Recap: Sea Dogs lose 3-2 (SO)

FINAL: Charlottetown 3, Saint John 2 (SO)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped a fourth straight game on Thursday at TD Station — but it wasn't for lack of effort.

The Sea Dogs dropped a close, entertaining match to the Charlottetown Islanders, falling 3-2 in a shootout. It was another evenly played contest between two squads that headed into action just three points apart in the standings.

Saint John has struggled since returning from the Christmas break but, even with some newcomers mixed into the lineup, looked good in this game and could have easily earned the extra point if another shot or two went their way in the shootout.

Joseph Ianniello and the newly acquired Dew Elliott scored for Saint John. Justin Robinson made 21 saves in the loss.

Brett Arsenault and Alexis Michaud scored for Charlottetown. Carter Bickle made 27 saves in the win.

LINEUP

Simek - Elie - Elliott

Akkouche - Pierre-Noel - Fournier

Reynolds - Miller - Beveridge

Calder - Laforge - Beaulieu

Tivey - Ianniello

Bilodeau - Amyot

Richard - Duhamel

Robinson

Leaver

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Eriks Mateiko (world juniors), Luka Benoit (healthy) and Tyler Peddle (healthy) along with defensemen Matthew MacLean (healthy) and Matteo Mann (injury).

SEA DOGS DEBUT: Overage forward Drew Elliott, acquired by the Sea Dogs from the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Tuesday, made his debut (which happened to come against his former, former club). Elliott, who was in the starting lineup, scored in the third period to tie things up to go along with three shots and three hits in the game.

QMJHL DEBUT: Defenseman Olivier Duhamel, a second-round pick of Saint John in the 2023 QMJHL Entry Draft, made his QMJHL debut in this game. Duhamel looked pretty good in his debut, recording two shots and two hits.

NOTES: Justin Robinson made a second straight start in net... hits were 20-7 in favour of Saint John... Joseph Ianniello had five shots... defenseman Jeremie Richard played in his second game of the season and first since Nov. 26... former Sea Dogs forward Simon Hughes had his goal scoring streak end at five games... the Sea Dogs are now 0-3 in shootouts this season... attendance was 2,291.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Islanders meet again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Eastlink Centre.