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| Iften Redjah/Rimouski Oceanic |
It's the first time this season the Sea Dogs have been shutout. Saint John went 0/3 on the power play – which included a five-minute man advantage in the third period – and were outshot 28-26.
Liam Lefebvre, Dovydas Jukna and Mathys Dubé scored for Rimouski.
Rafaël Courchesne made 25 saves in the loss.
It was a fairly evenly played game between two teams that sit beside each other in the standings. Saint John entered the third period trailing 2-0 and had a great opportunity to get back into the game when Jack Martin was awarded a five-minute major and game misconduct for a check-to-the-head on Olivier Duhamel. Not only could the Dogs not score, they spent much of the time remaining in the third period on the penalty kill, taking four minor penalties.
The Sea Dogs have now dipped below the .500 mark with a 7-8-1-0 record. They have two games remaining on this three-game trek, visiting the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Friday and the Victoriaville Tigres on Sunday.
LINEUP
Rozzi - Murnieks - Fullerton
Héroux - Groulx - Morin
Krayer - Yared - Donovan
Gauthier - Dubé - Beaulieu
Vilen - Duhamel
Wasmer - Chartrand
Drabczynski - Baldwin
Courchesne
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexis Joseph (U17 World Challenge) and Egan Beveridge (healthy) along with defensemen Vincent Croteau (healthy) and Patryk Zubek (healthy).
NOTES: Forward William Yared returned from injury, playing his first game since Oct. 29... rookie forward Nolann Héroux played a second straight game, moving up to the second line... Everett Baldwin, Dylan Rozzi, Olivier Duhamel, Angelo Fullerton and Olivier Groulx all had three shots... Groulx was a -3... this loss ended a two-game road winning streak for Saint John... this was the second and final meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Oceanic. Rimouski won both games... attendance was 2,725.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The road trip continues tomorrow when the Sea Dogs take on the Drummondville Voltigeurs at 8 p.m.
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