The Sea Dogs fell to 0-2-2-0 with a tie this exhibition season with a 7-4 loss to the Newfoundland Regiment on Thursday at Willie O'Ree Place. The Regiment improved to 5-0.
Saint John led multiple times in this game but Newfoundland never looked back after a three-goal second period.
Justin Larose had a hat trick for Newfoundland; Tyson Goguen scored twice; and Dawson Sharkey and Maddex Marmulak also connected. Mikus Vecvanags allowed two goals on 18 shots in the first half of the game while Chase Anderson allowed two goals on 13 shots in the second half.
Everett Baldwin scored twice for Saint John while singles came from Natan Éthier and Oskar Drabczynski. Raphaël Courchesne allowed two goals on 11 shots in the first half of the game. Justin Robinson allowed five goals on 18 shots in the second half.
The Sea Dogs led 2-1 after one. Baldwin opened the scoring at 1:07, scoring on Saint John's first shot of the game. The Regiment tied it up at 11:06 when Larose scored on a power play.
Saint John took the lead into the dressing room thanks to a Éthier goal at 13:27, a goal that came courtesy of a perfect feed from Zachary Morin.
Newfoundland tied the game at 4:31 of the second period when Sharkey finished off a nice passing play. The Sea Dogs would then, once again, take the lead when Drabczynski pinched into the slot, took a pass a beat Anderson glove side.
The Regiment would carry a 4-3 lead into the room thanks to back-to-back goals. First, Larose netted his second of the game at 13:26 and then, at 16:06, Goguen converted to give Newfoundland their first lead.
Marmulak made it 5-3 just two-minutes into the third thanks to a great feed from Max Dinneen. Soon after at 3:41, Goguen sped through the Saint John defense, drove to the net and slipped the puck five-hole on Robinson.
Baldwin scored his second of the game at 10:49 to make it 6-4 only to have the Regiment get the goal right back when Larose completed his hat trick on a power play at 13:00.
LINEUP
Éthier - Krayer - Morin
Rozzi - Groulx - Beveridge
Fullerton - Joseph - Donovan
Gauthier - Dubé - Beaulieu
Daviault - Duhamel
Zubek - Baldwin
Croteau - Drabczynski
Tatomir
Courchesne
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Olivers Murnieks and William Yared along with defenseman Cameron Chartrand and Max Vilén.
NOTES: Alexis Joseph made his QMJHL pre-season debut. He finished a -2 with three shots and went 8/19 in the faceoff circle... Mark Lee and Tim Archambault ran the Sea Dogs bench once again... Zachary Morin and Matthew Krayer each had two assists... Justin Larose now has six goals this pre-season... Olivier Duhamel went to the dressing room in the third period favouring his left arm...Everett Baldwin scored his second and third goals of the pre-season... the Regiment went 2/8 on the power play while the Sea Dogs went 0/6... feisty game at times, especially when the fourth line was on the ice... the Sea Dogs are now 0-3-0-0 all-time at Willie O'Ree Place... this was Newfoundland's final pre-season game as their training camp now shifts to St. John's... Saint John has two pre-season games remaining... the Sea Dogs and Regiment don't play again until Oct. 24-25 in St. John's.
REPLAY
The game can be watched in its entirety here.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs return to pre-season action on Friday, Sept. 5 when they host the Moncton Wildcats in Woodstock.
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