Recap: Sea Dogs lose 2-1

FINAL: Saint John 1, Quebec 2

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

QUEBEC CITY - The Saint John Sea Dogs once again fell behind and came up short.

After falling 3-2 in Victoriaville on Thursday – a game where Saint John trailed 2-0 heading into the third period – the Sea Dogs once again fell behind 2-0 on Friday before ultimately falling 2-1 to the Quebec Remparts at Centre Videotron.

Dylan Rozzi scored Saint John's lone goal late in the second period. The Sea Dogs generated 25 shots but only eight were counted as dangerous. Saint John was also only given one power play in the game compared to Quebec's five.

Charles-Edward Gravel, who also started on Thursday, made 26 saves in the loss.

Justin Cote scored both Quebec goals. Louis-Antoine Denault made 24 saves in the win.

Saint John will look to salvage a point or two on this Quebec three-in-three on Saturday against the Rimouski Oceanic. On paper, Rimouski will be Saint John's toughest opponent on this trip. We'll see what happens.

LINEUP

Mateiko - Dubé - Morin

Peddle - Groulx - Cross

Rozzi - Yared - Beveridge

Calder - Schenk - Beaulieu

Tivey - Duhamel

Bilodeau - Mann

MacLean - Amyot

Gravel

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defensemen Cruz Scanzano (healthy) and Giuliano Caputo (healthy) and forwards Coen Miller (healthy) and Darien Reynolds (healthy).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs once again shook up their lineup with forwards Coen Miller and Darien Reynolds being healthy scratches... head coach Travis Crickard remains away from the team due to the U17 World Challenge in Sarnia... Dylan Rozzi's goal was his second of the season... Nate Tivey assisted on Rozzi's goal, giving him 19 helpers in 19 games... Eriks Mateiko and Zachary Morin each had three shots... this was Saint John's first game against an East Division team... the Sea Dogs are now 10-10-0-0 overall and 5-5-0-0 on the road... attendance was 8,262.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Oceanic in Rimouski tomorrow at 5 p.m. Atlantic.