Recap: Sea Dogs lose 8-2

FINAL: Charlottetown 8, Saint John 2

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - It was a Friday night to forget for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Charlottetown Islanders scored three times in both the first and third periods en route to an 8-2 win over the Sea Dogs at TD Station. The Sea Dogs have allowed eight goals in back-to-back games, the most they've given up in a single game this season.

Nathan Leek scored a hat trick for Charlottetown; Jabez Seymour scored twice; and Ross Campbell, William Shields and Antoine Provencher added singles. Donald Hickey made 30 saves in the win.

Olivers Murnieks and Alexis Joseph scored for Saint John. Rafaël Courchesne made 28 saves in the loss.

Not a lot went right for the Sea Dogs in this game. Some defensive mistakes proved costly while some hit posts ended any chance of Saint John gaining momentum when the game was still within reach.

The good news for Saint John: they can quickly forget about this game with another match – this one against the Cape Breton Eagles – set for Saturday night. The bad news: they've also got a game on Sunday, making this not an ideal start to a challenging weekend.

LINEUP

Morin - Joseph - Donovan

Fullerton - Groulx - Yared

Rozzi - Murnieks - Gendron

Krayer - Dubé - Beaulieu

Vilen - Chartrand

Zubek - Baldwin

Wasmer - Bilodeau

Courchesne

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexis Gauthier (healthy) and Egan Beveridge (healthy) along with defensemen Oskar Drabczynski (healthy) and Vincent Croteau (healthy). Call up Nolann Héroux also did not play.

NOTES: Defenseman Cameron Chartrand returned from injury or sickness, playing his first game since Nov. 9. Forwards William Yared (Nov. 16) and Olivers Murnieks (Nov. 9) also returned... forward Egan Beveridge was scratched after warmup... former Sea Dogs forward Tyler Peddle did not play for Charlottetown. He was listed as injured or sick... overage forward Alexis Gendron made his Sea Dogs debut. He finished with two shots, two hits and was a -1... Nathan Leek extended his point streak to seven games... Leek's hat trick was the first of his QMJHL career... both teams went 1/4 on the power play... hits were 17-4 in favour of Saint John... Murneiks had five shots... Jacob Beaulieu had five hits... attendance was 2,222.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Eagles tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.