Recap: Sea Dogs win 5-3

FINAL: Blainville-Boisbriand 3, Saint John 5

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs pulled off an upset win on Wednesday at TD Station.

Dylan Rozzi scored what proved to be the game-winner in the second period as the Sea Dogs defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-3. It's the second straight loss for the Armada, who sit fourth overall in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League standings.

Rozzi scored a pair of goals while Olivier Groulx, Everett Baldwin and Angelo Fullerton also converted. Arseni Radkov had a strong performance in net, making 41 saves in the victory – including 16 in the third period.

The Sea Dogs never trailed in this game but couldn't pull away until the second period when Rozzi scored 1:01 after Baldwin, giving Saint John a 4-2 lead.

The Armada cut the lead to 4-3 at 15:23 of the third and pulled goaltender William Lacelle with 2:08 remaining. The Sea Dogs quickly took advantage with Fullerton scoring into the empty net at 18:00, making it 5-3.

The Armada heavily outshot the Sea Dogs all game with shots ending 44-22 in favour of the visitors. But the Sea Dogs, led by Radkov, were able to shutdown the Armada offense just enough – which included keeping Justin Carbonneau, the QMJHL leader in goals, to just two assists.

Torkel Jennersjo, Bill Zonnon and Mateo Nobert scored for the Armada. Lacelle made 17 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs have now won three of their past four games and are 2-1 under Brian Casey.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Rozzi

Morin - Joseph - Donovan

Héroux - Côté - Krayer

Croteau - Gauthier

Damphousse - Duhamel

Wasmer - Chartrand

Magnusson - Baldwin

Drabczynski

Radkov

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Olivers Murnieks (injury), William Yared (injury) and Jabez Seymour (injury).

HISTORY: A big goal for Everett Baldwin in the second period. Charlottetown's Marcus Kearsey also scored on Wednesday to retake the league lead in defenseman goal scoring.

14th goal of the season for Everett Baldwin.

Moves him into a tie for the QMJHL lead in goals by a defenseman.

Moves him into sole possession of the Sea Dogs franchise record for goals by a rookie defenseman.

— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) March 5, 2026

NOTES: The Sea Dogs were once again without three forwards which forced them to go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... and once again, defenseman Vincent Croteau was used as a fourth line forward... forward Alexis Joseph returned from injury, playing his first game since Feb. 19... QMJHL commissioner Mario Cecchini was in attendance and took part in the ceremonial faceoff... former Sea Dogs forward Jacob Beaulieu took part in the ceremonial faceoff while Elliot Dubé took the game's opening draw... Saint John wore their Superstore jerseys for a third time... Oskar Drabczynski has points in three straight games... Olivier Groulx extended his point streak to eight games... Angelo Fullerton now has six goals over his past five games... Bill Zonnon was awarded a penalty shot with 1:24 remaining after Arseni Radkov knocked the net off – which was a common occurrence in this game... Dylan Rozzi had two goals, an assist and a team high four shots... Saint John went 1/4 on the power play. The Armada entered the game tied for the league lead in penalty minutes per game... the Sea Dogs will finish the season with an 8-8-0-0 record against Western Conference teams... this was Saint John's 22nd win of the season, surpassing last season's total... attendance was 3,334.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are back in action on Sunday when they travel to Moncton to face the Wildcats at 3 p.m.