About Last Night

Some stuff about some stuff about some former Sea Dogs…

• The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took a 3-2 lead in their semi-final series against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada with a 2-1 overtime victory last night. Valentin Zykov scored the winner at 2:55 of OT. This was the first game since the brawl between the two, meaning none of the regular goalies dressed along with a number of other players. Armada third string goaltender Storm Phaneuf got hurt, forcing Marc-Antoine Turcotte, who had never played in the Q, to finish the game. Ryan Tesink is eligible to return if the series goes to a Game 7. Game 6 is tomorrow.
• The AHL playoffs began last night. Zack Phillips had an assist as the Houston Aeros defeated Tomas Jurco and the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-0 in Game 1 of their first-round series. Phillips also had three shots while Jurco was a -1 with one shot.
• In the ECHL, Stanislav Galiev had two shots as the Reading Royals defeated the Florida Everblades 3-2 in overtime last night. Their second-round series in now tied 2-2. Galiev has three goals and six assists in nine playoff games.
• Former Sea Dogs defensemen David MacDonald and Charles-Olivier Roussel both last lost night as the Cincinnati Cyclones fell 4-2 to Gwinnett Gladiators. MacDonald, who played 60 games with Saint John in 2006-07, had two assists, two shots, and a +2 rating. Roussel was a +1 with two shots and two penalty minutes. That second-round series is tied 2-2 as well.
• Tonight, Jonathan Huberdeau plays his final regular season game of the year with the Florida Panthers. He enters action tonight with 14 goals and 14 assists in 47 games. He is tied with Edmonton’s Nail Yakupv and Ottawa’s Cory Conacher for first in points by a rookie with 28 and tied with Yakupov and Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher for most goals with 14. The Panthers play the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight.