RECAP: Dogs dominate early, cruise past Mooseheads 5-2
HALIFAX, N.S. – The Saint John Sea Dogs got off to a hot start Friday night under new head coach Brian Casey and rolled past the Halifax Mooseheads 5-2 at the Scotiabank Centre.
Alex Donovan opened the scoring three minutes in, batting in Olivier Groulx’s rebound on the backhand. At 17:17, Zach Morin buried Donovan’s rebound on the power play to make it 2-0. Saint John controlled the first period, outshooting Halifax 22-3.
Five minutes into the second, Maxime Côté blasted a one-timer from Morin past Owen Bresson. Donovan scored his second of the night with a wrist shot along the ice, again set up by Groulx. Saint John led 4-0 after two and held a 33-16 edge in shots.
Halifax got goals from Oleg Kulebiakin and Quinn Kennedy at 3:53 and 11:51 of the third, but Dylan Rozzi tipped a point shot from Everett Baldwin past Bresson at 14:12 to restore the three-goal cushion. Final shots were 42-30 for the Sea Dogs.
STATISTICS
SOG: SNB – 42| HAL – 30
PP: SNB – 1/2 | HAL – 1/3
Faceoffs: SNB – 21 | HAL – 38
3 STARS
1st: SNB – Alex Donovan – 2G, 1A
2nd: SNB – Olivier Groulx – 3A
3rd: HAL – Oleg Kulebiakin
NEXT HOME GAME
Saturday, February 28 @ 7:00 p.m. – vs Charlottetown Islanders (Wrestling Night)
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