Recap: Sea Dogs win 3-2

FINAL: Halifax 2, Saint John 3

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - Noah Reinhart scored with 1:48 remaining in regulation time to give the Saint John Sea Dogs a 3-2 win over the Halifax Mooseheads on Saturday night at TD Station.

Reinhart redirected a Nate Tivey shot past Mooseheads goaltender Jack Milner not long after Saint John had failed to convert on a power play. The goal gave Saint John their first lead of the night.

The Sea Dogs were able to take advantage of a Mooseheads team missing some key players. Shots ended 29-15 in favour of Saint John and 11-4 Sea Dogs in the third period alone. Halifax has struggled to generate secondary scoring of late and that was even more evident with Jordan Dumais and Markus Vidicek both out of the lineup.

Mathieu Cataford opened the scoring at 16:03 of the second period but the Sea Dogs quickly responded with Peter Reynolds connecting at 16:44.

Liam Kilfoil put Halifax back in front at 4:01 of the third but Danny Akkouche, who was a healthy scratch last night, tied things up again at 14:35.

Patrick Leaver made 13 saves in the win while Milner made 26 in the loss.

The win ended a three-game losing streak for the Sea Dogs, who have just two games remaining before the holiday break.

LINEUP

Simek - P. Reynolds - Beveridge

Akkouche - Elie - Reinhart

D. Reynolds - Pierre-Noel - Beaulieu

Calder - Laforge - Benoit

Tivey - Gauthier

Bilodeau - Ianniello

MacLean - Dassylva

Leaver

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Eriks Mateiko (Latvia world junior camp) and Chad Bellemare (healthy) along with defensemen Matteo Mann (injury) and Benjamin Amyot (injury).

NOTES: Forward Chad Bellemare was Saint John's final scratch... the Mooseheads were without four key regulars due to Team Canada world junior selection camp: Mathis Rousseau, Jordan Dumais, Markus Vidicek and Jake Furlong... the Mooseheads had four affiliate players in their lineup. One of them was Jameson George, a Rothesay native who is playing with RNS this season... Danny Akkouche's goal was his first since Oct. 27... Peter Reynolds scored his 18th goal of the season, matching his career high... Mathis Gauthier had two assists... Akkouche had seven shots... Reid Calder had four hits... this was Saint John's final home game until New Year's Eve... attendance was 2,550.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs face the Mooseheads again next Friday night at 7 p.m. at Scotiabank Centre.