The Halifax Mooseheads scored three time in both the second and third periods in a 7-0 win over the Sea Dogs at Scotiabank Centre. Saint John was also shutout, 4-0, by the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday night.
Jordan Dumais netted a hat trick for Halifax while singles came from Cameron Whynot, Stephane Jr Houde, Mathieu Cataford and Brody Fournier. Mathis Rousseau stopped all 23 shots he faced in the shutout victory.
Ventsislav Shingarov, who did not play on Saturday in Sydney, stopped 30 saves in the loss.
Saint John, missing key veteran forwards Peter Reynolds, Cam MacDonald and Brady Burns along with defenseman Charlie DesRoches, were outmatched by Halifax for much of the game. Other than a few good stretches in the second period, the Sea Dogs once again struggled to generate quality scoring chances. Saint John registered 14 dangerous shots in the loss.
LINEUP
Simek - Trenholm - Reinhart
Thifault - Burbidge - Elie
Laforge - Cournoyer - Blagden
Cael MacDonald - Bellemare - Beaulieu
Tivey - Despont
Bilodeau - Akkouche
Dickie - Richard
Shingarov
Brideau
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise (injury); defensemen Jake Tracey (injury), Charlie DesRoches (injury) and Jared Cosman; and forwards Cam MacDonald (injury), Peter Reynolds (injury), Tomasz Szczerba (injury), Brady Burns (injury) and Eriks Mateiko (injury).
DEBUTS: Forward Chad Bellemare and defenseman Ian Dickie made their QMJHL debuts while forward Cael MacDonald made his Sea Dogs debut.
NOTES: This was the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads... Halifax's Owen Phillips is away at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge... Saint John's Reid Calder, who made his QMJHL debut on Saturday, did not play... Connor Trenholm and Pavel Simek each recorded four shots... the Sea Dogs have now lost seven straight road games... attendance was 7,648.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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