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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