RECAP: Fullerton scores twice in action-packed battle with Mooseheads
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped a tight 5-4 decision to the Halifax Mooseheads Friday night at TD Station.
Halifax capitalized on early penalty trouble with goals from Caylen Blake and Samuel Rousseau at 5:01 and 7:25. Oleg Kulebiakin extended the Mooseheads’ lead with 51 seconds left in the first, but Saint John answered with nine seconds remaining when Everett Baldwin toe-dragged and fired one past Owen Bresson on a feed from Dylan Rozzi.
Liam Kilfoil jammed one past Arseni Radkov at 1:38 of the second to make it 4-1, but the Sea Dogs pushed back. Angelo Fullerton blasted a one-timer from Rozzi at 6:17, then struck again three minutes later on another one-timer, this time from Everett Baldwin and Olivier Groulx, to pull within one.
Midway through the middle frame things got heated as goaltenders Radkov and Bresson dropped the gloves at center ice after the Mooseheads netminder hit a Sea Dogs player in the head his blocker after the whistle.
Owen Phillips scored for Halifax at 14:58, but Rozzi tipped in a shot from Maxime Côté with 43 seconds left in the period on a delayed penalty to make it 5-4 after two.
The third period was scoreless.
STATISTICS
SOG: SNB – 26| HAL – 39
PP: SNB – 1/3 | HAL – 3/4
Faceoffs: SNB – 44 | HAL – 29
3 STARS
1st: SNB – Angelo Fullerton – 2G
2nd: SNB – Dylan Rozzi – 1G, 2A
3rd: HAL – Oleg Kulebiakin
NEXT HOME GAME
Saturday, March 14 @ 7:00 p.m. – vs Halifax Mooseheads
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