Playing in their first exhibition match since Aug. 25, the Sea Dogs fell 10-2 to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday in front of a packed house at the Centre Culturel de Saint-Quentin in northern New Brunswick.
Saint John opened the scoring just 58 seconds into the game but that was one of the few bright spots for the team. The team looked sloppy and disorganized at times — especially defensively — and didn't look quite ready to return to action from the Labour Day break.
Noah Reinhart and Jacob Beaulieu scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson played the entire game in net, allowing 10 goals on 41 shots.
The good news: it's a pre-season game and doesn't mean a whole lot. The team returns to action on Sunday in Charlottetown.
LINEUP
Simek - Elie - Mateiko
Akkouche - Beveridge - Reinhart
Lyons - Pierre-Noel - Bellemare
Calder - Beaulieu - Benoit
Bilodeau - Gauthier
Tivey - Ianniello
Dassylva - Amyot
Robinson
Leaver
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Peter Reynolds, Sam-Luca Thifault and Nico Laforge along with defensemen Matthew MacLean and Matteo Mann.
NOTES: The newly signed Kiefer Lyons made his Sea Dogs debut... newly signed goaltender Patrick Leaver was Saint John's backup... Noah Reinhart wore an 'A' on his sweater... Jared Cosman, who the Sea Dogs released to make room for Leaver, made his Titan debut and recorded an assist... Saint John's power play, which has been good in the pre-season, went 0/5... odd rink but there was a good crowd. Attendance was 850.
Quite a barn here. Vibes are good though. pic.twitter.com/elmfOYh3CQ
— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) September 8, 2023
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown on Sunday to face the Islanders at 3 p.m. at UPEI's Bell Aliant Centre.
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