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The Sea Dogs managed to climb out of a 4-1 deficit and tie it 4-4 early in the third period. But the red hot Moncton Wildcats fired off three goals in the final frame to take it 7-4.
The loss extended Saint John's losing streak to five games – but the Sea Dogs at least showed some resilience in this game. Much of this losing skid has seen Saint John get down and stay down.
The Sea Dogs got off to a rough start, going down 2-0. Saint John started to gain some momentum though and Alexis Joseph made it 2-1 at 14:39 – only to have the Wildcats score two minutes later. Saint John's inability to carry momentum has been a problem.
Saint John outshot Moncton 22-6 in the second period and exited the frame down 4-3. It was an unexpected outburst given that the Sea Dogs have struggled in second periods of late.
Olivier Groulx tied it up at 4-4 at 2:27 of the third with a shorthanded marker. But the Wildcats would go on to score three to make it a 7-4 final.
Shots were 49-33 in favour of Saint John, which was certainly a positive. Defensively the struggles continue with the Sea Dogs having now allowed seven of more goals in four of their past five games.
Joseph, Groulx, Alexander Donovan and Olivier Duhamel all scored for Saint John. Rafaël Courchesne made 26 stops in the loss.
Teddy Mutryn and Caleb Desnoyers each scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Niko Tournas, Adam Fortier-Gendron and Matthew Virgilio. Rudy Guimond made 45 stops in the win.
LINEUP
Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan
Morin - Murnieks - Gendron
Rozzi - Joseph - Yared
Krayer - Dubé - Beveridge
Vilen - Baldwin
Croteau - Duhamel
Drabczynski - Wasmer
Courchesne
Robinson
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Jacob Beaulieu (healthy) and Alexis Gauthier (healthy) along with defensemen Cameron Chartrand (injured or sick) and Patryk Zubek (healthy).
NOTES: After playing Sunday, Cameron Chartrand was listed as injured or sick... Egan Beveridge and Oskar Drabczynski returned to the lineup after being healthy scratches on Sunday... the Sea Dogs allowed the first goal for a fourth straight game... Alexis Joseph now has three goals in his past four games... Joseph, Alexander Donovan and Oliver Groulx each had a goal and an assist... William Yared had two assists... Joseph had six shots... Angelo Fullerton was the only Sea Dog without a shot on goal... Olivier Duhamel's goal was his first since Oct. 25... Moncton went 2/6 on the power play while Saint John went 0/4 (but did have a shorthanded goal)... Timmy Bleyl and Kuzma Voronin each had three assists... the Sea Dogs are now 1-1-0-0 at Avenir Centre this season... attendance was 3,454.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Sunday at 3 p.m. at TD Station.
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