Recap: Sea Dogs lose 6-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Shawinigan 6

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SHAWINIGAN, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs simply couldn't stay out of the penalty box in a 6-2 loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday.

The Cataractes scored three power play goals on 10 opportunities and another during some four-on-four play in the victory. Shawinigan entered the game with the league's second worst power play.

Natan Ethier, Alexis Bonfon, Isaac Menard, Angus Booth, William Veillette and Lorenzo Canonica scored for Shawinigan. Mathis Cloutier had three assists while Jordan Tourigny had two. Antoine Coulombe made 21 saves in the win.

Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Nikolas Hurtubise made 19 saves in the loss.

Saint John trailed 3-0 after the first period but got off to a good start in the second, scoring an early goal to get back within two. But the constant trips to the penalty box made it impossible for the team to maintain any momentum.

The Sea Dogs have now dropped three straight games overall and are 0-4 in games played in Quebec this season. They have two more games remaining on this Quebec road trip.

LINEUP

Burbidge - MacDonald - Reynolds

Burns - Trenholm - Elie

Thifault - Mateiko - Szczerba

Simek - Cournoyer - Reinhart

Tivey - DesRoches

Bilodeau - Cosman

Akkouche - Despont

Hurtubise

Shingarov

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Olivier Brideau (healthy); defensemen Jeremie Richard (injury) and Jake Tracey (healthy); and forwards Nico Laforge (injury) and Jacob Beaulieu (healthy).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs' forward lines had a major shakeup for this game... forward Tomasz Szczerba returned from injury, playing in his first game since Oct. 8... there was a delay in the third period due to an equipment issue with Nikolas Hurtubise... Peter Reynolds scored his first goal since Oct. 23... Brady Burns had four shots... attendance was 2,326.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs continue their road trip tomorrow night in Drummondville, facing the Voltigeurs at 8 p.m.