Playing the makeup match for the now infamous Classified game, rookie Joshua Roy scored for a fifth straight contest and Noah Patenaude made 35 stops to lead the Sea Dogs to a 2-1 victory over the Mooseheads.
The win pushed the Sea Dogs back to the .500 mark with a 29-29-1-0 record with nine games to play.
Roy opened the scoring at 2:02 of the first, finishing off a nice passing play with Brady Burns and Maxim Cajkovic. Charlie DesRoches doubled Saint John's lead at 16:55 of the second period with a shorthanded marker.
Former Sea Dogs forward Kevin Gursoy scored yet another goal against his former club at 18:43 of the middle frame to get the Moose within one. Despite some strong pressure by Halifax in the final couple minutes of the third, they could not get another one past Patenaude.
Alexis Gravel made 37 stops in the loss.
LINEUP
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexandre O'Neill (healthy) and Julian Vander Voet (healthy) along with defenseman Jordan Spadafore (injured).Here is tonight's projected lineup for your #SJSeaDogs brought to you by @CantrburyDental #AlwaysWearYourMouthGuard pic.twitter.com/FULZDsIocD— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) February 26, 2020
NOTES: Forward Nicholas Deakin-Poot returned to the Saint John lineup after recovering from an injury. He had not played since Jan. 31... the announced attendance was 5,414 thanks to this being the makeup game for the nearly sold-out Classified game. The actual attendance was significantly lower... Noah Patenaude won three of his four starts in the month of February... Saint John won seven of the eight meetings against Halifax this season... Halifax has now lost seven straight road games.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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