in six tries. They are now 2-3-0-1 against the Titan this year while Bathurst is 4-2-0-0 against the Dogs.

This was also Saint John’s first win at the KC Irving Regional Centre this year. It was their final visit to Bathurst for 2011-12.

STREAK: The Sea Dogs are on a bit of a roll now having won three straight games. They are 6-3-0-1 in their last 10. During their three-game winning streak, Saint John has outscored opponents 15-5.

AUGER: It was another solid game for Sebastien Auger in the Sea Dogs’ crease. The netminder allowed two early goals but recovered nicely, making 30 saves in the win. 14 of those saves came in the third period.

The rookie goaltender has won both of his past two games, allowing just two goals on 60 total shots. He is now 8-2-0-2 with a 0.881 save percentage and a goals against average of 3.17.

NOTES: This was the Sea Dogs’ final game in Bathurst this regular season. The two play each other two more times but both of those games will be held at Harbour Station… rally towels were given out at the KC Irving Regional Centre… a Sea Dogs fan bus made the trip to Bathurst for this one… Jonathan Huberdeau and Zack Phillips were both a Saint John best +4… Phillips had five shots… Jason Seed and Jason Cameron both had three hits… Sean Girard had four hits for Bathurst… decent crowd of 1,988 fans on hand… Ian Saab served his first penalty since January 7. He fought Robert Davis in the second period.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: There are none because this is the year 1997.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs return to action on Thursday when they host the Moncton Wildcats at 7pm at Harbour Station. 

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