Recap: Sea Dogs lose 3-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Victoriaville 3

VICTORIAVILLE, QC - Olivier Houde's third period goal was the difference as the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2 on Thursday night at Colisee Desjardins.

Houde scored at 8:19 of the third period after a couple of sloppy plays with the puck by the Sea Dogs. Alexis Bourque and Justin Larose also had Victoriaville goals while Gabriel D'Aigle made 29 saves in the win.

The Tigres led 2-0 entering the third period but Saint John quickly tied it. On their first power play of the game, Zachary Morin beat D'Aigle from the circle at 4:34 to make it 2-1 and then, at even strength, Eriks Mateiko was able to poke the puck through the Tigres goaltender at 5:20 to tie it. Mateiko's goal was reviewed but was declared to be legal.

Shots were 13-4 in favour of Saint John in the third period.

Morin had a goal and an assist in the game. Charles-Edward Gravel made 21 saves in the win.

This was the first game of a three-in-three Quebec road trip for Saint John. They'll take on the Quebec Remparts tomorrow night.

LINEUP

Morin - Mateiko - Cross

Peddle - Dubé - Beveridge

Rozzi - Groulx - Miller

Reynolds - Schenk - Beaulieu

Tivey - Duhamel

Bilodeau - Mann

MacLean - Amyot

Gravel

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Reid Calder (healthy) and William Yared (healthy) along with defensemen Giuliano Caputo (healthy) and Cruz Scanzano (healthy).

NOTES: Sea Dogs head coach Travis Crickard remains away from the team due to the U17 World Challenge... defenseman Benjamin Amyot played his first game since Oct. 27... Nate Tivey had an assist, giving him 18 helpers in 18 games... Eriks Mateiko has 10 goals in 16 games... Zachary Morin had six shots... Saint John is now 5-4-0-0 on the road this season... the Tigres went 0/4 on the power play... attendance was 2,092.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Quebec Remparts at Centre Videotron tomorrow night at 8 p.m.