Friday, October 2, 2026

Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-3 (SO)

FINAL: Saint John 4, Cape Breton 3 (SO)
Shane Wilkie/Cape Breton Eagles
SYDNEY, NS - It wasn't easy, but the Saint John Sea Dogs came away with a 4-3 shootout win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday at Centre 200.

Jamie Glance and Alexander Donovan scored the only goals of the shootout to give the Sea Dogs the extra point. After not playing in a single shootout all of last season, this was Saint John's second in a week.

The victory ended a three-game losing streak for the Sea Dogs, one that was extended by the Eagles erasing a three-goal deficit on Saturday at TD Station and skating away with a 5-4 overtime win.

It looked as though this game may have a similar script to Saturday's. Despite being heavily outshot, Saint John grabbed a 2-0 lead early in the second period. But the Eagles then scored three straight goals to carry a 3-2 advantage into the third.

Shots were 31-12 in favour of the Eagles in the first two periods combined. The Sea Dogs settled things down in the third and netted the equalizer quickly after an offensive zone faceoff at 7:11, ultimately sending the game into extra time.

It wasn't the prettiest performance by the Sea Dogs, but it got the job done – and that's just the way life is going to be a lot of times in Atlantic Canada this season. This was the third straight extra time game for Saint John.

Donovan, Glance and Dylan Rozzi scored in regulation time for Saint John. Samuel Meloche was named the game's third star, making 37 stops in the win.

Derek Andrews, Elias Schneider and Liam Lefebvre scored for Cape Breton. Lukas Beckman made 20 stops in the loss.

LINEUP
Lemieux - Joseph - Glance
Howard - Groulx - Donovan
Rozzi - Cancik - Morin
Roop - Seymour - Ozogany

Lanthier - Chartrand
Delarosbil - Damphousse
Charbonneau - Williams

Meloche
Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Alexis Gauthier along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury), Oskar Drabczynski and Jesse Dunlap.

GLANCE'S FIRST: Here's Jamie Glance's first QMJHL goal, which came early in the second period on a power play.
JOSEPH DROPS 'EM: Alexis Joseph dropped the gloves with Aiden McCullough in the third period after the Eagles defenseman put a big hit on Olivier Lemieux. Joseph did quite well in the fight but did pick up an instigator minor.
NOTES: The Sea Dogs made a few adjustments to their lines, most notably moving Olivier Lemieux and Ryan Howard up to the top two lines. Dylan Rozzi and Zachary Morin joined Matyas Cancik on the third line... forward Logan Roop made his Sea Dogs debut... Washington Capitals prospect Maxim Schäfer made his Eagles debut... the Sea Dogs didn't record a shot on goal until 10:00 of the first period. They had just four in the first but three of them were listed as dangerous... Alexander Donovan's goal was his third of the season but first at even strength... Samuel Meloche debuted some new Sea Dogs coloured gear. He continues to sport his Huskies mask... it looks like the Sea Dogs have stopped the five forward power play for now. Defenseman Brandon Delarosbil was put on the top unit for this game... during a Cape Breton power play in the third, Romain Litalien had a check-to-the-head penalty reviewed for a major but it was ruled a minor... Dylan Rozzi scored his team high fifth goal of the season. He has goals in four of Saint John's five games... Matyas Cancik had five shots... Cancik now has five assists in five games... Jabez Seymour was credited with eight hits... hits were listed as 31-13 in favour of Saint John... faceoffs were 38-25 Cape Breton... the Sea Dogs are now 2-1-0-0 on the road while the Eagles fell to 0-0-0-3 at home... attendance was 2,710.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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