Recap: Sea Dogs win 7-4

FINAL: Charlottetown 4, Saint John 7

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs' offense got its mojo back on Friday.

After struggling to score in a 4-1 loss to the Moncton Wildcats last Saturday, the Sea Dogs put up seven goals in a 7-4 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday night at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs dominated much of the first period, scoring the first three goals of the game and not allowing the Islanders to record a shot on net until past the midway mark of the frame. While Saint John never trailed in this game and the result never really felt in doubt, Charlottetown would not go away.

The Islanders made it 3-2 in the second period and 4-3 in the third. But a Peter Reynolds goal at 5:31 of the third and a Vincent Despont marker later on secured the win.

Along with goals from Reynolds and Despont, Brady Burns scored twice while Cam MacDonald, Jared Cosman and Cole Burbidge also connected. Saint John's top six forwards had a hard time getting things going last weekend, but they found their rhythm in this contest.

Ventsislav Shingarov, in his third straight start, made 33 saves in the win.

Charlottetown had a pair of goals from Michael Horth and solo markers from Giovanni Morneau and Jakub Brabenec. Oliver Satny made 30 saves in the loss.

LINEUP

Reynolds - MacDonald - Burns

Simek - Trenholm - Elie

Szczerba - Burbidge - Reinhart

Mateiko - Cournoyer

Tivey - DesRoches

Bilodeau - Despont

Akkouche - Cosman

Richard

Shingarov

Brideau

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise (injury); defenseman Jake Tracey (injury); and forwards Nico Laforge (injury), Jacob Beaulieu (healthy) and Sam-Luca Thifault (healthy). 20-year-old forward Marshall Lessard, who is no longer listed on Saint John's roster, also did not play.

FIRST GOALS: It was a night of firsts for two Saint John defensemen. Jared Cosman scored his first goal as a Sea Dog in the first period and then Vincent Despont recorded his first career QMJHL goal in the third.

His first as a Sea Dog!

Jared Cosman goes top 🧀#CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/BPueltN4Gt

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) October 7, 2022

Vincent Despont with his FIRST QMJHL GOAL! 🚨#CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/LzhMn80kEe

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) October 8, 2022

NOTES: The Islanders didn't record their first shot on goal until there was 8:13 remaining in the first period... Danny Akkouche was listed as a defenseman for this game... forward Eriks Mateiko was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for a high stick in the second period... Cam MacDonald's goal was his first of the season. MacDonald had eight shots in the game... Ventsislav Shingarov picked up an assist on Peter Reynolds' third period goal... Nicolas Bilodeau had two assists - his first QMJHL points... Tomasz Szczerba also picked up his first QMJHL point... Jeremie Richard made his QMJHL debut... Akkouche made his Sea Dogs debut... attendance was just 2,075, one of the smallest crowds in team history (not including COVID era games).

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday at 7 p.m.