RECAP: Sea Dogs beat Islanders in SO

FINAL: Charlottetown 2, Saint John 3 (SO)

By Kevin Chambers | SN Staff

SAINT JOHN  - The Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the Charlottetown Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Friday night at Harbour Station.

The exhibition contest was likely the Sea Dogs’ final home game before several players make their way to NHL training camps. The game also featured a large audience thanks to the Sea Dogs offering free tickets for the match - which sold out relatively quickly.

It didn’t take long for new Sea Dog Chase Stewart to make a big impression, taking on Trevor Stacey in a heavyweight tilt and knocking the Islanders’ lid off with some heavy punches. The Sea Dogs would strike first when Bokondji Imama powered a wrist shot past Blade Mann-Dixon, sending Saint John to the dressing room with a 1-0 advantage.

The Islanders would even things up at 1-1 at the 3:29 mark of the second period off the stick of newly acquired Pascal Aquin. That would be all the scoring in a tight checking middle period of play.

The Islanders would strike first in the third, giving the visitors their first lead of the game at 11:51 when Cody Donaghey’s wrist shot deflected in front of Alex Bishop and found its way into the back of the net. The lead was short lived however as Joe Veleno caught a pass in the slot and went bar-down on Mann-Dixon just 46 seconds later. That would be all the scoring in regulation time and, after overtime solved nothing, the game went to a shootout.

In the shootout:

Joe Veleno was stopped

Filip Chlapik was stopped

Nathan Noel rung a shot off the post

Cody Donaghey missed the net

Zach Grzelewski scored on a wrist shot

Kameron Kielly missed the net

NOTES

• Scratches for the Sea Dogs were Matt Green, Mathieu Joseph, Oliver Felixson, Vincent Martineau, Alexander Vdovenko and Dan Del Paggio. Thomas Chabot and Jakub Zboril were also out of the lineup.
• Scratches for the Islanders Jake Barter, Matthew Grouchy and Jake Coughler.
• Spencer Smallman celebrated his 20th birthday.
• Former Sea Dog netminder Blade Mann-Dixon played for the Islanders.
• Chase Stewart played in his first QMJHL game.
• More than a few people took free tickets and didn’t attend.

@SJSeaDogs @station_nation shame on those who took tickets and left the seats empty #godogsgo pic.twitter.com/keWo2IWQHG

— Marla MacDonald (@MarlaMac0920) September 9, 2016

SN THREE STARS

Boko Imama

Alex Bishop

Cody Donaghey

NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs are in Charlottetown on Saturday night to face the Islanders at 7 p.m. at Eastlink Centre.