A collection of recaps from last night’s 2-1 Saint John
Sea Dogs win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan…
Our recap. Saint John fans rocked the Station on Friday
night as the Sea Dogs went head to head with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan for the
Port City’s last home game of the regular season.
The Telegraph-Journal’s recap (paywall). Saint John Sea
Dogs goaltender Sebastien Auger has saved 40 or more shots on 10 occasions this
season. On Friday night, in front of a sold-out crowd of 6,488 fans at Harbour
Station, he did it again, stopping 44 of 45 shots.
News 88.9’s recap. Featuring Tim Roszell’s goal calls.
The Canadian Press’ recap.
SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
sent the sellout crowd of 6,488 home happy with a 2-1 victory over the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Friday’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
SCRATCHES: Sea Dogs scratches were defensemen Jeremy
Doucet (healthy) and Michael Abbott (healthy) along with forward Mackenzie
Brown (healthy).
PRE-GAME: The loudest cheer in Harbour Station this season came at
the end of the Sea Dogs’ into video that was set to the tune of Stompin’ Tom’s “The
Hockey Song.” Very nice stuff.
Also, there was a ceremony to honour Saint John’s three
20-year old players: Maxime Villemaire, Ian Saab, and Pierre Durepos. Each was
given their jersey by team president Wayne Long along with a scrapbook. Durepos
got a long and loud standing ovation.
What a great night! Thank you Fans for the great ovation before the game, a moment I will never forget! Great win as well! #SeaDogs
— Pierre Durepos (@Durepos23) March 9, 2013
Some true fans here tonight!!!! twitter.com/jasmine_ylandr…
— Jasmine.Landry (@jasmine_ylandry) March 9, 2013
FIRST: It was fairly even and quick first period with
shots 16-10 in favour of the Titan. Dangerous shots, according to the league
website, were 5-5. It was scoreless after 20 minutes.
BIG KILL: At 15:10 of the second, Maxime Villemaire took
a goaltender interference penalty. Then three seconds later, Pierre Durepos
took a slashing penalty, giving Bathurst a long five-on-three power play. The
Titan had plenty of pressure on but the Dogs, led by Sebastien Auger, killed it
off.
ZDRAHAL: Patrik Zdrahal opened the scoring at 7:02 of the
second period. It was the import forward’s 17th goal of the season.
The marker also extended his goal streak to four straight games.
VILLEMAIRE: Stephen Anderson tied the game at 8:05 of the third,
setting up for Maxime Villemaire to net the game winner at 13:04. The Saint
John 20-year old now has 11 goals and 10 assists in 25 games.
AUGER: Sebastien Auger was unreal again last night,
making 44 saves for the win. The netminder improved to 22-29-1-0 on the year
with a 3.29 GAA and 0.908 SV%. What a season he’s having.
KELLY: Former Sea Dogs forward Aidan Kelly made his
return to Harbour Station on Friday night. He had no shots, an even rating, and
had one hit.
HOME RECORD: The Sea Dogs will finish the season with a
13-21-0-0 record at home. They were outscored 115-80 in their 34 home games.
ATTENDANCE: Sell out crowd of 6,488 watched the game. It
was Saint John’s first and only capacity crowd of the regular season and first
since Game Two of last year’s President’s Cup Final. The Dogs finished the
season with an average attendance of 3,992 fans per game.
VS TITAN: This was the final meeting of the regular
season between the two. The Sea Dogs finished the year with a 4-4-0-0 record
against the Titan while Bathurst finished with a 4-3-1-0 record against Saint John.
STANDINGS: With Saint John winning and Sherbrooke losing,
the Sea Dogs are now just one-point back of the 15th-place Phoenix.
Each team has four games left in the regular season. Sherbrooke takes on
Baie-Comeau today.
NOTES: The Sea Dogs wore their black third jerseys… noise
makers/clapper things were handed out at the door… Scotiabank board ad behind
the Titan shoot twice has taken a beating in the second half… Randy Cameron
took part in an intermission contest… Marc-Olivier Brouillard was a -2… Adam
Stevens and Aidan Kelly were the only Titan players without shots… Raphael
Lafontaine had three hits… Steven Duda, Ian Saab, and Jurij Repe were the only
Sea Dogs without shots… Marcus Cuomo, Jason Cameron, and Maxime Villemaire each
had five hits… Sea Dogs captain Pierre Durepos gave a short speech to the
Harbour Station crowd after the game... $11,361 went to the 50/50 winner.
HIGHLIGHTS: Courtesy of SeaDogsTV.
OUT OF TOWN
P.E.I. 6 at Cape Breton 0
Moncton 1 at Halifax 3
Chicoutimi 7 at Sherbrooke 2
Quebec 5 at Victoriaville 3
Baie-Comeau 2 at Blainville-Boisbriand 4
Shawinigan 5 at Drummondville 3
Val-d'Or 7 at Gatineau 8 (SO)
Rouyn-Noranda 4 at Rimouski 3
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are in Sydney to battle the
Screaming Eagles on Sunday afternoon at 4pm.
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