Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-2

FINAL: Halifax 4, Saint John 2

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - A three-goal third period lifted the Halifax Mooseheads past the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday at TD Station.

Quinn Kennedy scored 2:07 into the third period while Shawn Carrier and Liam Kilfoil followed up with goals to lift the Mooseheads to a 4-2 victory. Caylen Blake scored Halifax's other goal.

Alexis Joseph scored in the final minute of the third but that was as close as Saint John could get. Nolann Héroux netted Saint John's other goal.

It was another fairly even game played between the two. This was the final meeting of the season series, which saw the Moosehead win five of the eight contests.

There were no goalie fights in this game – or any real carryover from that incident. Nicolas Gillham-Cirka made 34 saves in the win while Rafaël Courchesne made 25 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs have now lost three straight games.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Rozzi

Héroux - Joseph - Donovan

Côté - Seymour - Morin

Krayer - Gauthier - Croteau

Wasmer - Chartrand

Baldwin - Damphousse

Magnusson - Drabczynski

Courchesne

MacPherson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Arseni Radkov (suspension); defenseman Olivier Duhamel (injury or sickness); and forwards William Yared (injury) and Olivers Murnieks (injury).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with 12 forwards and six defensemen... defenseman Vincent Croteau remained up front as a fourth line forward... defenseman Olivier Duhamel was the team's final scratch... with Arseni Radkov serving a suspension, Rafaël Courchesne got the start and Jase MacPherson was called up from the Kensington Wild to be backup... the Sea Dogs honoured overagers Julien Wasmer, Maxime Côté and Angelo Fullerton in a pre-game ceremony. The three were named the game's three stars... Alexander Donovan had a penalty shot in the first period but he lost control of the puck in the crease... the Mooseheads didn't record a shot on goal until 8:21 of the first period... Alexis Joseph had a goal and an assist... Donovan had two assists... Donovan and Joseph each had six shots... faceoffs were 40-23 Saint John... this was Saint John's final home game of the regular season. They have three road games remaining... this was the eighth and final meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads... the game was sold out. Announced attendance was a season high 6,150, the largest crowd at TD Station since the 2017-18 season.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders tomorrow at 2 p.m.