Our recap. The veterans came to play for the Saint John
Sea Dogs on Saturday night.
The Telegraph-Journal’s recap (paywall). The Saint John
Sea Dogs jumped back to .500 on the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season
wtih a 4-1 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in front of 3,881 fans at
Harbour Station on Saturday night.
The Canadian Press’ recap. At Saint John, N.B., Stephen
MacAulay scored twice and set up one more while Sebastien Auger stopped 25 shots
as the Sea Dogs (12-12-0) beat Cape Breton (7-15-5), which has dropped four
games in a row.
SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs and
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles met at Harbour Station as the Sea Dogs took the
contest 4-1 in front of 3,881 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action
Saturday night.
CapeBretonEagles.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
scored three times in the first period as they went on to down the visiting
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-1 in front of 3,881 fans on hand at Harbour
Station on Saturday.
MISSING IN ACTION: The Sea Dogs were without Mackenzie
Brown and Benjamin Hade due to injuries on Saturday. Healthy scratches were Steven Duda, Jason
Seed, Devon Oliver-Dares, Andreas Tsogkas, and Michael Mastrangelo.
VITO’S: The Sea Dogs paid tribute to the 1992 Allan Cup
champion Saint John Vito’s last night. They wore retro Vito’s jerseys for the
game. There was a pre-game ceremony with several players from the ‘92 Vito’s
team on hand. The Allan Cup (pictured) was also in the house.
FIRST PERIOD: Saturday’s first period was certainly Saint
John’s best opening frame in some time. Stephen MacAulay scored twice and
Jonathan Huberdeau added another to make it 3-0 Sea Dogs after 20 minutes.
Shots were 10-8 Dogs.
HUBERDEAU: With an assist on Saint John’s first goal,
Jonathan Huberdeau now has 144 career helpers which is the most by any Sea Dogs
player. He passed Michael Kirkpatrick’s team record. The Sea Dogs captain
finished the game with a goal and an assist to give him 33 points in 24 games.
He was also an impressive +4 last night.
GAGNE: Kevin Gagne scored one of the stranger goals you’ll
ever see in the second period. At 4:07, the veteran defenseman blasted the puck
past Eagles goaltender David Honzik and through the netting. Play continued,
but after a review, it was ruled a good goal. The 20-year old defenseman had a
goal and an assist in the contest to give him 19 points on the year.
CULEK: The newly acquired Jakub Culek has been playing
well for the Eagles. He scored Cape Breton’s only goal last night in the second
period. Since coming over in a trade, Culek has four goals and two assists in six
games.
HIGHMORE: Forward Matthew Highmore, the eighth overall
pick in the 2012 QMJHL Entry Draft, made his QMJHL debut for the Sea Dogs on
Saturday. He had missed all season after having off-season shoulder surgery. As
you’d expect, he didn’t play a whole lot. He finished the game with no shots
but did go 3-for-6 on faceoffs.
DUREPOS: 20-year old defenseman Pierre Durepos made his
season debut last night. He had yet to play this year due to injury. He certainly made an
impact quickly, helping setup both of Saint John’s opening two goals. He was a
+3 in the opening frame.
WELCOME BACK: Forward Spencer Smallman and defenseman
Jurij Repe also returned to the Saint John lineup after missing time due to
injuries. Smallman hadn’t played since October 12 while Repe had been out since
November 10. Smallman finished a -1 and recorded one hit while Repe had two
shots and a hit.
VS CB: This was the third meeting of the season and of the month between
the Sea Dogs and Screaming Eagles. Saint John is now 2-1-0-0 against Cape
Breton while the Eagles are 1-2-0-0 against the Dogs.
HOME: This was Saint John’s first home game since November
4 and just their second game at Harbour Station all November. Last night’s win was
their first home victory since October 28 against Chicoutimi. The Sea Dogs
improved to 6-5-0-0 on the home ice.
STANDINGS: Saint John got back to the .500 mark with the
win. They are now 12-12-0-0 which places them 13th overall in the
QMJHL and fourth in the Telus Maritimes Division.
NOTES: Olivier LeBlanc was injured in the first period
after being hit from behind but he did return soon after… Cape Breton defenseman
Gareth Nicholson recorded his first QMJHL point, an assist, last night… the
Screaming Eagles have now lost four straight… Loic Leduc was a -3… Bronson
Beaton had four shots… bit of a quiet game for William Carrier and Alexandre
Lavoie… Stephen Woodworth had four hits… only 10 of Cape Breton’s 26 shots were
considered dangerous… MacAulay, Huberdeau, and Ryan Tesink were all a +4… Kevin
Gagne had six shots… Oliver Cooper had four hits.
HIGHLIGHTS: Courtesy of SeaDogsTV.
OUT OF TOWN
Baie-Comeau 5 at Moncton 6
Sherbrooke 2 at Rimouski 1
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 6
Shawinigan 1 at Val-d'Or 4
Sherbrooke 2 at Rimouski 1
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 6
Shawinigan 1 at Val-d'Or 4
Photo: Vito's Facebook
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