Recap: Sea Dogs lose 6-5 (SO)

FINAL: Saint John 5, Charlottetown 6 (SO)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped an extremely entertaining affair to the Charlottetown Islanders on Thursday night at Eastlink Centre.

The back-and-forth match ended with Ross Campbell scoring the shootout winner to give the Islanders a 6-5 victory over the Sea Dogs. 

Charlottetown led 3-2 heading into the third period but Saint John rattled off three straight goals in the first 9:34 of the third to take a 5-3 lead. The Islanders stormed back though with Giovanni Morneau tying the game at 11:45 of the final frame.

Michael Horth scored twice in regulation time to give him 14 goals in just 13 games this season. He also added two assists in the win.

Campbell and Lucas Romeo also scored in regulation. Aksels Ozols made 33 stops in the loss.

Vince Elie, Pavel Simek, Joseph Ianniello, Peter Reynolds and Eriks Mateiko scored for Saint John. Reynolds also had a four-point night, recording three assists along with his goal.

Justin Robinson made 47 saves in the loss, the most shots he has faced in his QMJHL career.

LINEUP

Mateiko - Reynolds - Elie

Simek - Beveridge - Reinhart

Akkouche - Pierre-Noel - Beaulieu

Calder - Laforge - Bellemare

Ianniello - Mann

Bilodeau - Gauthier

MacLean - Dassylva

Robinson

Leaver

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Luka Benoit (healthy), Sam-Luca Thifault (injury) and Francis Woods (healthy) along with defensemen Benjamin Amyot (injury) and Nate Tivey (injury).

NOTES: Former Sea Dogs forward Simon Hughes was out of the Islanders lineup with an injury or sickness... Joseph Ianniello had eight shots while Vince Elie had seven... Jacob Beaulieu had five hits... the Sea Dogs are now 0-2 in shootouts... this was the first meeting of the season between Saint John and Charlottetown... the ice at the Eastlink Centre has already been painted with logos for the upcoming World Under-17 Hockey Challenge... good Thursday night crowd of 2,857 in Charlottetown.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Moncton tomorrow night to face the Wildcats at 7 p.m.