FINAL: Saint John 1, Shawinigan 7
SHAWINIGAN, QC - In their first of
three games in three days in Quebec, the Saint John Sea Dogs (25-16-1-6) were
in Shawinigan to face the Cataractes (27-18-1-2) Thursday
evening. The Cataractes continued their dominance over the Sea Dogs in
Shawinigan with a convincing 7-1 win.
The win was Shawinigan's fourth in a row
over Saint John at Centre Gervais Auto dating back to the semi-final of the
2012 Memorial Cup. Specialty teams played a significant role as Shawinigan
was 5/13 on the power play and also had a shorthanded goal to open
the scoring.
Alex Pawelczyk and Christophe Lalonde
each had two goals to lead the Cataractes to the win. Giovanni Fiore,
Anthony Beauvillier and Brandon Gignac added singles for Shawinigan while
Mathieu Joseph replied for the Sea Dogs.
In what is becoming a disturbing trend,
the Sea Dogs got off to a bad start. While shorthanded, Olivier Caouette
chipped the puck past a pinching Thomas Chabot, carried it into the Sea Dogs
end and slid a nice pass to a streaking Pawelczyk who deked Bishop and
backhanded the puck into the right corner at 2:53. Just over a
minute later, Lalonde corralled a loose puck in front of the crease and
snapped the puck past a fallen Bishop to make it 2-0. Shawinigan
outshot Saint John 18-5 in the first period.
On a power play at 4:07 of the second
period, Lalonde carried the puck in the Sea Dogs end, stopped along the
boards on the right wing and feathered a pass to Fiore in the slot, who fired
the puck over Bishop's glove to extend Shawinigan's lead to 3-0. On
another power play at 15:54, Pawelczyk scored his second of the night when he
carried the puck down the left wing and wristed a shot that fooled
Bishop on the short side. The Cataractes led 9-7 on the shot clock and 4-0
on the scoreboard.
The Sea Dogs finally got a puck
past Marvin Cupper just 37 seconds into the third when Adam Marsh
stole the puck just inside the Cataractes blue line, feeding Joseph in the high
slot who fired the puck into the top corner behind a screened Cupper. The
Sea Dogs were called for a series of penalties that led to three straight
five-on-three power play goals by Lalonde, Beauvillier and Gignac in the final
four minutes. Shawinigan had 15 shots against 10 for Saint John in the
third to lead in shots 42-22 overall.
Two goals 1:10 apart early in the first
period set the tone for the game.
SN PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Former Moncton Wildcat Christophe
Lalonde showed that he is still able to suck the Sea Dogs into penalties with
his trash talk and back it up, registering two goals and two assists. Mathieu
Joseph played a strong two-way game and was the only Sea Dog to score.
TWEET OF THE NIGHT
“@station_nation:
Sea Dogs currently being outshot 23-7.” pic.twitter.com/SwE3X99qV4
—
brent (@rightcoastbrent) January
30, 2015
STATS
NOTES
- The Cataractes returned to Centre Gervais Auto following a pair of successful outdoor games during the QMJHL 2015 Winter Classic in St-Tite, QC last weekend.
- With Sebastien Auger returning to the line-up, Blade Mann-Dixon was reassigned to the Valley Wildcats of the MHL. Auger was Alex Bishop’s backup on this night.
- Forward Juraj Siska (flu), forward Mark Tremaine (lower body injury) and defenceman Jakub Zboril (lower body injury) did not travel to Shawinigan with the Sea Dogs. Dan Del Paggio was the only healthy scratch for Saint John.
NEXT GAMES
The Sea Dogs travel to Drummondville tomorrow to face the Voltigeurs at 8 p.m. They then move on to Blainville-Boisbriand for a 5 p.m. start on Saturday.
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