RECAP: Sea Dogs lose 8-1

FINAL: Saint John 1, Baie-Comeau 8
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BAIE-COMEAU, Que. - In a game seen by very few people, the Saint John Sea Dogs were blown out for a third straight match.

With the QMJHL webcast unavailable, only the 1,742 in attendance at the Henry Leonard Centre saw the Sea Dogs drop their ninth straight game, this one by score of 8-1 to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

Saint John has now given up eight or more goals in each of their past three games. They have been without rookie defensemen Charlie DesRoches, William Villeneuve and Jeremie Poirier for each of those games due to the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and goaltender Alex D'Orio for the past two due to injury.

William Poirier scored Saint John's lone goal in what was the second game of a six-game road trip through Quebec. Stewart Bagnell made his first start of the season and allowed six goals on 31 shots before being pulled in the third period. Tommy DaSilva allowed two goals on 10 shots in relief.

Ivan Chekhovich scored four goals to lead the Drakkar to victory. Yaroslav Alexeyev added two goals while singles came from Christopher Benoit and Tyler Hylland. Justin Blanchette made 29 stops in the win.

The Drakkar led just 1-0 after one but exploded from there. They added three goals in the second and four in the third in the win.

LINEUP

Here is this afternoon's lineup for your #SJSeaDogs brought to you by @CantrburyDental #AlwaysWearYourMouthGuard

Plamondon - Boucher - Cajkovic
W.Poirier - Prikryl - Burt
MacIntosh - Burns - Jacob
Clark - Wilson - Mason

(1/2)

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) November 3, 2018

Campoli - Larose
Higgins - Gallant
Sibley - Kakouras
Musico

Stewart Bagnell expected to start today

(2/2)

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) November 3, 2018

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Alex D'Orio (injured); defensemen Charlie DesRoches (U-17s), Jeremie Poirier (U-17s), William Villeneuve (U-17s) and Patrick Musico (healthy); along with forwards Josh Lawrence (U-17s), Nicholas Deakin-Poot and James White.

NOTES: Alex D'Orio did not dress for the second straight game... Christian Clark made his QMJHL debut. He finished a -3... this was also the third straight game the Sea Dogs have had to pull their goaltender... William Poirier has goals in back-to-back games... Saint John still has yet to win a road game this season.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs' road trip continues on Sunday with the team taking on the Sagueneens in Chicoutimi at 5 p.m.