By Blair R. Cameron
The Saint John Sea Dogs were looking to continue there winning ways versus the Halifax Mooseheads at Harbour Station on Saturday Night.
The Saint John Sea Dogs were looking to continue there winning ways versus the Halifax Mooseheads at Harbour Station on Saturday Night.
The Mooseheads took the early lead on the home town Dogs, when Ashley took an amazing pass from Marty Frk and made no mistake potting the puck past the Sea Dogs net minder.
The sea dogs did not wait long to get on the board however, when Coyle scored his third of the year off a pass from Zack Phillips. The game was tied at one.
Less than a minute latter it was Coyle again, as he made no mistake on the pass from the Sea Dog captain Jonathan Huberdeau, making it 2-1 Saint John to end the first period.
The Sea Dogs would add to their lead in the second period when Danick Gauthier took a great pass from Grant West on a 2-on-1 play. Gauthier scored his 34th of the year to make it 3-1 Saint John.
The Sea Dogs would take a penalty and it would end up coasting the defending Memorial Cup Champions, as Frk scored to make it 3-2, Shots were 28-23 Sea Dogs after two periods.
The third period did not start off well for Saint John as Halifax scored 45 seconds in on a choppy play in front of the net. They got more than three shots away before one found the back of the net, tying the game at 3-3.
However 23 seconds later, the Sea Dogs Scored again to regain their one goal lead when Stephen MacAuley took an amazing feed from Tomas Jurco at 1:08.
The Dogs then went up by two as Jurco found the back of the net after being robbed three times in the second period. It was his 22nd of the year assisted by Gauthier.
Just seconds later it appeared that the Dogs made it 6-3. However, it was waived off by the refs. They did not disclose a reason nor was the play reviewed. It did not matter as the Sea Dogs made it 6-3 when Adien Kelly blasted one by the Heard's netminder with 12:22 remaining in the third period. They did review this one, and the goal was good.
The Halifax meltdown continued just over a minute latter when Jurco got his second of the night to make it 7-3 Saint John and chased the Halifax starting goalie from the net.
With 7:45 left in the final frame, Halifax took a penalty for hooking; giving the worst QMJHL powerplay another chance. The Sea Dogs then took a questionable tripping call 46 seconds later making way for some 4-on-4 action.
The Moose would then take another penalty for checking from behind at 18:14; but once again Saint John's special teams could not find the back of the net and the dogs would win the game 7-3 in front of 6,408 fans.
Looking ahead: The Sea Dogs will play tomorrow afternoon in Bathurst, Game time is 3 p.m. at the KC Irving Center.
