POSTSCRIPT: Rocket 3, Sea Dogs 2

A collection of recaps from last night’s 3-2 Saint John Sea Dogs loss to the PEI Rocket…

Our recap. Saint John played host to The Million Acre Farm on Wednesday evening as the Sea Dogs faced off against the Rocket.

The Telegraph-Journal’s recap (paywall). Yan Pavel Laplante scored with less than five minutes remaining in regulation to lead the Prince Edward Island Rocket to a 3-2 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action in front of 4,738 fans at Harbour Station.

The Guardian’s recap. Yan Pavel Laplante scored the winner with five minutes to play in the third period as the P.E.I. Rocket beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2 Wednesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

News 88.9’s recap. Featuring Tim Roszell’s goal calls.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Yan Pavel Laplante scored with under five minutes left to play as the P.E.I. Rocket dropped the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Wednesday.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Yan Pavel Laplante put a dagger into the Saint John Sea Dogs as the PEI Rocket dropped Saint 3-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. The Wednesday game brought 4,738 fans to Harbour Station.

PEIRocket.com’s recap. Yan-Pavel Laplante broke a 2-2 tie late in the third period as the P.E.I. Rocket defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2 Wednesday night at Harbour Station.

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Connor Donaghey and Andreas Tsogkas along with defenseman Olivier LeBlanc on Wednesday night.

PRE-GAME: Before the game, Maxime Villemaire was named the Sea Dogs player of the month for February. Noah Zilbert was named the student of the month.

NO GOAL: At 7:10 of the first, Alex Micallef took a four-minute high sticking penalty. The Dogs couldn’t get much going until there was about 22 seconds left in the man advantage. Stephen Anderson sent a shot off the post that then went off Maxime Villemaire’s skate and in. It was called a goal, but after a video review, it was determined Villemaire kicked the puck in and was called off. Tough call.

SAAB: Following PEI’s first goal at 14:31, Ian Saab and Victor Provencher got into some rough stuff that saw Saab drop his gloves. The Saint John 20-year old got a roughing penalty and an “abuse of officials” misconduct. Provencher did not get anything.

FIRST: Sea Dogs were out shot 17-7 by the Rocket in the first. Sebastien Auger made some real good saves.

DUFFY: More history for Rocket forward Ben Duffy.

Duffy's assist has tied a franchise record with David Laliberte for most points in a season with 98!
— P.E.I. Rocket (@peirockethockey) March 6, 2013

Duffy is now tied with Halifax’s Jonathan Drouin for the league scoring lead with 98 points.

CURRIE: Josh Currie, who sits fourth in the league in scoring with 95 points, was held pointless last night. Currie was a +1 and had one shot. He also went 11/26 on faceoffs.

IZACKY: Jakub Izacky became the first Sea Dog to reach the 20-goal mark this season. He got the Sea Dogs on the board at 7:21 of the second. Izacky is Saint John’s active scoring leader with 34 points in 58 games.

LAPLANTE: Yan-Pavel Laplante, playing in just his 13^th game of the season, scored the game-winner at 15:24 of the third period. Laplante now has four goals and four assists this year.

POWER PLAY: Saint John’s power play didn’t look too good last night. They finished the night 0-for-8. PEI went 1-for-4.

VS PEI: The Rocket improved to 6-0-1-0 against the Sea Dogs this season while Saint John fell to 1-6-0-0 against PEI. The Sea Dogs and Rocket meet one more time this season on March 17 in Charlottetown. That is the final game of the regular season.

STANDINGS: So, Sherbrooke is now three points ahead of Saint John. Five games to go.

NOTES: With the Rocket changing their name to the Islanders next season, this was likely the final time the “PEI Rocket” played at Harbour Station… Matej Beran and Yan-Pavel Laplante each had six shots… Maxime Villemaire had two assists and was a +2… Jason Cameron had six shots… Villemaire had a team high five hits… Saint John out hit PEI 15-11... fitting that PEI played Saint John on the night Stompin' Tom died. RIP.

HIGHLIGHTS: Courtesy of SeaDogsTV.

OUT OF TOWN

Moncton 3 at Cape Breton 4 (OT)

Halifax 7 at Acadie-Bathurst 8 (OT)

Chicoutimi 2 at Blainville-Boisbriand 6

Rimouski 6 at Drummondville 4

Rouyn-Noranda 3 at Sherbrooke 6

Gatineau 1 at Victoriaville 4

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night at 7:30pm at Harbour Station. It is Saint John’s final home game of the regular season.