Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-2

FINAL: Halifax 2, Saint John 4

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The losing streak is over.

Tyler Peddle scored a pair of goals to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 4-2 win over the Halifax Mooseheads on Thursday at TD Station, ending an 11-game losing streak. The Mooseheads, meanwhile, have now lost six straight.

Peddle opened the scoring – his first goal since Saint John's last win a month ago – and netted the game-winner, beating Mooseheads netminder Nicolas Gillham-Cirka on a breakaway at 3:26 of the third period.

Dylan Rozzi and Olivier Groulx also scored. Goaltender Eric Young earned his first QMJHL win, making 24 saves.

Unsurprisingly, offense was hard to come by at times for both teams in this game. The two squads are near the bottom of the league's offensive categories. Shots ended 26-22 in favour of Halifax with 10 of those Mooseheads shots coming in the third period.

The Sea Dogs bent at times but never broke. Saint John never trailed in this game but did allow the Mooseheads to tie the game twice and survived some sustained offensive zone pressure by the Moose in the third period.

Antoine Fontaine and Carlos Handel scored for Halifax. Gillham-Cirka made 18 saves in the loss.

The win pushes Saint John back into a tie with the Gatineau Olympiques for the QMJHL's 16th and final playoff spot with 40 points. Gatineau has played two less games.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Yared

Morin - Dubé - Cross

Peddle - M. Krayer - Beveridge

Calder - Beaulieu - Wagner

Tivey - Mann

Bilodeau - Duhamel

Lumsden - Amyot

Young

Bridgeo

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injury); forwards Dylan Krayer (injury) and Darien Reynolds (injury); and defensemen Matthew MacLean (healthy) and Julien Bonnet (healthy).

NOTES: Zachary Bridgeo of the Fredericton Red Wings was Eric Young's backup... goaltender Jacob Steinman did not dress for the Mooseheads. He was listed as injured or sick... Quinn Kennedy, one of Halifax's leading scorers, was a late scratch for the Mooseheads due to an illness... QMJHL commissioner Mario Cecchini was in attendance and performed the ceremonial puck drop... Tyler Peddle scored his first goal since Jan. 26 – which was Saint John's last win... Peddle, Dylan Rozzi and Zachary Morin are now all tied for the team lead in goals with 14 each... Eric Young recorded an assist on the game-winner... Matteo Mann recorded four shots... Jacob Beaulieu had six hits... Beaulieu played in his 150th QMJHL game... Nicolas Bilodeau registered his 100th QMJHL point... Halifax went 1/1 on the power play while Saint John went 1/2... attendance was 2,110.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Cape Breton to play back-to-back games against the Eagles on Saturday and Sunday.