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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
The Sea Dogs let a 2-1 second period lead slip away in a 6-2 loss to the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday at the Marcel Dionne Centre. The Volts now lead the best-of-seven opening round playoff series 2-0 as things shift to Saint John.
Much like Game 1, the Sea Dogs hung around and were in this game through 40 minutes but couldn't keep pace in the third period. Drummondville entered the third up 3-2 but netted three in the final frame to secure the victory.
Peter Repcik, Noah Reinhart, Ethan Gauthier, Renaud Poulin, Mikael Diotte and Vsevolod Komarov all scored for Drummondville. Riley Mercer made 20 saves in the win.
Tyler Peddle and Brody Fournier scored for Saint John. Patrick Leaver made 35 stops in the loss.
LINEUP
Simek - Elliott - Beveridge
Peddle - Miller - Fournier
Calder - Laforge - Beaulieu
Reynolds - Groulx
Tivey - Ianniello
Bilodeau - Mann
MacLean - Amyot
Duhamel
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Eriks Mateiko (injury), Luke Benoit (healthy) and Benjamin Beaudry (healthy) along with defenseman Jeremie Richard (healthy).
NOTES: The Sea Dogs once again went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... the Volts have now won nine straight games... the Sea Dogs have now lost 15 straight road games... Peter Repcik and Vsevolod Komarov each had a goal and two assists... Nate Tivey, Tyler Peddle, Pavel Simek and Drew Elliott all had three shots each... Elliott was a -5... Saint John edged Drummondville in faceoffs 33-31... attendance was 2,920.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The series shifts to Saint John for Game 3 on Tuesday 7 p.m.
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