SN Staff
FINAL: Saint John 5, Moncton 1
The Saint John Sea Dogs traveled to the Moncton Coliseum
on Sunday afternoon to do battle with the Moncton Wildcats in front of 4,738 ‘Cats
and Dogs fans.
It seemed the Wildcats were taking mood lighting to the
next level as the rink continued to fill with fog after the players took to the
ice. It continued well into the second period as the heating system continued
to run in the Coliseum.
The goaltenders for the evening were Sebastien Auger for
Saint John and Alex Dubeau for Moncton.
FIRST PERIOD
At 3:47, Ryan Tesink and Jonathan Racine got into a
scuffle while Jonathan Huberdeau decided he needed a dance partner. Sure
enough, an unsettled dispute from Wednesday’s game would have him select
Moncton’s Patrick Downe. Ryan Tesink received two minutes for unsportsmanlike
conduct, two for roughing and two for playing after losing his helmet.
Huberdeau and Downe each received two for unsportsmanlike conduct. Danick
Edmond would also receive two minutes for interference.
At 7:56, the Sea Dogs went on the power play as Dmitri
Jaskin was sent to the box for slashing Sebastien Auger.
With less than four-and-a-half minutes left of the first,
Moncton returned to the penalty box as Ross Johnston was called for high
sticking.
Four minutes were handed out to Ryan Tesink at 19:32; two
minutes for slashing as well as two for interference. This would leave the Dogs
a man short at the start of the second period.
James Melindy’s unfortunate call, at the whistle, would
shorten that disadvantage as he was given two minutes for slashing. He’d have
to wait until the start of the second to serve it however as the first twenty
minutes of hockey came to an end and the teams left the ice.
Saint John was outshot 13-8 in the first period.
After a period of penalties, it would be Moncton that
pulled the first of the second period. Dmitri Jaskin was sent off the ice at
only 39 seconds in after being called for interference. This would come as a
big relief for Saint John’s already shorthanded team.
Jurij Repe went down after a crosscheck. He was helped
off the ice to get checked out.
Auger dropped to block a puck and although seemed to be
hurt, was able to get up again and continue playing.
Marcus Cuomo was taken down near the Saint John bench by
Mark Tremaine. Tremaine would send the Wildcats to the penalty kill with his
tripping call at 12:06.
Seconds later, Huberdeau would end Saint John’s power
play as he took a hooking call and headed to the box at 12:14.
Saint John fans were relieved to see Jurij Repe step back
out onto the ice and continue the rest of the game, seemingly no worse for
wear.
Penalties continued as Moncton Wildcat James Melindy sent
Stephen Anderson to the ice and was soon sent to the box with a two minute
tripping penalty.
Another scoreless penalty came to an end with Moncton
barely outshooting Saint John 11-10.
THIRD PERIOD
The Third period started off well for Moncton with Ryan
Penny scoring off his own rebound against Auger only 18 seconds into the
period.
The Sea Dogs would not let that goal go unanswered however.
Exactly one minute later, Jason Cameron, assisted by Devon Oliver-Dares and
Jakub Izacky, tied the game 1-1.
Soon after, Aidan Kelly was helped off the ice after
sacrificing himself to block a shot.
Jonathan Huberdeau did some fancy footwork and faster than
you could blink, gave the Dogs the lead of 2-1.
Dmitri Jaskin found himself in the box for the third time
in the game. This time for checking from behind.
Jonathan Huberdeau took a high sticking penalty at 5:49.
With frustration obviously starting to show, he also took a 10-minute, unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty.
Stephen Anderson added a goal to make it a score 3-1 Sea
Dogs thanks to an assist by Andreas Tsogkas. His goal came at 7:33.
Ryan Tesink grabbed a rebound at 9:06 and fired the puck
through Dubeau’s guard, increasing the lead to 4-1, and giving Saint John some
breathing room after that Huberdeau penalty. Devon Oliver-Dares and Oliver
Cooper each got an assist on Saint John’s fourth goal of the game.
Just seconds after the goal, Jason Cameron found himself
being sent off for hooking at 9:39.
There was no love lost between Devon Oliver-Dares and Kyle
Haas as both were escorted off the ice at 15:37 after a fight broke out. Final
tally on penalties for Haas for that fight were: an instigator, attempt to
injure, instigator – misconduct, instigator of a fight in final 5 min of
regulation time and finally, staged fight occurring before or following face
off.
Moncton went on a 5-on-3 power play as Olivier Leblanc
was sent off for tripping with only minutes left in the period.
Oliver Cooper would then wrap it all up with a pretty bow
as he scored Saint John’s 5th goal of the night into an empty net at 19:46.
That would make it a 5-1 final score.
NOTES: See Sea Dogs Postscript tomorrow on SN.
NEXT GAME: Saint John Sea Dogs play their next game on
Friday October 5th. Puck drops at Harbour Station at 7:30 pm.
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