Recap: Sea Dogs win 6-4

FINAL: Bathurst 4, Saint John 6

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - Vince Elie scored the game-winner with 47.4 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Saint John Sea Dogs a 6-4 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday at TD Station.

During some four-on-four play, Nate Tivey had the puck and skated to the bottom of the circle where he fed an open Elie in front of the net. Elie beat Titan netminder Joshua Fleming with a quick one-time shot to give Saint John the lead.

Peter Reynolds added an empty net goal at 19:57 to ice the game — and complete a hat trick — to make it a 6-4 final.

It wasn't looking good for the Sea Dogs late in the third when Matteo Mann was given a major penalty and game misconduct for a check-to-the-head. But Bobby Orr — who was the victim of Mann's hit — took a tripping penalty at 17:28 to create the four-on-four play that led to Elie's winner.

Eriks Mateiko and Noah Reinhart also scored for Saint John in what was yet another back-and-forth game between the Sea Dogs and Titan. Pavel Simek posted three assists.

Patrick Leaver made 28 saves in the win.

The Sea Dogs are now 4-0-0-1 on the year against the Titan.

Joseph Henneberry scored twice for Bathurst while Orr and Milo Roelens added solo markers. Fleming made 28 saves in the loss.

LINEUP

Simek - Reynolds - Mateiko

Akkouche - Elie - Reinhart

Pierre-Noel - Beveridge - Bellemare

Laforge - Beaulieu

Tivey - Mann

Bilodeau - Gauthier

Dassylva - Amyot

MacLean

Leaver

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Reid Calder (healthy), Sam-Luca Thifault (injury), Francis Woods (healthy) and Luka Benoit (healthy) along with defenseman Joseph Ianniello (injury).

PURPLE: It was the annual Hockey Fights Cancer themed game and the Sea Dogs sported pink/purple jerseys that were raffled off.

Saint John’s Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys pic.twitter.com/Zh7PkLXGyq

— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) November 3, 2023

NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with seven forwards and 11 defensemen... former Sea Dogs defenseman Jared Cosman remains out of the Titan lineup with an injury... The Tragically Hip cover band "The Artificially Hip" performed at both intermissions... Milo Roelens extended his road points streak to eight games... Pavel Simek took a big open ice hit in the second period and left the game for a few moments but returned later in the period... Matteo Mann recorded his first point as a Sea Dog — an assist on Eriks Mateiko's first period goal... Mann was given a major penalty and game misconduct for a check-to-the-head on Bobby Orr in the third period. The play was reviewed but upheld as a major... Nate Tivey was a +5... Noah Reinhart had five shots... Bathurst went 1/7 on the power play while Saint John went 0/4... attendance was just 2,216, the second smallest home crowd of the season.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Titan meet again tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Bathurst.