Recap: Sea Dogs win 3-2 (OT)

FINAL: Shawinigan 2, Jabez Seymour 3 (OT)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - What a night for Jabez Seymour.

Seymour entered the game with five goals on the entire season. On Saturday night, the Newfoundlander scored his first career QMJHL hat trick to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 3-2 overtime win over the Shawinigan Cataractes.

Seymour opened the scoring in the first period, scored the game-tying goal with 25 seconds remaining in regulation and then netted the overtime winner. Hat tricks don't get much better than that.

The win ends a five-game losing streak for Saint John and a six-game home losing streak. They hadn't won at TD Station since early January.

The Sea Dogs struggled to generate chances for much of the night but found a push in the third period. Shots through 40 minutes were 25-15 in favour of Shawinigan but ended 34-30 in their favour.

Perhaps most impressive about this win are the circumstances it came under. Saint John was playing a man short and had to slide defenseman Everett Baldwin up front. The team also played this game under some fatigue, flying from St. John's to Halifax in the morning and not getting into Saint John until the early afternoon. The long day proved to be worth it.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Donovan 

Morin - Joseph - Seymour 

Krayer - Yared - Baldwin 

Héroux - Gauthier 

Wasmer - Duhamel 

Croteau - Damphousse 

Drabczynski - Dunlap 

Courchesne 

MacPherson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Arseni Radkov (healthy); defensemen Cameron Chartrand (injury) and Carl-Otto Magnusson (serving second game of a two-game suspension); and forwards Olivers Murnieks (injury), Maxime Côté (serving one-game suspension) and Angelo Fullerton (serving one-game suspension).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs had a whole bunch of lineup issues and ultimately played a player short. Defenseman Cameron Chartrand, who has been in-and-out of the lineup with nagging back injury, was the final scratch... the Sea Dogs wore their Real Atlantic Superstore Jersey Contest jerseys... affiliate defenseman Jesse Dunlap played a second straight game for Saint John after making his QMJHL debut on Thursday... Alexis Joseph had two assists... Everett Baldwin, playing as a forward, had five shots... the Sea Dogs are now 4-5 in overtime games. They have not gone to a shootout this season... this was Shawinigan's third game in four days... social media star Coach Chippy, who was in attendance, help draw a strong crowd for a second straight year. Announced attendance was 4,100... needs to be pointed out as well: the FloHockey broadcast was significantly better for this game. Quite possibly the best it has been all season.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Victoriaville Tigres on Family Day Monday at 3 p.m.