FINAL: Moncton 7, Saint John 0
By Tim Lumsden
SN Staff
Saint John returned to Harbour Station for their second
game of the weekend on Sunday afternoon. They faced off against the Moncton
Wildcats.
Sebastien Auger took net for the Sea Dogs while Alex
Dubeau skated out as Moncton's goaltender.
FIRST PERIOD
Penalties started early for Saint John as Jason Cameron
took an early interference penalty at 1:48.
8:55 saw some excitement as the gloves were dropped and
Kyle Haas and Justin Dickinson each headed to the box to serve five for
fighting.
It was fast paced first period with Saint John getting
the better of the scoring chances. Shots were 13-8 in favour of Saint John.
SECOND PERIOD
Ross Johnston kicked off the second period with a
Wildcats goal at 1:44. That made it 1-0 Moncton.
Next came Oliver Cooper's very questionable kneeing
penalty where he also received a game misconduct. Fans in Saint John were quite
loud in response to that one as Jonathan Narbonne had to be helped off the ice
only to return a few moments later. Noah Zilbert also skated off with Cooper at
the 2:34 mark. His penalty was for high sticking.
Phillip Danault scored the second Wildcats' goal at 3:17
followed by Christophe Lalonde at 4:33. That quickly made it 3-0 Wildcats.
With the third Moncton goal, Maxime Villemaire headed to
the box for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Alex Saulnier scored the fourth ‘Cats goal at 5:06. 4-0
Moncton.
Ivan Barbashev headed to the box at 5:57 for holding.
The score rose to 5-0 with Ryan Penny's goal at 8:38.
James Melindy was sent off for interference at 10:36.
The disastrous second period ended with shots in favour
of Moncton, 13-3.
With the clock ticking just 23 seconds into the third,
Alex Saulnier put the 6th Moncton goal on the board.
Tensions finally erupted as Ian Saab and Dmitrij Jaskin
were sent off for roughing, with Saab serving four minutes at 5:41.
Yannick Veilleux and Maxime Villemaire roughed it up at
9:16. This time Moncton served the four minutes.
Alex Saulnier was sent off to serve a holding penalty at
14:33.
Ian Saab reluctantly went to the box for roughing with
only 1:06 left in the period. Ross Johnston scored the 7th goal at 19:25,
making it 7-0 Moncton.
Total shots on goal were 37-23 in favour of Moncton.
The Wildcats went 4-for-7 on the power play while the Sea
Dogs went 0-for-4.
NOTES: See Sea Dogs Postscript tomorrow on SN.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs head to Cape Breton on Tuesday to
take on the Screaming Eagles. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.
Another blowout, season can't end soon enough.
ReplyDeleteScore not reflective of effort made by Sea Dogs against a well stocked Moncton team. But for the 10 disastrous minutes in the 2nd period the players did all they could. Either be a true fan and understand the cycles of Junior hockey or don't bother jumping on the bandwagon when the wins start coming again. Sea Dogs have had more success than many teams fans could ever hope for. Go Sea Dogs Go!
ReplyDeleteThere can be no question the the acadamy award for best duping of a ref and diving above and beyond the call of duty goes to #15 Jonathon Narbonne for his performance in the second period.
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