Recap: Sea Dogs lose 6-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Cape Breton 6

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SYDNEY, NS - The road woes continued for the Saint John Sea Dogs on Sunday.

The Sea Dogs once again fell into a 2-0 hole and could never bounce back, falling 6-2 to the Cape Breton Eagles at Centre 200. The two battled the night before as well where Cape Breton won 6-3.

Ben Cross and Mitchell Wagner scored Saint John's goals. It was a similar storyline to Saturday where the Sea Dogs fell into a hole early, managed to get back into the game but let momentum slip back into Cape Breton's favour.

Eric Young, who also played Saturday night, made 39 saves in the loss.

Saint John has now lost eight straight road games. With six games remaining, the Sea Dogs are two points back of the Gatineau Olympiques for the 16th and final playoff spot.

Cape Breton had goals from six different players: Cole Burbidge, Luke Patterson, Xavier Daigle, Romain Litalien, Brayden Schmitt and Cam Squires. Alexis Cournoyer made 30 saves in the win.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Yared

Morin - Dubé - Cross

Peddle - M. Krayer - Beveridge

Calder - Beaulieu - Wagner

Tivey - Mann

Bilodeau - Duhamel

MacLean - Amyot

Young

Bridgeo

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injury); forwards Dylan Krayer (injury) and Darien Reynolds (injury); along with defensemen Julien Bonnet (healthy) and John Lumsden (injury).

NOTES: Zachary Bridgeo of the Fredericton Red Wings was Eric Young's backup once again... Sea Dogs head coach and general manager Travis Crickard remains away on a scouting trip. Jeff Hansen ran the bench... Matteo Mann had five shots... Mitchell Wagner's goal was his first as a Sea Dog... Saint John went 0/3 on the power play while Cape Breton went 1/3... the Eagles had 14 or more shots in all three periods... this was Saint John's final trip to Cape Breton this season. The two meet twice more in Saint John... attendance was 2,550.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday at 7 p.m.