Kency Pierre-Noel scored twice — including on a penalty shot late in the third period — while singles came from Benjamin Beaudry and Chad Bellemare. Sebastian Monaco allowed four goals on 20 shots in the first half of the game while Charles-Antoine Girard allowed a goal on 14 shots in the second half.
Play was scoreless after one but the teams combined for six goals in the second period. Saint John led 2-1 at one point but that would be their only lead of the match.
Pierre-Noel's penalty shot goal with 40 seconds remaining in the third made it a 5-4 game but the Islanders seemed to have an answer for the Sea Dogs throughout the match and did so again in the final minute. Simon Hughes iced things with an empty net goal at 19:37 to make it a 6-4 final.
The Sea Dogs struggled to stay out of the box in this game, allowing Charlottetown to go 3/9 on the power play.
Shots ended 35-20 in favour of Charlottetown.
LINEUP
Cloutier - Beveridge - Bellemare
Beaudry - Mateiko - Benoit
Calder - Pierre-Noel - Morin
O'Blenis - Beaulieu - Beaudoin
Dassylva - Amyot
Dickie - Duhamel
Warren - MacLean
Caputo
Monaco
Girard
DELAY: The game started about 10 minutes late due to the match doctor not being present. Play began but was paused a few minutes later. An announcement was made asking if there was a doctor in the building and if so, could they report to the Islanders' bench. Play finally resumed at 7:35 p.m. once a doctor entered the building.
The rare doctor delay. pic.twitter.com/6WLM0qv1TD
— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) August 23, 2023
NOTES: Luka Benoit wore an 'A' on his sweater once again... Mark Lee once again acted as Saint John's head coach... former Sea Dogs forward Simon Hughes played against his old team for a second straight night... Sea Dogs defenseman Matthew MacLean, a PEI native, got to play in his home province... Saint John native Jack Flanagan started in net for Charlottetown and played the entire game... Sea Dogs defenseman Olivier Duhamel was wearing a full face shield once again... Sea Dogs forward Jack O'Blenis went flying into the Islanders bench following a hit in the third period... Kency Pierre-Noel had four shots... Reid Calder had three hits... it was -2 in the building according to a digital sign... attendance was 204... this was Saint John's first visit to the Pownal Sports Centre since 2015.
VIDEO: The game can be seen in its entirety below.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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