Recap: Sea Dogs lose 8-2

FINAL: Drummondville 8, Saint John 2

SAINT JOHN - A rough stretch continued to be rough for the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday night.

The Sea Dogs lost their fourth straight game, falling 8-2 to the red hot Drummondville Voltigeurs at TD Station. The Volts have now won six straight games, including both games of their three-game Maritime road trip so far.

The first half of Saturday's game was fairly even, but as the game went on, the Volts slowly started to turn things on and ran away with the game in the third period. It was more of the same for the Sea Dogs - the team's defensive play was a mess, they couldn't generate much offensively and they hung their goaltender out to try. On top of that, the Sea Dogs were playing their third game in as many nights, which certainly didn't help.

As seems to often be the case, a former Sea Dog came back to hurt his old team with Isiah Campbell scoring and adding two assists. William Dufour had a hat trick while other singles came from Xavier Simoneau, Charles-Antoine Dumont, Jeremy Lapointe Mathieu Charlebois. Anthony Morrone made 28 saves in the win.

Charles Savoie and Kale McCallum scored for Saint John. Zachary Bouthillier, who was visibly frustrated with his team, made 34 saves in the loss.

The Sea Dogs website has a full game recap.

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SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Julian Vander Voet (healthy) and Alexandre O'Neill (healthy) along with defenseman Jordan Spadafore (injured).

HE'S BACK: Maxim Cajkovic returned to the Sea Dogs lineup after missing the past four games with a lower body injury. His return didn't help much though, as the Sea Dogs struggled to produce quality scoring chances.

STREAKS: William Dufour extended his point streak to 14 games with a second period goal while Xavier Simoneau extended his point streak to 11 games with a first period goal.

CAMPBELL: Former Sea Dog Isiah Campbell scored his 25th goal of the season in this game, nearly doubling his goal total from a year ago. In two games against Saint John this season, Campbell recorded two goals and three assists.

FRUSTRATION: Zachary Bouthillier showed some frustration - as he often does - in the third period, giving a loud shout and then breaking his stick over the net. His defense certainly didn't help him much throughout the game. Then during the final third period media timeout, Bouthillier skated in front of his bench and gave a lengthy shout at his teammates. The crowd gave the Sea Dogs goaltender a loud ovation after the game.

LOW ON GOALS: The Sea Dogs' offense, which has kept them in a lot of games this year, has run dry this past bit. This was the fourth straight game that the team couldn't score more than two goals. Over the past four games, the Dogs have been outscored 26-8.

NOTES: Sea Dogs game host Jon Quinn hosted his 200th game... Brendan Sibley's assist on Charles Savoie's goal was his first point of the season... the attendance of 5,414 was the unofficial largest crowd of the season at TD Station. Officially, it weirdly matches the season high with the makeup game against the Mooseheads... the Sea Dogs have just two home games remaining in the regular season... William Villeneuve was a -5.

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NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs visit the Titan in Bathurst on Friday at 7 p.m.