Recap: Sea Dogs lose 8-0

FINAL: Saint John 0, Moncton 8

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

MONCTON - It was another meeting between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Moncton Wildcats that went pretty much as expected.

The Wildcats grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, cruising to an 8-0 win over the Sea Dogs on Saturday at Avenir Centre. It was the 12th straight win for the CHL's top-ranked team, who have already clinched first overall in the QMJHL standings.

Moncton outshot Saint John 48-17 and controlled the entire game. The league credited the Sea Dogs with just three dangerous shots – and it felt like it. The Wildcats' impressive defense was on full display.

Alex Mercier led the way for the Wildcats with a hat trick and two helpers. Julius Sumpf, Maxime Côté, Juraj Pekarcik, Gabe Smith and Caleb Desnoyers also scored. Mathis Rousseau stopped all 17 shots he faced in the shutout win.

Eric Young allowed five goals on 28 shots through the first two periods. Justin Robinson played the third and allowed three goals on 20 shots.

With the loss, the Sea Dogs remain three points back of the Gatineau Olympiques and Halifax Mooseheads, who own the final two playoff spots. Gatineau lost on Saturday while Halifax did not play.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Morin

Peddle - Dubé - Cross

Calder - M. Krayer - Beaulieu

MacLean - Leard

Tivey - Mann

Bilodeau - Duhamel

Lumsden - Amyot 

Bonnet

Young

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Egan Beveridge (injury), Dylan Krayer (injury), Darien Reynolds (injury), Mitchell Wagner (injury or sickness) and William Yared (injury or sickness).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs were missing five forwards, forcing defenseman Matthew MacLean to play a third straight game as a forward and the calling up of affiliate forward Jonah Leard from the MHL's Grand Falls Rapids... captain Nate Tivey was listed as a scratch due to injury/illness earlier in the day but did play... goaltender Justin Robinson started the game as Eric Young's backup and took over in the third period. It was the first time Robinson dressed for a game since Feb. 20 due to injury... head coach and general manager Travis Crickard returned behind the bench after being away on a scouting trip for a couple weeks... Matthew Krayer and Olivier Duhamel each had three shots... faceoffs were 37-21 in favour of Moncton... shots were 20-5 Moncton in the third period... this was Moncton's third shutout win of the season over the Sea Dogs... this was the final meeting of the year between the Sea Dogs and Wildcats. Moncton won the series, going 6-1-1-0... attendance was 6,162. A Sea Dogs fan bus traveled to the game.

Some new gear for Eric Young. pic.twitter.com/gaq2rDIijH

— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) March 15, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs play their final road game of the regular season tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in Charlottetown.