FINAL: Bathurst 3, Saint John 4 (OT)
Thomas Chabot’s bomb from the point 2:39
into overtime gave the Sea Dogs a 4-3 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on
Friday night at Harbour Station, clinching Saint John a 4-1 series win and a
berth in the quarterfinals.
It was a back-and-forth first 40 minutes
with the game tied 3-3. But, even though they didn’t score, Saint John had a
dominant performance in the third period and that momentum carried over into overtime
Sam Povorozniouk, Luke Green and Matt
Murphy also scored for Saint John. Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 21 saves in the
win.
Bathurst’s goals came from Jeffrey
Truchon-Viel, Daniil Miromanov and Mark Simpson. Reilly Pickard made 42 stops
in the loss.
The Sea Dogs took their first lead of the
game at 6:44 of the second. Spencer Smallman carried the puck into the zone and
made a great feed to Green in the circle. The Sea Dogs defenseman, playing in his first game of the post-season, wired a wrist
shot top corner past Pickard.
29 seconds after Green’s goal, Miromanov
banged the puck past the pad of Turcotte to quickly tie things up at 2-2.
Miromanov ! @ABTitan @Max1049bathurst pic.twitter.com/S6FzIdrJuO— Jeff Long (@jeffatmax1049) March 31, 2016
Bathurst retook the lead at 12:56 with a
shorthanded goal. Following a neutral zone faceoff, Nicholas Blanchard
chased down the puck in the Sea Dogs zone and centred it for a wide-open
Simpson.
With 1:06 left in the period, Del Paggio
fed Murphy in front who beat Pickard to tie the match at 3-3 heading into
intermission.
The Sea Dogs dominated the third period,
outshooting the Titan 19-3. But despite the lopsided shot total, the game would
require overtime.
2:39 into extra time, Chabot fired a bomb
from the point that beat Pickard upstairs to give the Sea Dogs a 4-3 victory.
ChaBOOM. Sea Dogs win 4-3 in OT. Off to round two. pic.twitter.com/77Fo278MdA— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) April 2, 2016
NOTES
- The Sea Dogs were without defensemen Bailey Webster (upper body), Alex Bernier (upper body) and Vincent Martineau (healthy) along with forwards Adam Marsh (upper body), Nico Blachman (healthy), Cedric Pare (healthy) and Jordan King (healthy).
- Luke Green returned to the Sea Dogs lineup after missing the past five games (all four playoff games and the last match of the regular season).
- The Sea Dogs wore their black third jerseys once again. They are now 3-0 in the playoffs when wearing them.
- Former Sea Dogs forward and current STU Tommie Jason Cameron joined Tim Roszell on the radio broadcast during the first period.
- Not a single goal was scored in the opening minute of the game. Shocker.
- Mathieu Joseph was hurt early in the game and did not return. He was shown on the Rogers TV broadcast leaving the building on a stretcher, reportedly due to a cut on his leg.
- Former Sea Dogs president Wayne Long was in attendance.
- Mark Simpson’s shorthanded goal in the second period was his first career QMJHL playoff goal.
- The Titan only scored seven shorthanded goals during the regular season, the seventh fewest in the league.
- This will go down as the first game Joseph played in this entire season where he didn’t record a shot on goal.
- Payton Liske’s overtime goal eliminated the Titan from the 2008 playoffs – which was the last time these two met in the post-season.
- Saint John became the third team to advance to the QMJHL quarterfinals, joining Rouyn-Noranda and Gatineau.
TURNING POINT
A dominant third period gave the Sea Dogs
momentum heading into overtime, setting up Thomas Chabot’s goal just 2:39 in.
SN PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Thomas Chabot
Sam Povorozniouk
Daniel Del Paggio
TWEET OF THE GAME
Need win tonight @SJSeaDogs running out of ways 2 #DrawALine Florida style! We'll be listening @TimGRoszell #GoDogs pic.twitter.com/QI9XlwgFOv— Lisa (@NBMaritimes) April 1, 2016
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs will play their first game of
quarterfinals some time next week at Harbour Station against a
too-be-determined opponent.
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