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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs hung around but couldn't defeat the top-ranked Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night at TD Station.
Jordan Dumais scored twice and added an assist to lift the Mooseheads — ranked No. 1 in the Canadian Hockey League — to a 4-2 win. Brody Fournier and Mathieu Cataford also scored while Mathis Rousseau made 23 saves in the win.
Halifax outshot Saint John 14-4 in the first period and led 2-0. The rest of the match was played much more evenly but the Sea Dogs couldn't cut the deficit further than two goals. Shots ended 29-25 in favour of Halifax, an indication of how the final two periods were played.
While it was a loss, the Sea Dogs competed well and kept it close — which is pretty much all you can ask for in a lopsided matchup like this.
Nate Tivey and Pavel Simek scored for Saint John. Peter Reynolds added two assists. Patrick Leaver made 25 stops in the loss.
LINEUP
Simek - Reynolds - Mateiko
Akkouche - Elie - Reinhart
Beveridge - Pierre-Noel - Beaulieu
Benoit - Bellemare
Tivey - Mann
Bilodeau - Gauthier
Ianniello - Dassylva
Amyot
Leaver
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Sam-Luca Thifault (serving the second game of two-game suspension), Reid Calder (healthy), Nico Laforge (healthy) and Francis Woods (healthy) along with defenseman Matthew MacLean (healthy).
NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... defenseman Joseph Ianniello returned from injury, playing his first game since Oct. 27... a few nice goals scored in this game... Pavel Simek had four shots... Saint John had just one power play in this game, which came late in the third period... this was the first meeting of the season between Saint John and Halifax... the Sea Dogs fell to 2-6-1-1 on home ice... attendance was 2,384.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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