Our recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs traveled to Moose
Country on Saturday night for a rematch against the Halifax Mooseheads.
The Chronicle Herald’s recap. Star forwards MacKinnon and
Jonathan Drouin wowed the crowd with a combined four goals, including two
beauties on the rush in the first period from MacKinnon and a breakaway show-stopper
from Drouin in the second.
Metro Halifax’s recap. The Mooseheads mopped up the Sea
Dogs before a crowd of 8,583 at the Metro Centre, tying a franchise single-game
scoring record while turning the tables on a team that has dominated them for
the past three seasons.
News 88.9’s recap. Featuring Tim Roszell goal calls.
SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Sebastien Auger made 8
saves on 12 shots in the first 20 minutes before giving way to Alex Fournier
who made 18 saves on 25 shots in his Sea Dogs debut.
HalifaxMooseheads.ca’s recap. It was a party Saturday
night at the Metro Centre.
MISSING IN ACTION: Forwards Mackenzie Brown (knee),
Spencer Smallman (shoulder), Matthew Highmore (shoulder), and Stephen MacAulay
(AHL Camp) along with defensemen Pierre Durepos (hip), David Weckworth (knees),
and Kevin Gagne (AHL Camp) did not play for Saint John.
REMATCH: Well, all the animosity that started after the
final horn on Friday certainly didn’t carry over into this game. The Mooseheads
and Sea Dogs stayed away from the rough stuff as Halifax steamrolled Saint
John. The Moose improved to 2-0 against Saint John on the year. They don’t meet
again until December which might be a good thing if you enjoy watching close
hockey games.
FIRST: Well, the first period couldn’t have gone much
worse. Halifax led 4-0 after one and outshot Saint John 12-4. The Moose scored
twice on the power play, once while shorthanded and once at even
strength.
AUGER: Although he couldn’t do much with the goals he
allowed, Sebastien Auger got the hook for the first time this season. He
allowed four goals on 12 shots in the opening frame.
Auger was replaced by Alex Fournier to start the second.
Fournier’s QMJHL debut didn’t go so well as he allowed seven goals on 26 shots
in relief. Unfortunately for Fournier, he is now the owner of a 10.50 goals
against average to go with a 0.731 save percentage.
FRK: Martin Frk was tossed and will receive an automatic one-game suspension for a slew footing penalty he took in the first period. The
Sea Dogs got a five-minute power play but couldn’t get much going. Nathan
MacKinnon scored while shorthanded during the span, making it 3-0 Moose.
Here’s the little video of the penalty we have, courtesy
of HockeyFights.com.
SHOTS: Just how bad was it? If Saint John had scored on
every one of their shots on goal through two periods, the teams would have gone
into second intermission tied at 7-7. The Sea Dogs were outshot 38-17 overall after
they managed to get 10 shots on Zach Fucale in the third.
HUBERDEAU: Jonathan Huberdeau was the only Sea Dog who could get much going offensively for Saint John on Saturday. Huberdeau made it seven
straight games with a point and six straight games with a goal thanks to his
two-goal performance. Huberdeau now has eight markers on the season.
DUDA: Defenseman Steven Duda, who made his Sea Dogs debut
on Friday night at Harbour Station, recorded his first QMJHL point. He assisted
on Huberdeau’s first goal just 20 seconds into the third period. He also
registered three shots and a -2 rating on the night.
BIG THREE: Halifax’s big three came to play on Saturday
night. Goaltender Zach Fucale made 15 saves in the win, Nathan MacKinnon scored
three goals and added an assist, and Jonathan Drouin recorded a goal and two
helpers. MacKinnon was a +5 and Drouin a +4.
Drouin did not finish the game after leaving in the
second period with an upper body injury. Mooseheads general manager Cam Russell
told Metro Halifax that the injury is "not serious."
SHORTHANDED: With Nathan MacKinnon’s shorthanded goal in
the first period, the Mooseheads have now recorded six shorthanded goals in seven
games. Wow.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Despite the score, the Mooseheads only
scored two of their 11 goals on the man advantage. They were awarded three
power play opportunities. Saint John went 1-for-4 on the power play.
GOALS AGAINST: Entering last night’s game, the Sea Dogs
had given up just 13 goals all season and had scored 19. After last night’s
debacle, they now sport a -3 goal differential having been outscored 24-21 by opponents.
NOTES: Steven Duda had a Sea Dogs high three shots… Jason
Seed had three hits… Benjamin Hade was a -6… Olivier Leblanc was the only Saint
John player without a minus rating… Nathan MacKinnon and Luca Ciampini each had
three goals… Konrad Abeltshauser had four assists… MacKinnon was a team best +5…
Trey Lewis had four hits… the Mooseheads tied their franchise record for goals
in a game… it’s been some time since the Sea Dogs got destroyed like this. They
did lose a game 7-0 last year… the Sea Dogs have
allowed 12 goals in a game twice, which is the team record for goals against in
one game.
MOORE: Here's John Moore's Nathan MacKinnon recap.
OUT OF TOWN
Moncton 7 at Baie-Comeau 4
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Chicoutimi 1
P.E.I. 6 at Shawinigan 1
Victoriaville 1 at Drummondville 2 (OT)
Blainville-Boisbriand 1 at Gatineau 2
Rimouski 2 at Quebec 7
Cape Breton 5 at Val-d'Or 3
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs head to PEI to battle the Rocket
on Wednesday at 7pm.
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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