Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-1

FINAL: Saint John 1, Charlottetown 5

Noah Murray/Charlottetown Islanders

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Saint John Sea Dogs lost a fourth straight game on Sunday at Eastlink Centre.

Playing their third game in three days, the Sea Dogs fell behind in the first period and were never able to get back into the game, falling 5-1 to the Charlottetown Islanders.

The Sea Dogs just didn't seem to have the same level of energy we've seen from them in recent games, which is understandable given this was the club's third game in as many days and second in less than 24 hours. Saint John struggled to create quality scoring chances, registering just nine dangerous shots.

Angelo Fullerton scored Saint John's lone goal, which came in the third period with the Sea Dogs trailing 4-0. Affiliate goaltender Jase MacPherson made his QMJHL debut in the Saint John net, making 34 stops in the loss.

William Shields scored four goals for Charlottetown while Owen Conrad added a single. Donald Hickey made 21 stops in the win.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan

Héroux - Joseph - Morin

Rozzi - Côté - Seymour

Croteau - Gauthier - Krayer

Wasmer - Chartrand

Magnusson - Baldwin

Drabczynski - Damphousse

MacPherson

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Arseni Radkov (serving the second game of a five-game suspension); defenseman Olivier Duhamel (injury or sickness); along with forwards William Yared (injury) and Olivers Murnieks (injury).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with 12 forwards and six defenseman with d-man Vincent Croteau being used as a fourth line forward once again... defenseman Olivier Duhamel missed a second straight game... with Arseni Radkov suspended and Rafaël Courchesne having started back-to-back games, Jase MacPherson of the Kensington Wild made his QMJHL debut in his home province... the Islanders were without Ross Campbell, who was listed as injured or sick... the Islanders wore super hero themed jerseys... Everett Baldwin, Alexis Joseph and Maxime Côté each had three shots... Angelo Fullerton now has four goals in his past five games to give him a team high 25 on the season... it was a rough weekend for Saint John's penalty kill. Charlottetown went 2/3 on the power play in this game... this was the eighth and final meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Islanders. Charlottetown won five of the eight... big crowd of 3,421 at Eastlink Centre for this one.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are in Cape Breton on Friday night, taking on the Eagles at 7 p.m.