Sea Dogs win 2022 Memorial Cup

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are Memorial Cup champions.

The Sea Dogs captured junior hockey's most prestigious trophy with a 6-3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Wednesday night in front of a packed house at TD Station.

Vincent Sevigny, Cam MacDonald, Riley Bezeau, William Dufour, Josh Lawrence and Peter Reynolds scored for Saint John. Nikolas Hurtubise earned the win in net.

Mason McTavish scored twice for Hamilton while Jan Mysak added a solo marker. Marco Costantini took the loss in goal.

The Sea Dogs advanced to the championship game following a 2-0-1 record in the round-robin portion of the tournament. The team earned a bye straight to the final thanks to a 5-3 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday.

It's the second Memorial Cup championship for Saint John and first since 2011.

This was the fourth time the Sea Dogs had played in the tournament and the first on home ice. They lost in the semifinals in 2012 in Shawinigan and 2017 in Windsor.

This was the first time the Sea Dogs clinched a championship on home ice.

More to come...