Sunday, September 18, 2022

Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Bathurst 4
Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs
LAMÉQUE, NB
- The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped their final game of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's pre-season on Sunday.

Dominik Godin's goal at 11:46 of the third period put the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in front. Nolan Forster added an empty goal to give the Titan a 4-2 win over the Sea Dogs at Arena de Isles in Laméque, NB.

Forster scored a pair of goals for Bathurst while Godin and Noah Ryan added singles. Sergei Litvinov made 25 saves in the win.

Sam-Luca Thifault, in his Sea Dogs pre-season debut, and overager Marshall Lessard scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov played the entire game in net, making 28 saves in the loss.

This was the second of four straight meetings between the Sea Dogs and Titan. The two will play back-to-back games next weekend to open the regular season.

LINES
Burns - Cournoyer - Lessard
Simek - Reynolds - Elie
Thifault - Burbidge - Reinhart
Mateiko - Laforge - Beaulieu
Akkouche

Tivey - Cosman
Bilodeau - Despont
Richard - Tracey

Shingarov
Brideau

NOTES: Sea Dogs forward Cam MacDonald (Tampa Bay) and defenseman Charlie DesRoches (Carolina) are away at NHL rookie camps... with DesRoches away, the Sea Dogs only dressed two overagers: forwards Brady Burns and Marshall Lessard. Goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise did not dress for any pre-season games... Lessard, who is fighting for a roster spot, scored in all three pre-season games he appeared in... Peter Reynolds played in his first game of the pre-season. He had a Sea Dogs high four shots... Sam Luca-Thifault appeared in his first game with the Sea Dogs after serving a two-game suspension... Bathurst's Dominik Godin was given a misconduct in the second period for not wearing his mouthguard properly... this was the first time the Sea Dogs have played in Laméque. Attendance was 531.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Titan open the regular season on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.

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