News & Notes From Sunday's Game

Some stuff from last night’s game…

• It took less than five minutes for the Armada to build a 3-0 lead in the first. Goals at 2:26, 6:03, and 7:17 gave them a quick lead.
• Thomas Chabot’s first QMJHL goal was a memorable one. Chabot dumped the puck in off the glass from the neutral zone and Etienne Marcoux went behind his net to play it. But the puck hit a partition on the dump in and went into the open net.
• The goal extended Chabot’s point streak to six games.
• Some real questionable calls in this game. The Armada had three straight power plays to kick off the second period but couldn’t get much going on any of them.
• Samuel Hodhod and Nikita Jevpalovs each had two goals.
• Hodhod’s second goal was a beauty. He came down the wing and got around Alexander McQuaid so he could cut through the crease. He then slid the puck past a sprawled out Sebastien Auger to finish it off.
• Oliver Cooper apparently scored his goal using Kelly Bent’s stick.
• Ryan Tesink finished the game with no points, four shots, two hits, and two penalty minutes. He and McQuaid were going at it a bit in the first period.
• Bent and Saint John native Matthew Bursey fought in the third period. Heading back his bench, Bursey gave quite a yell/scream near the Saint John bench.
• The Armada’s penalty kill is second worst in the league and struggled a bit yesterday as well. Saint John went 2-for-5 on the man advantage.
• Saint John struggled to create scoring chances again yesterday. They had just 18 shots in the game with only eight of those considered dangerous. Shots were 13-2 in favour of the Armada in the third.
• 5,102 was the attendance. It was the largest crowd of the season at Harbour Station.
• Saw a couple fans wearing Fog Devils jerseys at the game. Never forget.
• The win moved the Armada into first overall in the QMJHL, one-point ahead of the Drakkar. The Sea Dogs remain in 16^th.
• The Sea Dogs were without forwards Joey Richard (shoulder), Stephen Anderson (upper body), and Lukas Walter (healthy) along with defensemen Michael Abbott (hand) and Jurij Repe (lower body). Goaltender Antoine Landry also remains out with a lower body injury.
• With Walter and Repe both out, Saint John dressed two 20-year olds and no imports.

NOTES: This was the final game of a three-in-three for both teams… the Armada swept their road trip, scoring five goals in each of those games… Oliver Cooper had three shots… Jeremy Doucet and Kelly Bent each had three hits… Nikita Jevpalovs had seven shots… Olivier LeBlanc was hurt in the second period and did not return.

SN Three Stars

3. Fans with the Fog Devils jerseys

2. Thomas Chabot’s first career goal

1. Samuel Hodhod

NEXT GAME: Saint John takes on the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday night at Harbour Station.