News & Notes From Wednesday's Game

Some stuff from last night’s game…

• Due to injuries to Olivier LeBlanc and Jurij Repe, the Sea Dogs had to dress four rookie defensemen – Will Thompson, Thomas Chabot, Alexander McQuaid, and the recalled Bailey Webster.
• Noah Zilbert could have had a few more points in the first period thanks to two brief two-on-ones and a decent scoring chance that went wide. He scored Saint John’s first goal at 15:15 of the first on a power play thanks to a nice feed from the point by Will Thompson.
• Thomas Chabot’s assist on Zilbert’s goal extended his point streak to seven games. Impressive.
• Zilbert scored two goals in this game with both being assisted by Chabot and Thompson.
• Robert Steeves made a huge diving stop with his paddle on Jason Cameron in the second period. He also made a huge stop off of Matthew Highmore in the third period.
• Alexander McQuaid took three separate minor penalties in the second period, including one just seven seconds after stepping out of the box.
• It was pretty much all Gatineau for much of the first 40 minutes. Shots were 31-10 in the two periods combined. But Saint John didn’t pack it in and kept the game close. They turned it on in the third, outshooting Gatineau 12-6.
• Sebastien Auger’s stick got stuck in the boards behind the net in the first period.
• The Sea Dogs were able to keep Emile Poirier and Martin Reway both off the score sheet.
• The Sea Dogs were without forwards Stephen Anderson (upper body), Joey Richard (shoulder), and Kelly Bent (automatic one-game suspension) along with defensemen Michael Abbott (hand), Olivier LeBlanc (upper body), and Jurij Repe (lower body).
• Antoine Landry returned to the Sea Dogs lineup after missing several weeks with a lower body injury. He was Auger’s backup in this game.

NOTES: Bell Aliant gave out thunder sticks… Jean-Simon Deslauriers got upset in the second period… $2,521 went to the 50/50 winner… decent crowd of 3,070 at the game… Adam Stevens had five shots… Marc-Olivier Crevier-Morin had three hits… only three Gatineau players didn’t record shots… Oliver Cooper had four shots… Nathan Noel had four hits… Taylor Burke extended his assist streak to six games… the Sea Dogs have lost three straight home games.

SN Three Stars

3. Gatineau’s old orange jerseys – never forget

2. Noah Zilbert

1. Taylor Burke

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night at 7:30 PM AST at Harbour Station.