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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs remain perfect in extra time this season.
Egan Beveridge scored with one minute remaining in overtime on Friday at TD Station, giving the Sea Dogs a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Cape Breton Eagles. Saint John improved to 7-0 in games that go beyond regulation time.
It was a far from easy victory for the Sea Dogs. Still without Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle and three regular defensemen, the Sea Dogs grabbed a 2-0 lead early in the second period following an uneventful opening from.
But the tables quickly turned. The Eagles scored three times in the second to take a 3-2 lead heading into the third.
Cape Breton took a 4-2 lead at 6:30 of the third when Cole Burbidge scored on a power play. The Sea Dogs, who have been struggling in third periods, didn't mail it in. Florian Schenk scored at 10:55 to make it 4-3 and then, on a power play, Olivier Groulx picked the corner with a perfect wrist shot at 17:17 to make it 4-4.
With one minute remaining in the extra frame, Beveridge scored a goal similar to Groulx's, giving Saint John a 5-4 win.
Groulx scored twice for Saint John while Beverdige, Schenk and Zachary Morin netted singles. Charles-Edward Gravel made 33 saves in the victory.
Burbidge, Emile Ricard, Tomas Lavoie and Cam Squires all scored for Cape Breton. Backup goaltender Brandon Lavoie made 30 stops in the loss.
LINEUP
Morin - Groulx - Yared
Rozzi - Mateiko - Yared
Reynolds - Dubé - Cross
Calder - Schenk - Beaulieu
Miller
Tivey - Amyot
Bilodeau - Scanzano
Bonnet - Caputo
Gravel
Weeks
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injured/sick); forwards Tyler Peddle (injury) and Eriks Mateiko (injury); and defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injured), Matthew MacLean (injured) and Matteo Mann (injured).
NOTES: With Justin Robinson injured or sick, Evan Weeks of the NB/PEI under-18 league's Kensington Wild was Charles-Edward Gravel's backup. Robinson was run over by Moncton's Gabe Smith late in Sunday's game... captain Eriks Mateiko, who hasn't played since Nov. 29, took warmup but was Saint John's final scratch. He was listed as injured/sick... the Sea Dogs once again dressed three rookie defensemen (Cruz Scanzano, Giuliano Caputo and affiliate Julien Bonnet) due to injuries... it was the first of two "Christmas at the Station" games with the Sea Dogs sporting Christmas themed jerseys... this was Cape Breton's first visit of the season to Saint John... Zachary Morin has goals in four of his past six games... Scanzano picked up his second point of the season and first since Sept. 27... Benjamin Amyot also picked up his second point of the season and first since Oct. 20... Reid Calder and Will Murphy dropped the gloves in the third period... Dylan Rozzi and Nicolas Bilodeau each had two assists... Olivier Groulx had six shots...the Eagles went 2/3 on the power play while the Sea Dogs went 1/3... attendance was 2,742.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs play their final game of the first half tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. at TD Station against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
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