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| Shane Wilkie/Cape Breton Eagles |
The Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 6-4 on Thursday at Centre 200, a victory that came a night after Saint John earned a 4-0 win over Cape Breton.
Jacob Beaulieu scored a pair of goals for Saint John while Angelo Fullerton, Cameron Chartrand, Elliot Dubé and Dylan Rozzi added singles. Rafaël Courchesne, who recorded his first career QMJHL shutout the night before, was pulled early in the first. Justin Robinson made 23 saves in relief.
Adam Klaus scored twice for the Eagles whole Rory Pilling and Jacob De Ladurantaye added singles. Fleix Hamel made 27 save in the loss.
The Eagles led 2-0 just 5:13 into the game and it looked like they made it 3-0 not long after. That goal was called back though, but it still ended Courchesne's night in net, playing just 6:16 and allowing two goals on five shots.
The Sea Dogs gained some momentum back when Fullerton scored at 9:25 only to allow another goal less than two minutes later. Chartrand scored at 17:33 and the Sea Dogs trailed 3-2 after an eventful opening frame.
Late in the second, Dubé scored to tie things up again, this time at 3-3. At 6:36 of the third period, Saint John took the lead for the first time when Beaulieu walked into the slot and fired a perfect shot top corner on Hamel.
Jack Brauti was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for interference at 7:55, a play that saw him put a big hit on Rozzi. On the ensuing man advantage, it would be Rozzi scoring to make it 5-3.
De Ladurantaye got Cape Breton back within one at 13:01. The Eagles pulled Hamel with 3:24 remaining, allowing Beaulieu to secure the win with an empty netter at 18:45.
LINEUP
Morin - Murnieks - Donovan
Fullerton - Groulx - Rozzi
Krayer - Dubé - Beveridge
Gauthier - Beaulieu
Vilen - Duhamel
Wasmer - Chartrand
Zubek - Baldwin
Croteau
Courchesne
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexis Joseph (U17 World Challenge), Natan Éthier (healthy) and William Yared (injury or sickness) along with defenseman Oskar Drabczynski (healthy).
NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen for a second straight game... defeseman Vincent Croteau played his first game since Oct. 13... forward Alexis Gauthier, playing in just his third game of the season and first since Oct. 18, recorded his first QMJHL point... Cape Breton's Adam Klaus and Rory Pilling both scored their first QMJHL goals in the first period... it looked as though Pilling had scored his first goal earlier in the period but it was called back... Jacob Beaulieu has points in back-to-back games. His third period goal was his first of the season... the Sea Dogs have given up the game's first goal in nine of their 14 games... Angelo Fullerton and Jake Brauti dropped the gloves in the third period. The fight came after Brauti put a big hit on Dylan Rozzi which, after a review, was deemed worthy of a five-minute major and game misconduct for interference. Fullerton was given an instigator... Julien Wasmer and Olivier Duhamel each had two assists... Duhamel had six shots... hits were once again lopsided in favour of Saint John at 22-12... Saint John went 1/4 on the power play... Cape Breton has now lost five straight games... attendance was 1,986.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday at 3 p.m. at TD Station.
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