Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-1

FINAL: Moncton 4, Saint John 1

ST. STEPHEN, NB - A four-goal second period pushed the Moncton Wildcats to a 4-1 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League pre-season play on Wednesday.

Simon Binkley, Charles-Olivier Giguere and Jack Hayne all scored less than two-minutes apart in the middle frame to give the Wildcats a commanding lead. Grayden Robertson-Palmer added another Moncton goal late in the frame.

Angelo Fullerton scored Saint John's only goal – which also came in the second period – converting on a breakaway.

The first period – which had some big hits – was fairly close with shots 8-5. The Sea Dogs got into some penalty trouble in the opening frame but were able to escape with no damage.

The penalty trouble continued early in the second which led to Moncton's opening goal at 5:15. The Wildcats finished the night 2/5 on the power play while the Sea Dogs went 0/3.

Shots ended 35-16 in favour of the Wildcats. Shots in the second period were 14-3 in favour of Moncton.

For Moncton, Victor Regis allowed a goal on seven shots in the first half of the game. Will Cole stopped all nine shots he faced in the second half.

On the Saint John side, Anthony Alessi allowed three goals on 17 shots in the first half. Jase MacPherson allowed a goal on 18 shots in the second half.

Both teams, as you would expect at this point of training camp, dressed lineups with only a handful of players with any significant amount of QMJHL experience. 

LINEUP

Fullerton - Gauthier - D. Krayer

Sahajpal - Barlas - Héroux

Reynolds - Renaud - Campbell

Donatelli - Tozer - Calder

Tatomir - Drabczynski

MacLean - Amyot

Croteau - Shahi

Janulis

Alessi

MacPherson

NOTES: Alexis Gauthier, Cole Renaud, Brayden Campbell, Max Donatelli, Oskar Drabczynski, Kabir Shahi and Matas Janulis all played in a second straight game for Saint John... Grayden Robertson-Palmer, who is listed as a St. Andrews resident, was in the Wildcats lineup... it was a physical game with hits 19-9 in favour of Saint John. Matthew MacLean, Reid Calder, Darien Reynolds and Kabir Shahi each had three hits... no Sea Dog had more than two shots... Moncton's Simon Binkley also scored in Tuesday's game... Mark Lee and Tim Archambault ran Saint John's bench again... Fleaburn is taller... the Sea Dogs are now 1-2-0-0 in St. Stephen... attendance wasn't announced or listed but there was a good crowd for this one. A bit smaller than last year.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Friday night at Fredericton's Aitken Centre. Game time is 7 p.m.