Recap: Sea Dogs win 3-0

FINAL: Saint John 3, Bathurst 0

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

BATHURST - Charles-Edward Gravel made 25 saves to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 3-0 road win over the first-place Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday.

Florian Schenk, Tyler Peddle and Zachary Morin all scored for Saint John in what was a fairly strong performance away from home. It was also a nice recovery following a messy 8-5 loss in Moncton the night before.

After an uneventful opening period, Schenk got Saint John on the board with his first QMJHL goal at 2:42 of the second. Peddle found the rookie forward alone in front who scored to get the Dogs on the board.

Saint John doubled their lead at 18:18 on a power play. Eriks Mateiko made a perfect cross ice feed to Peddle in the circle who ripped home his team leading sixth of the season, making it 2-0.

The Titan pulled their netminder late in the third period but couldn't get on the board. Morin secured the Saint John victory with an empty net goal at 19:49.

Mathis Langevin made 22 saves in the loss. The loss ends Bathurst's winning streak at five games.

LINEUP

Morin - Groulx - Mateiko

Rozzi - Yared - Beveridge

Peddle - Dubé - Cross

Miller - Schenk - Beaulieu

Tivey - Bilodeau

MacLean - Mann

Bonnet - Scanzano

Gravel

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defensemen Benjamin Amyot (injury), Olivier Duhamel (injury or sickness) and Giuliano Caputo (serving the first game of a two-game suspension) along with forwards Darien Reynolds (healthy) and Reid Calder (healthy).

FIRST GOAL: A night after being a healthy scratch, Florian Schenk netted his first QMJHL goal in the second period.

Don't think, just Flo 😎#GoDogsGo pic.twitter.com/BVvZNxFERt

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) October 18, 2024

NOTES: The Sea Dog shuffled both their forward lines and defense pairings with Zachary Morin and Olivier Groulx sliding up to the top line with Eriks Mateiko... Giuliano Caputo served the first game of a two-game suspension for boarding. The rookie defenseman was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for a check from behind in Thursday's game... rookie defensemen Cruz Scanzano played his first game since Oct. 5 while Julien Bonnet made his first appearance since Oct. 6... Nate Tivey registered an assist on Tyler Peddle's second period goal, extending his assist streak to six games... Zachary Morin's empty net goal was the first goal of his QMJHL career... this was the second shutout of the season for Charles-Edward Gravel... Tyler Peddle and Nicolas Bilodeau each had four shots... Matteo Mann had three hits... Bathurst won 30 of 48 faceoffs... attendance was 1,436.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are back at TD Station on Sunday afternoon, hosting the Titan at 3 p.m.