Our recap. For the second straight game, the Saint John
Sea Dogs and Chicoutimi Sagueneens needed overtime to decide a game. This time,
it had a different result.
News 88.9’s recap. Featuring Tim Roszell’s goal calls.
SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Charlie Coyle scored in
regulation and again in overtime to lift the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 3-2 win
over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens Thursday.
The Canadian Press’ recap. Coyle cleanly won a draw, took
a pass at centre ice off his skate, drove around a defender on the left wing
and banged in his own rebound for his 13th goal of the playoffs.
Le Quotidien’s recap. Chicoutimi couldn’t connect on
their chances early in the game.
UniversHockey.ca’s recap. No Alexandre Beauregard for the
Sags again.
SN Live Blog Replay. #SirCharles
SERIES: Saint John now leads the best-of-seven semifinal
playoff series 3-1.
MISSING IN ACTION: The Sea Dogs were without forwards
Jason Cameron (healthy), Oliver Cooper (healthy), and Dylan McGuigan (healthy) along with
defenseman Spencer MacDonald (bicep).
Former Sea Dog Alexandre Beauregard did not play again
for Chicoutimi.
COYLE: Huge game for Charlie Coyle. The American scored
twice – including the overtime winner – and setup Saint John’s other goal in
the 3-2 win. He was a +3 and had six shots on goal.
Coyle now has 13 playoff goals which ties him with Nathan
MacKinnon and Christian Ouellet for tops in the league. His 28 playoff points are
also the most in the league.
After a hot start to the playoffs, Coyle has cooled off
in the goal scoring department. Last night’s markers were his first since Game
4 in Baie-Comeau.
2ND PERIOD MESS: The Sea Dogs dominated the second
period on Tuesday night, firing 24 shots on the Chicoutimi goal. But on
Thursday, they didn’t have the same dominance. Chicoutimi tied it at 1-1 at
6:38. The Dogs took a 2-1 lead at 7:21. The Sags tied it again 20 seconds
later. It was a wild frame that saw the Dogs outshoot the Sags 12-9.
Saint John has really struggled keeping leads in the past
two games. They quickly blew two leads in Tuesday’s third period.
OT: This was just the second time this post-season that
Saint John needed overtime to decide a game. They went to OT four times in last
year’s playoff run.
It was the 10th time in franchise history that the
Sea Dogs played an OT game in the playoffs. They improved their record to a
solid 8-2.
| Year | Round, Game | Opponent | Score | Scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Round 2, Game 6 | at Bathurst | 5-4 Win | Payton Liske |
| 2009 | Round 1, Game 1 | at Cape Breton | 5-4 Loss | Joey Haddad |
| 2010 | Round 1, Game 4 | at PEI | 2-1 Win | Tomas Jurco |
| 2010 | Round 4, Game 4 | at Moncton | 3-2 Win | Nick Petersen |
| 2011 | Round 2, Game 4 | at Victoriaville | 5-4 Win | Jonathan Huberdeau |
| 2011 | Round 3, Game 1 | vs Lewiston | 5-4 Win | Stephen MacAulay |
| 2011 | Round 4, Game 4 | at Gatineau | 4-3 Win | Ryan Tesink |
| 2011 | Round 4, Game 6 | at Gatineau | 3-2 Win | Alex Beauregard |
| 2012 | Round 3, Game 3 | at Chicoutimi | 5-4 Loss | Etienne Brodeur |
| 2012 | Round 3, Game 4 | at Chicoutimi | 3-2 Win | Charlie Coyle |
Coyle joined Payton Liske, Tomas Jurco, Nick Petersen,
Jonathan Huberdeau, Stephen MacAulay, Ryan Tesink and Alexandre Beauregard as
Saint John playoff OT heroes.
FACEOFFS: Saint John had a rough night in the faceoff
circle, winning just 22 of 64 draws for a 34% rating. Charlie Coyle won just six
of 23 draws.
GOALS: Jeremy Gregoire’s goal from last night via
HockeyProspect.com.
Charles Hudon’s goal.
RDS has game highlights over on their site.
PHILLIPS: Zack Phillips had two assists. He leads the
league in playoff assists with 19. He sits third in scoring with 25 points.
PRE-GAME: Former Sagueneens’ greats Guy Carbonneau, Marc
Fortier, Francis Verreault-Paul, and David Desharnais were honoured prior to
the game.
NOTES: Charlie Coyle had a Saint John high six shots…
Stanislav Galiev had a team high four hits… Christian Ouellet had five shots
for Chicoutimi… Andrew O’Brien had five hits… the Sags had 28 hits while the
Dogs had 17.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Sags on Saturday night
at 7:00pm at Harbour Station for Game 5. The Sea Dogs tweeted this afternoon
roughly 1,000 tickets remain.
Photo courtesy of UniversHockey.ca.
Photo courtesy of UniversHockey.ca.
Interesting that 9 of the 10 OT games have been on the road.
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