Sunday, April 17, 2022

Recap: Sea Dogs win 6-0

FINAL: Saint John 6, Cape Breton 0
Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs
SYDNEY, NS - William Dufour made history in the Saint John Sea Dogs' 6-0 win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday.

Dufour, who scored twice, became the first Sea Dog to ever reach the 50-goal mark (scoring his 50th and 51st goals) and broke Jonathan Huberdeau's franchise record for points in a single season, registering his 106th and 107th points of the season.
The New York Islanders prospect scored both of his goals in a dominant opening frame for the Sea Dogs. Saint John led 4-0 after one with shots 20-8 in favour of the visitors.

Shots in the game ended 45-22 for Saint John. The Sea Dogs have now won eight straight games.

Raivis Ansons, Ryan Francis, Jeremie Poirier and Cam MacDonald also scored for Saint John. Philippe Daoust and Charlie DesRoches each posted a pair of assists. Thomas Couture made 22 saves in the shutout.

Remi Delafontaine allowed four goals on 20 shots in the opening frame. Nicolas Ruccia allowed two goals on 25 shots in the final two periods.

This victory was also a big one for the Sea Dogs in the standings. With the Acadie-Bathurst Titan losing, Saint John is now in sole possession of third place in the Eastern Conference with 84 points. Both the Sea Dogs and Titan have seven games remaining in the regular season.

LINEUP
Burns - Lawrence - Dufour
Trenholm - Daoust - Francis
Ansons - MacDonald - Bezeau
Picard - Reynolds - Blagden

Sevigny - Villeneuve
Poirier - DesRoches
Drapeau - Despont

Couture
Hurtubise

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Noah Patenaude (injury); defensemen Hunter Gartley (healthy) and Yan Kuznetsov (injury); and forwards Marshall Lessard (injury) and Jacob Chantler (healthy).

BACK OUT: After playing in his first game since March 9 on Thursday in Charlottetown, Yan Kuznetsov was back on the injured list. Goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise, meanwhile, returned after missing Thursday's game. Hurtubise backed up Thomas Couture in this game and will presumably start tomorrow afternoon's match.

DUFOUR: Scoring 50 goals in a single season: it doesn't happen every year.
BENCH DRAMA: Late in the third, there was some drama happening between the Sea Dogs and Eagles benches. Philippe Daoust, William Dufour, Ryan Francis, Sean Larochelle and Charles Savoie were all given unsportsmanlike misconducts. Could make for an interesting game on Sunday.
COUTURE: Thomas Couture continues to quietly post very good numbers. Couture is now 14-2 with the Sea Dogs to go along with a 2.05 goals against average and a .922 save percentage. This was his second shutout with Saint John.

STREAKS: The Sea Dogs have now won eight straight games overall and five straight on the road. Josh Lawrence had his goal scoring streak come to an end at five games. The Eagles have now lost eight straight games overall and six straight at home.

LAWRENCE: Speaking of Josh Lawrence, his assist on William Dufour's first goal was his 62nd helper of the season, tying Jonathan Huberdeau's franchise record for assists in a single season.

NOTES: William Dufour had six shots... with an assist on William Dufour's first goal, Vincent Despont picked up just his fifth point of the season... Saint John went 2/3 on the power play... Ryan Francis now has three goals and two assists against his former team this season... attendance was 1,434.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Eagles meet again tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.
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