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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
BATHURST - Justin Robinson made 34 saves in his QMJHL debut to help the Saint John Sea Dogs defeat the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-1 on Friday at the KC Irving Regional Centre.
Despite allowing an early goal, Robinson looked calm and confident all game long — even after a third period misplaying of the puck that almost tied the game. The Sea Dogs struggled with giveaways early in the game, forcing Robinson to make a couple big stops.
Peter Reynolds, with two goals and an assist, and Noah Reinhart, with a goal and two assists, led Saint John on offense with three points each.
Colby Huggan scored Bathurst's lone goal. Joshua Fleming made 31 saves in the loss.
Saint John is now 2-0 on the road this season — with both those victories coming in Bathurst. This victory ended a three-game losing streak for the Sea Dogs, which included back-to-back home losses that saw the team blow late third period leads.
Just 1:30 in, Joseph Ianniello turned the puck over in the Saint John defensive zone, allowing Huggan to finish off a quick two-on-one with Joseph Henneberry to make it 1-0 Bathurst.
As a Saint John power play came to a close, Reynolds fired a shot from the top of the circle that beat Fleming low to even things up at 1-1.
57 seconds into the second period, Reynolds fed Reinhart on a two-on-one. Reinhart was able to slide the puck under Fleming on the fresh ice, putting Saint John in front for the first time.
Reynolds collected his third point of the game with 40.5 seconds remaining, icing the match with an empty net marker.
LINEUP
Mateiko - Reynolds - Reinhart
Simek - Elie - Benoit
Laforge - Akkouche - Beveridge
Calder - Beaulieu
Tivey - Gauthier
Bilodeau - Ianniello
Dassylva - Amyot
MacLean
Robinson
Leaver
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defenseman Matteo Mann (injury) and forwards Chad Bellemare (injury), Kency Pierre-Noel (injury) and Sam-Luca Thifault (injury).
DEBUT: Goaltender Justin Robinson, a sixth-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the 2022 QMJHL Entry Draft, made his Q debut and made 34 saves in the victory. He appeared in two pre-season games this year — which included allowing 10 goals in a loss to the Titan.
NOTES: Saint John went with seven defensemen and 11 forwards once again... the Titan were missing a few key players with Ty Higgins, Blake Pilgrim-Edwards and William Bishop all out with injuries... Peter Reynolds and Pavel Simek each had five hits... both teams went 0/4 on the power play... Mathis Gauthier had four hits... the Titan are 0-4 on home ice so far this season... not really sure what's up with these three star selections... attendance was 1,326.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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