Recap: Sea Dogs win 5-1

FINAL: Saint John 5, Val-d'Or 1

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

VAL-D'OR, Que. - A blistering start to the third period led the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-1 road win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Saturday.

Leading 2-1 at the time, the Sea Dogs scored at even strength, shorthanded and on the power play in the first 4:41 of the third period, giving the squad enough insurance to cruise to a win in a tough building.

Goaltender Justin Robinson, making his second QMJHL, made 24 saves in the victory.

Vince Elie scored a pair of goals for Saint John — both in the third — while Nicolas Bilodeau, Eriks Mateiko and Nate Tivey added singles. 

It was a nice rebound performance from the Sea Dogs who fell 4-1 in Boisbriand on Thursday. The team wraps up this three-game road trip on Sunday in Rouyn-Noranda.

Tomas Cibulka scored Val-d'Or's lone goal, which came in the first period and tied the game 1-1 at the time. Emile Beaunoyer made 28 stops in the loss.

This was Val-d'Or's first home loss of the season and just their second overall loss in regulation time.

LINEUP

Mateiko - Reynolds - Reinhart

Simek - Elie - Bellemare

Akkouche - Beveridge - Benoit

Calder - Laforge - Beaulieu

Tivey - Ianniello

Bilodeau - Gauthier

MacLean - Amyot

Robinson

Leaver

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Sam-Luca Thifault (injury) and Kency Pierre-Noel (healthy) along with defensemen Matto Mann (injury) and Tristan Dassylva (healthy).

NOTES: Sea Dogs goaltender Justin Robinson played under-18 hockey in nearby Amos, Quebec last season... Nicolas Bilodeau's goal was his first of the season... this was the first two-goal game of Vince Elie's QMJHL career... Bilodeau and Joseph Ianniello each had four shots... Nate Tivey and Egan Beveridge each had four hits... Saint John scored their first shorthanded goal of the season... the Sea Dogs went 2/5 on the power play, scoring just their third and fourth man advantage goals of the season... attendance was 1,511.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs finish up their road trip tomorrow with a 5 p.m. game in Rouyn-Noranda.