Recap: Sea Dogs win 6-2

FINAL: Saint John 6, Halifax 2

Trevor MacMillan/Halifax Mooseheads

HALIFAX - What a night for Cameron Chartrand.

Chartrand nearly doubled his season point total, registering two goals and an assist to help the Saint John Sea Dogs defeat the Halifax Mooseheads 6-2 on Saturday night at Scotiabank Centre.

Both of Chartrand's goals came in an eventful first period that saw the team carry a 3-1 lead into the middle frame. The Mooseheads were able to get back within one late in the second period but a Jabez Seymour goal – which counted following a review – in the final minute gave the Dogs a commanding 4-2 lead heading into the third.

Matyas Cancik's goal just 35 seconds into the third essentially secured a Saint John win. Dylan Rozzi added an empty netter to make it a 6-2 final.

Alexander Donovan also scored for Saint John. Olivier Groulx recorded three assists while Rafaël Courchesne made 25 saves in the win.

William Bent and Nathan Langlois scored for Halifax. Carson Mertz made 28 stops in the loss.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Joseph - Glance

Cancik - Groulx - Donovan

Morin - Seymour - Lemieux

Howard - Roop

Lanthier - Chartrand

Delarosbil - Damphousse

Charbonneau - Connors

Dunlap

Courchesne

Meloche

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Oliver Ozogany (healthy) and Alexis Gauthier (injured or sick) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury) and Lawrence Williams (U17 World Challenge).

NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Oliver Ozogany and Alexis Gauthier both out... Alexis Joseph returned to action after missing both of last weekend's games. Matyas Canick also returned to play – he hadn't dressed since Oct. 24... the Sea Dogs fell to 10 forwards after Ryan Howard dropped the gloves with Daniel Walters in the second period... Cancik, Dylan Rozzi and Alexander Donovan all had a goal and an assist... Rozzi hadn't scored since Oct. 2... Cameron Chartrand set career highs for goals and points in a single game... Brandon Delarosbil had a goal disallowed in the second period after it was ruled Cancik interfered with Mooseheads goaltender Carson Mertz... Rafaël Courchesne played his first game since Oct. 24... Rozzi had five shots... faceoffs were 42-22 in favour of Saint John... this was Saint John's first visit to Scotiabank Centre this season... this was just the second regulation home loss for the Mooseheads this season... attendance was 8,188.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders on Sunday at 3 p.m.