Recap: Sea Dogs lose 9-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Drummondville 9

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

DRUMMONDVILLE, QC - Well, that's over.

The Drummondville Voltigeurs, one of the top teams in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 9-2 in a lopsided affair on Saturday at Marcel Dionne Centre.

It looked very much like one of the league's top teams going up against one at the bottom for much of the match. There's not much else to say about it. The Sea Dogs, at the very least, did create a few quality chances but couldn't cash on most of them. Eriks Mateiko and Brody Fournier scored in the third period when the game was already well out of reach.

This was Drummondville's 40th win of the season as they continue to sit second overall in the QMJHL standings behind the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

Predictably, former Sea Dogs forward Noah Reinhart had a hat trick and two assists. Mikael Huchette also had a pair of goals for the Volts while Ethan Gauthier, Peter Repcik, Lukas Landry and Sam Oliver added solo markers. Louis-Felix Charrios made 31 saves in the win.

Patrick Leaver, making his second straight start for Saint John on this three-in-three, made 40 saves in the loss. Unless Justin Robinson is healthy, this likely means affiliate Charles-Antoine Girard will start for Saint John on Sunday in Sherbrooke.

LINEUP

Mateiko - Elliott - Beveridge

Peddle - Groulx - Simek

Reynolds - Miller - Beaulieu

Calder - Laforge - Fournier

Tivey - Ianniello

Bilodeau - Amyot

MacLean - Duhamel

Leaver

Girard

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injury); defensemen Matteo Mann (injury or sickness) and Jeremie Richard (healthy); and forwards Benjamin Beaudry (healthy) and Luka Benoit (healthy).

NOTES: Former Voltigeurs Tyler Peddle and Drew Elliott were honoured with a tribute video before the game... Peddle returned from a two-game suspension... Drummondville scored on their first two shots of the game... Ethan Gauthier's goal was his 30th of the season... Reid Calder and Lukas Landry were given fighting majors in the third period — although there were very few, if any, clean punches thrown... Darien Reynolds was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for kneeing in the third... Noah Reinhart set career highs for goals and points in a single game... Peddly and Brody Fournier each had four shots... Nicolas Bilodeau was a -6... Saint John has now lost seven straight road games... the Sea Dogs were outscored 15-3 in the season series with Drummondville... attendance was 2,540.

HIGHLIGHTS

Coming soon.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs conclude this road trip with a 4 p.m. match in Sherbrooke tomorrow.