RECAP: The Streak Ends. Dogs Lose 6-5.

FINAL (SO): Saint John 5, Bathurst 6

BATHURST – It was a rough game for the Saint John Sea Dogs on Sunday evening in Bathurst.

Special teams were the story as Saint John went just 1-for-9 on the power play and killed off just one of four penalties en route to a 6-5 shootout loss to Acadie-Bathurst Titan in front of a sparse crowd at the KC Irving Regional Centre.

Saint John had control for much of the game but only led for a short time in the third period. The Sea Dogs outshot the Titan 38-22 overall and 37-16 in regulation. Bathurst was very opportunistic with their chances in this game which included a strong performance from their power play.

It was also a strong team effort from the Titan as just one of their five goals came from their top line of Zach O’Brien, Sebastien Trudeau and Matthew Bissonnette.

The Titan had a pair of goals from Alex Jon Banville and singles from O’Brien, Mirko Hoefflin, and Olivier Houle. O’Brien scored the lone goal in the shootout. Goaltender Jacob Brennan made 33 stops in the game and all three in the shootout.

Saint John had two goals from both Tomas Jurco and Ryan Tesink. Kevin Gagne added a single marker. Zack Phillips extended his point streak to 16 games by recording four assists.

Goaltender Sebastien Auger did not have a good night in goal for Saint John. He allowed five goals on 22 shots – 16 of those shots came in regulation time. The rookie netmider allowed two goals on four shots in the first period, one on six shots in the second and two on six shots in the third.

The loss ended Saint John’s winning streak at seven games and also dropped them to 0-2 in Bathurst this season.

LIVE BLOG: Sea Dogs vs Titan

GAMEDAY 28: at Acadie-Bathurst

GAMEDAY

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Today, November 20, 2011 at 4pm

KC Irving Regional Centre

PREVIEW

BATHURST – The Saint John Sea Dogs travel to Bathurst today to take on their provincial rivals at 4pm at the KC Irving Regional Centre.

Today’s match marks only the third time this season the two teams have met. The Titan pounded a depleted Sea Dogs lineup 8-1 back on September 9 in Bathurst. Saint John then beat the Titan 6-2 on September 24 at Harbour Station.

The Titan have had their ups and downs this season and currently sit fifth in the Maritimes Division and 15^th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a record of 9-14-2-1. They have lost two straight going into this one and are 2-6-1-1 in their last 10.

At the KC Irving Regional Centre, the Titan are 6-6-1-1 and have outscored their opponents 62-54.

The Sea Dogs enter play today with a league-best record of 21-6-0-0. They have 42 points and sit one-point up on the Quebec Remparts for first overall.

Despite missing several players die to injuries and illness over the past few weeks, the Sea Dogs have won seven straight and are 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games. They will look to win their season high eighth straight contest this afternoon.

With the injuries, Saint John’s offense hasn’t been clicking that well over the past few games. Despite that, the Dogs lead the league in goals scored with 126 in 27 games. The Victoriaville Tigres have scored the next highest amount of goals with 117.

On the road, the Dogs are 9-5-0-0 and have outscored opponents 54-46.

This is the second road game in three days for Saint John as they beat the PEI Rocket 2-1 on Friday night in Charlottetown. The Sea Dogs are in Quebec City on Tuesday.

POSTSCRIPT: Sea Dogs 2, Rocket 1

A collection of recaps from last night’s Saint John Sea Dogs 2-1 win over the PEI Rocket…

Our recap. The Sea Dogs won their seventh straight game on Friday night at the Charlottetown Civic Centre, defeating the PEI Rocket 2-1.

The Guardian’s recap. “We played so good against the best team in Canada” – Maxime Lagace.

PEIRocket.com’s recap. "We did all the simple things that we didn't do last weekend and I think it helped us out" – Lagace.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Tomas Jurco and Danick Gauthier scored for the Sea Dogs, who improved to 21-6.

SN Live Blog replay. The Rocket wore their third jerseys. Meh.

MISSING IN ACTION: Defenseman Pierre Durepos, who missed part of Wednesday’s game because of the flu, was still sick and missed this one. It marked the first time in Durepos’ Sea Dogs career that he missed a game because of an injury/illness.

Forwards Jonathan Huberdeau and Stanislav Galiev remained out with broken bones. Devon Oliver-Dares and Tyrone Sock are currently not with the team.

TESINK: Ryan Tesink returned to Saint John’s lineup on Friday night. He was a -1 and recorded three shots, two penalty minutes and four hits. He started the game on a line with Zack Phillips and Stephen MacAulay.

The St. Louis Blues prospect hadn’t played since November 4 due to an ‘upper-body’ injury.

P.R.O. Kids Looking For Donations

There will be a P.R.O. Kids fundraiser this afternoon by the Royal Bank at McAllister Place. Here is the info from RBC:

Please help us help Prokids by donating your gently used Hockey Equipment and you will receive a ballot for a chance to win our Family Night out Basket for four.  

Join us on Saturday, November 19^th from 12-3pm for some games and prizes and snacks. We will do our draw on that day.  

Lets work together as a community to help kids play hockey.  

Thank you for your support and donations.

You can visit the P.R.O. Kids Saint John website here.

RECAP: 7th Heaven. Dogs Win 2-1.

FINAL: Saint John 2, PEI 1

CHARLOTTETOWN – Danick Gauthier keeps scoring goals, Zack Phillips keeps getting points and the Saint John Sea Dogs keep winning games.

The Sea Dogs won their seventh straight game on Friday night at the Charlottetown Civic Centre, defeating the PEI Rocket 2-1. Saint John improved their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League record to 21-6-0-0 and sit first overall with 42 points.

Tomas Jurco and Gauthier scored for Saint John. Gauthier netted his league-best 24^th marker of the year. Zack Phillips, wearing the ‘C’ in Jonathan Huberdeau’s absence, recorded an assist on Jurco’s goal to extend his point streak to 15 games. It is the longest streak in the league this season.

Mathieu Corbeil was excellent in net again for Saint John, making 28 saves for the win. He was named first star for his performance.

Matej Beran scored the lone PEI goal. Maxime Lagace allowed two goals on 34 shots.

Ryan Tesink returned to the Sea Dogs lineup but, like the past few games, they struggled to produce offense. Luckily, like the past few games, Saint John’s power play clicked, going 2-for-4.