Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-3

FINAL: Halifax 5, Saint John 3

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - A unusually hot start wasn't enough for the Saint John Sea Dogs on Friday night.

The Sea Dogs blew a 2-0 first period lead in a 5-3 loss to the Halifax Mooseheads at TD Station. The win pushed the Mooseheads five points ahead of the Sea Dogs in the overall standings as the teams battle for the final two playoff spots.

Saint John led 2-0 just 4:50 into the game but couldn't maintain that offensive pace, recording just 10 dangerous shots in the contest. In the third period and trailing 4-3, Saint John had a lengthy five-on-three power play but could not net an equalizer.

Quinn Kennedy, who missed last Thursday's game in Saint John with an illness, scored a hat trick for the Mooseheads while Antoine Fontaine and Shawn Carrier added singles. Jacob Steinman made 19 saves in the win.

Ben Cross scored twice for Saint John while defenseman Matthew MacLean – playing as a forward – added a solo marker. Eric Young made 30 saves in the loss.

These two meet again on Saturday night in Halifax where another two critical points will be on the line.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Cross

Morin - Dubé - Yared

Calder - M. Krayer - Peddle

MacLean - Beaulieu

Tivey - Mann

Bilodeau - Duhamel

Lumsden - Amyot

Bonnet

Young

Bridgeo

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injury) along with forwards Egan Beveridge (injury or sickness), Dylan Krayer (injury), Darien Reynolds (injury) and Mitchell Wagner (injury or sickness).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs wore black "NWO" inspired jerseys on Wrestling Night at TD Station... the Sea Dogs dressed eight defensemen with Matthew MacLean sliding up front to the fourth line... MacLean scored on his first shift as a forward... Ben Cross had the first multi-goal game of his QMJHL career... Olivier Groulx had two assists... Zachary Morin and Nicolas Bilodeau each had four shots... Halifax went 2/2 on the power play... the attendance of 4,010 was the second largest crowd of the season at TD Station.

Saint John’s socks also have “sNb” on them.

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— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) March 8, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads meet tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Scotiabank Centre.