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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
The Charlottetown Islanders scored the game's first four goals in a 6-2 win over the Sea Dogs at TD Station. Saint John struggled to get much of anything going, once again struggling to create quality scoring chances and faltering on special teams. The Sea Dogs went 1/7 on the power play while allowing the Islanders to go 2/3.
Dylan Rozzi and Eriks Mateiko scored for Saint John. Charles-Edward Gravel was pulled early in the second period after allowing three goals on 10 shots. Justin Robinson allowed three goals on 21 shots in relief.
Ross Campbell scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while Egor Goriunov, Mathis Valente, William Shields and Jude Herron added singles. Goriunov and Matthew Butler each had three assists. Donald Hickey made 26 saves in the win.
The Islanders entered the game 16th overall in the QMJHL and were last in goals per game. This was Charlottetown's first win over Saint John this season after dropping the previous two meetings.
In the opening frame and just as a Saint John power play came to an end, Zachary Morin ripped a bouncing puck that went off Hickey's glove. Rozzi bunted the rebounded through the crease where William Yared was able to get the puck across the line, giving the Sea Dogs a 1-0 lead at 9:54 - or so they thought. After a review, the play was deemed offside and 14 seconds were added back on the clock.
Less than a minute after Saint John thought they had scored, Campbell muscled his way through Saint John's defense and beat Gravel to make it 1-0 Charlottetown at 10:57. Then on a power play at 12:03, Goriunov was at the top of the crease and scored an easy tap-in goal to quickly give Charlottetown a 2-0 advantage.
Saint John went 0/3 on the power play in the opening frame and were outshot 9-6.
Just 1:42 into the second, Valente beat Gravel clean with a low shot the went past his outstretched pad, giving the Islanders a commanding 3-0 lead. That would end Gravel's night as Robinson replaced him.
At 5:25 – and not long after another unsuccessful Saint John man advantage – a Goriunov shot was blockered away by Robinson but Shields was in perfect position to give Charlottetown a 4-0 advantage.
Saint John went to a full two-minute five-on-three at 16:57. On the ensuing man advantage, a cross crease feed from Egan Beveridge found Rozzi who scored to make it 4-1 at 18:16.
Charlottetown scored early into a period again in the third when Herron beat Robinson from a sharp angle at 3:40. But Saint John quickly got that goal back when Mateiko netted his 14th of the season at 3:54, making it 5-2.
The Islanders took a 6-2 lead at 10:09 when Campbell scored on the power play, finishing off a nice passing play.
LINEUP
Peddle - Mateiko - Cross
Morin - Groulx - Beveridge
Rozzi - Dubé - Yared
Calder - Beaulieu - Reynolds
Tivey - Duhamel
Bilodeau - Mann
MacLean - Amyot
Gravel
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Florian Schenk (healthy) and Coen Miller (healthy) along with defensemen Cruz Scanzano (healthy) and Giuliano Caputo (healthy).
NOTES: It's Pink in the Rink Weekend, so the Sea Dogs were wearing pink jerseys... former Sea Dogs forward Simon Hughes was a healthy scratch for the Islanders... Darien Reynolds returned from an injury, playing in his first game since Nov. 9... Benjamin Amyot left the game in the second period with a bloody face after falling to the ice with an Islander. He returned in the third period with a cage on... Dylan Rozzi now has three goals in his past five games... Eriks Mateiko had five shots... attendance was 2,218.
HIGHLIGHTS
Coming soon.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Islanders meet again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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