Recap: Sea Dogs lose 7-1

FINAL: Saint John 1, Gatineau 7

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

GATINEAU, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs wrapped up their three-in-three Quebec road trip with a 7-1 loss to the Gatineau Olympiques on Sunday.

The Sea Dogs had a decent start to the game, outshooting the Olympiques 5-1 at one point. But once Gatineau got going they didn't stop. The home side scored in the dying seconds of the first period and added four more in the second to take control of the match.

The Olympiques have now won seven of their past nine games as they try and grab one of the league's final playoff spots.

The Sea Dogs, meanwhile, have lost five of their past six games and head home with a 1-2-0-0 record on this three-game trip.

Nathan Levesque and Justin Boisselle each scored a pair of goals for Gatineau while singles came from Sander Wold, Jeremie Minville and William Labranche.  Zach Pelletier made 22 saves in the win.

Eriks Mateiko scored Saint John's lone goal, which came in the third period. Patrick Leaver, who less than 24 hours ago made 47 saves in Saint John's 7-4 win in Victoriaville, made 20 stops in the first two periods. Justin Robinson played the third and made five saves.

LINEUP

Mateiko - Elliott - Beveridge

Simek - Peddle - Benoit

Reynolds - Miller - Fournier

Groulx - Laforge - Calder

Tivey - Ianniello

Bilodeau - Mann

MacLean - Duhamel

Leaver

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Jacob Beaulieu (one-game suspension) and Benjamin Beaudry (healthy) along with defensemen Benjamin Amyot (injury) and Jeremie Richard (healthy).

NOTES: Saint John went back to 12 forwards and six defensemen... Jacob Beaulieu served a one-game suspension for the high sticking match penalty he received on Saturday... Hully, the Olympiques mascot, celebrated his birthday... after a slow return from the world juniors, Eriks Mateiko now has three goals and three assists over his past five games... Mateiko had six shots... Tyler Peddle and Pavel Simek were both a -4... former Sea Dogs Mathis Gauthier and Danny Akkouche each had an assist against their old club... William Labranche's goal came at 19:59 of the third period... regular season and playoffs combined, the Sea Dogs are now 0-5-0-0 at Slush Puppie Centre... attendance was 3,606.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night at the KC Irving Regional Centre.