RECAP: Sea Dogs lose 9-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Drummondville 9

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - One of junior hockey's best teams looked very much like one of junior hockey's best teams on Thursday night.

The Drummondville Voltigeurs smoked the Saint John Sea Dogs by a final score of 9-2 at the Marcel Dionne Centre. The loss ended Saint John's modest three-game winning streak and keeps the team one point back of playoff position.

The Voltigeurs dominated the Sea Dogs, outshooting the squad 62-19. Saint John's two goals came in the third period when the score was already 9-0. There isn't much to say about this game other than the fact that Drummondville is simply a significantly better team than Saint John right now. These things happen.

Nicholas Girouard, Nicolas Guay, Joe Veleno and Gregor MacLeod all scored twice for Drummondville while Marc-Olivier Duquette added a solo marker. Anthony Morrone made 17 stops in the win.

William Poirier and Luke Wilson scored for Saint John. Zachary Bouthillier was left in for all nine goals against, facing 62 shots - which is tied for the third most allowed in a game in team history.

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SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Yohan Plamondon and defenseman William Villeneuve.

NOTES: Zachary Bouthillier faced a career high 62 shots... no Drummondville player had more than three points... this was the last meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Joe Veleno's Voltigeurs... the Volts have now won 10 straight home games... Nicholas Deakin-Poot now has points in seven straight road games.

NEXT GAME: Saint John's three-game Quebec road trip continues on Saturday night with a 7 p.m. match in Val-d'Or.