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Ben Allison scored four goals - with the fourth being an empty netter - to lead the Titan to a rare road victory. Entering the game, Bathurst had just two road wins all season, tying them with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar for the fewest in the league.
Noah Ryan, Jacob Melanson and Dylan Andrews also scored for the Titan. Defenseman Ty Higgins had three assists. Sergei Litvinov made 33 saves in the win.
Bathurst scored two quick goals near the midway mark of the first period only to have Saint John storm back and tie the game before the frame ended. The Titan then scored twice in the second to lead 4-2. Pavel Simek connected at 7:55 of the third to make it a one-goal game, but any momentum gained from that ended when Allison completed his hat trick just 21 seconds later to make it 5-3.
Simek scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Connor Trenholm and Jared Cosman. Ventsislav Shingarov made 40 saves in the loss.
LINEUP
Burns - Trenholm - Cournoyer
Simek - MacDonald - Reinhart
Mateiko - Burbidge - Elie
Szczerba - Laforge - Beaulieu
Tivey - Cosman
Bilodeau - Despont
Akkouche - Welsh
Shingarov
Brideau
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise (injured); defenseman Charlie DesRoches (injured), Jeremie Richard (injured) and Jake Tracey (healthy); and forwards Peter Reynolds (injured) and Sam-Luca Thifault (injured).
FIRST FIGHT: According to HockeyFights.com, Jacob Beaulieu's second period tilt with Matthew McRae was Saint John's first fight of the regular season. The Quebec Remparts are now the only QMJHL team without a fight this season. The Titan lead the league with 10.
TRENHOLM: It's been a nice little stretch for Connor Trenholm, who now has two goals and an assist over his past three games.
Connor Trenholm picks up the rebound and gets the Sea Dogs on the board! 🚨#CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/5C6l9cfram
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) December 11, 2022
NOTES: The Titan were without forward Riley Kidney, who is in Moncton attending Team Canada's world junior selection camp... Sea Dogs goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise was out with an injury. He was pulled after allowing three goals on 10 shots in the first period on Friday against Moncton... both teams came out firing in the first period with shots 19-18 in favour of Bathurst... Ben Allison has scored five goals over his past two games... this was Gordie Dwyer's first regular season victory over his old club... this was Pavel Simek's first multi-point game... Simek had seven shots... attendance was 2,142.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are in Cape Breton on Wednesday night to face the Eagles at 7 p.m.
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