Recap: Sea Dogs win 5-1

FINAL: Saint John 5, Charlottetown 1

POWNAL, PEI - Coen Miller had a four-point night to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-1 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League pre-season win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday at the Pownal Sports Centre.

Miller scored twice and added a pair of assists in the victory. Reid Calder, Jeremie Richard and Darien Reynolds also scored. Calder and Benjamin Beaudry each had two assists as well.

Charles-Antoine Girard stopped all 13 shots he faced in the first half of the game. Luciano Ruggiero allowed a goal on 19 shots in the second half.

Logan Biser scored Charlottetown's lone goal, which came in the third period with Saint John up 5-0. Bradley Hudson made 23 stops in the loss.

The Islanders outshot the Sea Dogs 17-6 in the third period to carry a 32-28 advantage overall. 

This was the second half of a home-and-home between the two. On Tuesday, the Sea Dogs defeated the Islanders 4-1 in St. Stephen.

LINEUP

Calder - Miller - Beaulieu

Allen - Dubé - Beaudoin

Reynolds - Groulx - Lavalleé

Richard - Campbell - Beaudry

Bilodeau - Tardif

Caputo - Scanzano

Bonnet - Duhamel

MacLean

Girard

Ruggiero

NOTES: The Islanders dressed a few regulars, including Matthew Butler and Owen Conrad... Saint John dressed Will Allen again, who is on loan from the Islanders... Coen Miller had a team high four shots... after posting seven hits on Tuesday, Giuliano Caputo had four hits in this game... local Matthew MacLean assisted on Saint John's first goal... faceoffs were 36-36 and hits were 16-16... attendance was 360... these two meet twice more in pre-season play.

GAME REPLAY

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Fredericton's Aitken Centre.