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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
SAINT JOHN - Chad Bellemare scored a pair of third period goals to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-4 pre-season victory over the Charlottetown Islanders on Tuesday at TD Station.
The Sea Dogs trailed 3-0 at one point in the second period but stormed back by scoring four straight goals. After the Islanders tied it up late in the third, Bellemare netted the winner with 1:50 remaining.
Along with Bellemare, a young Sea Dogs group had goals from Benjamin Beaudry, Kency Pierre-Noel, and Egan Beveridge. Olivier Brideau got the start in net and allowed three goals on 10 shots in the first half of the game. Justin Robinson played the second half and allowed a goal on 14 shots.
This was the first game of the pre-season for both clubs. They meet again tomorrow in Pownal, PEI.
The Islanders led 2-0 after the first period. Kian Bell opened the scoring early, beating Brideau on a scrambly play in the crease just 39 seconds in. Then at 18:56, Alexis Michaud went upstairs on Brideau in close to make it 2-0 for the Isles.
Charlottetown made it 3-0 at 4:40 of the second when Anthony Flanagan scored — but that would be one of the few bright spots for the Isles in period.
Saint John got on the board with a power play goal at 9:23 when Beaudry finished off a nice passing play. Then at 10:44, a point shot was blocked in front and the rebound was put in by Pierre-Noel, quickly making it a 3-2 game.
The Sea Dogs tied things at 3-3 with another power play goal at 16:35. This time it was Beveridge finishing off a nice passing play.
Shots in the middle frame were 20-3 in favour of Saint John.
Bellemare gave the Sea Dogs their first lead of the night 2:45 into the third period. On a power play, Bellemare was at the side of the goal and snuck the puck in before Charlottetown's netminder could hug the post.
With 5:43 remaining in the third, the Islanders tied things at 4-4 when Owen Conrad fired a shot from the faceoff circle that beat Robinson upstairs.
Bellemare scored what proved to be the winner with 1:50 remaining, scoring on a breakaway to make it 5-4 in favour of Saint John. The Sea Dogs killed off a penalty in the final minute to secure the victory.
LINEUP
Cloutier - Beveridge - Bellemare
Beaudry - Elie - Benoit
Calder - Pierre-Noel - Morin
O'Blenis - Beaulieu - Beaudoin
Amyot - Delage
Caputo - Duhamel
Dassylva - Tardif
Bonnet
Brideau
Robinson
NEW FACES: Kyan Labbe (left training camp), Matthew MacLean (scratch), Tomas Lulic (left training camp), Samuel Doyon-Cataquiz (not attending camp) were the only members of Saint John's 2023 draft class that did not play in this game.
NOTES: Assistant coach Mark Lee acted as Saint John's head coach for this game... Luka Benoit wore an 'A' for Saint John... former Sea Dogs forward Simon Hughes dressed for Charlottetown... the Islanders dressed defenseman Owen Conrad, the team's top pick in this year's QMJHL Entry Draft... Egan Beveridge and Kenzie Wagner were both called for roughing in the third period after getting tangled up in the corner... Benoit had eight shots, Bellemare six and Beveridge five... attendance wasn't announced but there was a pretty good crowd on hand for an August pre-season game on a Tuesday night.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Islanders meet again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in Pownal, PEI.
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