Recap: Sea Dogs lose 10-7

FINAL: Halifax 10, Saint John 7

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - It was a wild Saturday night at TD Station.

The Saint John Sea Dogs erased 3-1, 6-3 and 7-6 deficits only to fall 10-7 to the Halifax Mooseheads. Halifax scored three times in the final 7:17 to secure the win. The Moose have now earned points in 19 straight games.

The Sea Dogs never led in the game and while they managed to keep coming back, it never quite felt like momentum was fully on their side.

Mooseheads captain Attilio Biasca recorded five goals and an assist to lead his team to victory. Markus Vidicek had two goals and two assists while single goals came from Evan Boucher, Mathieu Cataford and Zachary L'Heureux. Jordan Dumais had five assists.

Brady James allowed six goals on 30 shots in 46:31 of action. Mathis Rousseau allowed a goal on eight shots in relief.

Cole Burbidge recorded a hat trick for Saint John while solo markers came from Luka Benoit, Eriks Mateiko, Nicolas Bilodeau and Alexis Cournoyer. Brady Burns added three assists while Alex Drover had two.

Olivier Brideau played the entire game in net, allowing nine goals on 41 shots.

LINEUP

Burns - Burbidge - Reinhart

Mateiko - Reynolds - Elie

Thifault - Cournoyer - Drover

Laforge - Beaulieu - Benoit

Tivey - DesRoches

Akkouche - Cosman

Ianniello - Bilodeau

Brideau

Shingarov

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defensemen Vincent Despont (injury) and Jeremie Richard (injury) along with forwards Pavel Simek (injury), Harrison Ballard (injury) and Nathan Casey (injury).

CAREER NIGHT: Sea Dogs rookie forward Cole Burbidge recorded his first career QMJHL hat trick and a career best four points in the loss. This was Burbidge's first multi-goal game.

Cole Burbidge completes the hat trick!! 🚨🧢🚨🧢🚨🧢🚨#CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/vEne5Om2cP

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) January 22, 2023

BIG NIGHTS: The Sea Dogs were able to keep Jordan Dumais, the QMJHL's leading scorer, off the board on Friday night. The same couldn't be said for Saturday when Dumais posted five assists. While that was impressive, the night certainly belonged to Mooseheads captain Attilio Biasca, who recorded five goals and an assist.

That's a 5-goal game for Attilio as he seals it into the empty net.

10-7 Mooseheads | #GoMooseGo pic.twitter.com/Efjae6250z

— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) January 22, 2023

FIRST GOAL: Luka Benoit netted his first career QMJHL goal in the second period - and it came on a lovely passing play with Charlie DesRoches and Nico Laforge. The goal was also his first career QMJHL point.

His first as a Sea Dog and it's a BEAUTY! 🥳

Luka Benoit gets on the board early in the second. #CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/weyTibAJwc

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) January 22, 2023

SEASON SERIES: The Mooseheads are now 6-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs this season. The two meet twice more: once in Halifax (March 2) and once in Saint John (March 17).

NOTES: Alexis Cournoyer returned to the Sea Dogs lineup after being a healthy scratch on Friday... the Sea Dogs wore their black third jerseys... Cole Burbidge and Sam-Luca Thifault each had five shots... Attilio Biasca had nine shots... Josh Lawrence was held pointless... this was Saint John's final home game until Feb. 8... attendance was 3,039.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Bathurst to face the Titan on Friday at 7 p.m.