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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
Saint John recorded just 11 dangerous shots in a 3-0 loss to the Charlottetown Islanders at TD Station. This was the fifth time this season the Sea Dogs have been shutout and the second time in the past four games.
Ross Campbell, Matthew Butler and Simon Hughes all scored for Charlottetown. Donald Hickey made 27 saves to earn his first career QMJHL shutout.
Charles-Edward Gravel made 29 stops on 30 shots in the first two periods. Justin Robinson played the third period and was busy, allowing a goal on 14 shots. Robinson was named the game's third star for his relief appearance.
Saint John's continued offensive struggles were, like Sunday's loss to the Halifax Mooseheads, complimented with some lapses in the defensive end, which led to several odd man rushes for the Islanders. The Sea Dogs have plenty to work on ahead on Sunday's home game.
The Islanders grabbed a 1-0 lead at 6:29 of the first when Campbell banged in a rebound. Charlottetown had a couple of other excellent chances in the opening frame – which included missing a wide open net on a power play – but only led by one after one.
In the second, Saint John generated some pressure on a power play but continued to struggle at getting pucks on net. The Sea Dogs had 11 shots in the middle frame but gave up 17 – including a couple dangerous odd man chances.
At 16:03 of the third – and not long after the Islanders made some contact with Robinson – Butler scored his 12th of the season to give Charlottetown a 2-0 advantage.
The Sea Dogs pulled Robinson in the final couple minutes. Hughes iced the game with an empty net goal at 19:10.
LINEUP
Morin - Groulx - Yared
Rozzi - Beveridge - Peddle
Reynolds - Dubé - Cross
M. Krayer - D. Krayer - Beaulieu
Tivey - Amyot
Bilodeau - Mann
Lumsden - MacLean
Gravel
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Reid Calder (healthy) and Mitchell Wagner (healthy) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury) and Julien Bonnet (healthy).
NOTES: It was "Style & Flow Night" at TD Station with TikTok star Coach Chippy in attendance. The Sea Dogs wore themed jerseys for the game... Coach Chippy was also behind the bench with Saint John's other coaches for the first period... forward Dylan Krayer made his QMJHL debut, playing on Saint John's fourth line with his brother, Matthew... defenseman Matthew MacLean returned from injury, playing his first game since Nov. 30... Charles-Edward Gravel didn't play the third period and was not on the bench... former Sea Dogs forward Pavel Simek made his Islanders debut, recording seven shots... Elliot Dubé had four shots... faceoffs were 38-27 in favour of Charlottetown... Saint John went 0/4 on the power play... this was Charlottetown's final visit of the season to Saint John... attendance was a season high 4,416.
And Coach Chippy is indeed behind the Sea Dogs bench. This is different. https://t.co/S96mbh24g5 pic.twitter.com/723Ml5xDst
— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) January 17, 2025
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Quebec Remaprts on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at TD Station.
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