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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
The Sea Dogs had a respectable start to the contest but quickly fell into a deficit, ultimately falling 6-2 to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. This losing skid began a week ago in Boisbriand when the Armada defeated the Sea Dogs 4-3.
Saint John had a good start to the opening frame but the the visitors would quickly gain control, grabbing a 2-0 lead heading into intermission.
In the second, Blainville-Boisbriand carried the play, outshooting Saint John 16-5 and taking a commanding 4-1 lead. The Sea Dogs' lone goal came from Reid Calder on a misplay behind the net by Armada goaltender Felix Hamel.
The Sea Dogs had a chance to take the momentum in the third when Zachary Morin scored on a partial breakaway just 1:44 in. But any chance of a Saint John comeback ended when Ludovik Grenier scored on a penalty shot at 8:17, which made it 5-2.
Along with Grenier, Eliot Litalien, Rafael Cloutier, Justin Carbonneau, Olivier Lemieux and Egor Goriunov all scored for Blainville-Boisbriand. Hamel made 20 saves in the win, facing just eight dangerous shots.
The Armada, who entered the game with the QMJHL's best power play, went 2/2 on the man advantage.
Justin Robinson made 34 saves in the loss.
LINEUP
Rozzi - Groulx - Yared
Peddle - Cross - Dubé
Morin - M. Krayer - Beveridge
Calder - Wagner
Tivey - Amyot
Bilodeau - Mann
Lumsden - Bonnet
MacLean
Robinson
Young
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Jacob Beaulieu (second game of a four-game suspension), Dylan Krayer (injury) and Darien Reynolds (injury) along with defenseman Olivier Duhamel (injury).
NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... Reid Calder has goals in back-to-back games... Zachary Morin scored his first "real" goal since Dec. 14. He's scored twice since then but they were both empty netters... Morin's goal was his 13th of the year, pushing him into a tie with William Yared for the team lead... Matthew Krayer and Elliot Dubé each had three shots... this was Saint John's final Wednesday game of the regular season... this is the second time this season the Sea Dogs have lost four straight games... Blainville-Boisbriand improved to 5-0-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams. They'll also play Halifax and Cape Breton on this trip... the Sea Dogs finish the regular season 0-2-0-0 against the Armada... announced attendance was 1,763, which looked generous.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the league leading Moncton Wildcats on Friday at 7 p.m.
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