News & Notes From Saturday's Game

Some stuff from last night’s game…

• Nathan Noel scored his 13^th of the season in the first period. Alexander McQuaid picked up just his second point of the year on the goal thanks to a lovely pass he made.
• Noel, who went cold for a bit, now has goals in back-to-back games and four points in his last five. He was moved back to centre last night with Marcus Cuomo and Spencer Smallman on his wings.
• The big story of the game was the power outage of course which happened with just over six minutes gone in the second period. The lights went out at around 8:15 pm and play did not resume until around 9:56 pm. Fun times.
• There was 13:45 left in the second when play resumed and it was all Drakkar. They scored three goals in a 6:09 stretch to lead 4-1 after two. They out Saint John 25-7 in the period, tying them with Charlottetown for the most shots by any team in a second period this season.
• It looked like the Drakkar were going to hit the 60 shot mark but slowed down a bit in the second half of the third. They finished the night with 53 shots, tying them for the third most shots in a game by any team this season.
• Sea Dogs goaltender Sebastien Auger was the one facing all those shots. He set a new regular season career high for shots faced (53) and saves (49) in a game.
• Unlimited penalties. Baie-Comeau went 1-for-8 on the power play while Saint John went 1-for-9. Power probably went out because the clock couldn’t handle the penalties.
• Auger took a rare elbowing penalty in the second period. The goaltender now has eight penalty minutes on the season, two more than defenseman Will Thompson.
• Marcus Cuomo left the game in the third period after blocking some shots.
• The game ended at 11:14 pm and took four hours and nine minutes to complete.
• The attendance was 3,691. It was the third biggest crowd at Harbour Station this season.
• The Sea Dogs were without forwards Stephen Anderson (upper body), Joey Richard (shoulder), and Samuel Dove-McFalls (healthy) along with defensemen Michael Abbott (hand) and Thomas Chabot (healthy). Goaltender Antoine Landry also remains out with a lower body injury.
• According to News 88.9, Anderson was in the building last night. It’s still not clear when he’ll return to action.
• Big 2-1 win by Shawinigan in Sherbrooke last night. The Sea Dogs remain four points back of the Phoenix with two games in-hand while the Cataractes are just a single point back of Saint John.
• Baie-Comeau's win kept the Drakkar in first-place. They have now won seven straight games.

NOTES: Charles Hudon had a goal and an assist… first period was a little chippy but there were no fights or brawls or ejections like a usual Sea Dogs/Drakkar game… Hudon had nine shots… Felix Girard had three hits… Nathan Noel had four shots… Lukas Walter had two hits… Sea Dogs only won 25 off 66 faceoffs.

SN’s Three Stars

3. The News 88.9 power outage show music

2. Sebastien Auger

1. Saint John Energy

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Titan this afternoon at 3pm.