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| Shane Wilkie/Cape Breton Eagles |
SYDNEY, NS - Everett Baldwin scored the first two goals of his Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League career to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 4-0 win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Wednesday.
The Tampa Bay Lightning prospect scored in the first and second periods to help the Sea Dogs end a three-game losing streak. Zachary Morin and Matthew Krayer also scored in the win.
Rafaël Courchesne stopped all 26 shots he faced in the shutout. The rookie netminder left the game briefly in the third period, forcing Justin Robinson to play 1:32. This was Saint John's first shutout of the season.
The game was certainly an improvement from Saint John's two weekend losses in St. John's, which were full of defensive lapses and an offense that struggled to generate many quality chances. The goaltending, obviously, had a much better night as well.
Felix Hamel made 25 saves in the loss.
The Sea Dogs may have caught the Eagles at a good time as the squad is missing a few key regulars due to injuries. This was Cape Breton's fourth straight loss.
LINEUP
Morin - Murnieks - Donovan
Fullerton - Yared - Rozzi
Krayer - Groulx - Beveridge
Dubé - Beaulieu
Vilen - Duhamel
Wasmer - Chartrand
Zubek - Baldwin
Drabczynski
Courchesne
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexis Joseph (U17 World Challenge), Alexis Gauthier (healthy) and Natan Éthier (healthy) along with defenseman Vincent Croteau (healthy).
NOTES: There was a Remembrance Day ceremony held before the game... former Eagles forward Angelo Fullerton, playing at Centre 200 as a visitor for the first time, took part in the ceremonial faceoff... a video tribute for Fullerton was played during the second period... the Sea Dogs went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Alexis Gauthier the final scratch... overage forward Natan Éthier was a healthy scratch for a second straight game... the Eagles were without three key players due to injuries: Tomas Lavoie (groin), Eliot Litalien (lower body) and Will Murphy (upper body)... Everett Baldwin's first period goal was his first in the QMJHL. He also had six shots and was a +3... Zachary Morin's goal ended a five-game pointless streak. It was also Saint John's third shorthanded goal of the season... only three penalties were called in the game... Patryk Zubek recorded his first QMJHL point, an assist on Matthew Krayer's third period goal... Jacob Beaulieu record his first point of the season... Matthew Krayer had a goal and an assist... Elliot Dubé had two assists... hits were 23-13 in favour of Saint John... attendance was 2,250.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Eagles meet again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Centre 200.
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