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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
A four-goal second period pushed the Sea Dogs to a 6-3 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders, ending a three-game losing streak and a six-game home losing skid.
The Sea Dogs allowed the first two goals of the game but slowly got back into it, trailing 2-1 after one. In the second period, Saint John's special teams came to life, scoring two power play goals and a shorthanded goal to go along with an even strength marker to take a 5-2 lead.
The Islanders controlled parts of the third period, outshooting the Sea Dogs 18-6 – but they could only beat Justin Robinson once. Angelo Fullerton iced the game with an empty net marker at 18:21.
Along with Fullerton, Olivier Groulx scored twice for Saint John while Dylan Rozzi, Alexander Donovan and Everett Baldwin all added solo markers. Robinson made 34 saves to earn his first win since Dec. 10.
Alexis Beaulieu scored twice for Charlottetown while Dylan MacKinnon netted his first goal as an Islander. Affiliate goaltender Hudson Bradley made 23 saves in the loss.
After a difficult first half – especially on home ice – this is certainly the second half start the Sea Dogs were looking for. We'll see what kind of momentum they can carry from this win.
LINEUP
Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan
Morin - Joseph - Gendron
Rozzi - Krayer - Yared
Héroux - Dubé - Gauthier
Vilen - Duhamel
Wasmer - Baldwin
Croteau - Drabczynski
Robinson
Courchesne
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Olivers Murnieks (IIHF World Junior Championship) along with defensemen Cameron Chartrand (injury) and Patryk Zubek (healthy).
NOTES: Defenseman Patryk Zubek was Saint John's final scratch... goaltender Justin Robinson made his first appearance since Dec. 13... the Islanders started affiliate goaltender Hudson Bradley in net. It was the first QMJHL appearance for the Amherst Ramblers netminder... the Sea Dogs didn't record a shot on goal until 4:45 into the opening period... Charlottetown's Alexis Beaulieu, who scored the game's first two goals, was playing in his first QMJHL game. He also had an assist... Robinson had an assist on Dylan Rozzi's first period goal... Everett Baldwin scored his first goal since Nov. 15... Olivier Groulx's shorthanded goal was Saint John's ninth shorty of the year, tying them for the league lead... Groulx had two goals and two assists... Dylan Rozzi and Alexander Donovan each had a goal and two assists... Baldwin had five shots... Donovan had four hits... Saint John entered the game with the league's worst home power play but went 2/4 in this game. Charlottetown went 1/6... attendance was 3,673, the largest home crowd of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
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