RECAP: Late rally comes up short against Mooseheads
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The Saint John Sea Dogs fought back hard with three unanswered goals in the third period on Wednesday night, but fell 4-3 to the Halifax Mooseheads at TD Station.
Mooseheads forward Quinn Kennedy scored the only first period goal, finishing a give-and-go play at 5:27. Saint John outshot Halifax 11-9 but trailed 1-0 after one.
At 1:13 of the second, Shawn Carrier scored for Halifax on a feed from Oleg Kulebiakin. Kennedy added his second at 13:09 to make it 3-0 through 40 minutes, with the Sea Dogs leading 21-20 on the shot clock.
Halifax made it 4-0 early in the third on Carrier’s second. At 5:08, Zach Morin put the Sea Dogs on the board with a slap shot from the high slot. With nine minutes to play, Patryk Zubek sent a long pass to Nolann Héroux, who found Elliot Dubé to slip it through Owen Bresson and pull within two. William Yared scored at 17:02 to get within one, but the rally ended there.
STATISTICS
SOG: SNB – 31 | HAL – 25
PP: SNB – 0/4 | HAL – 0/1
Faceoffs: SNB – 33 | HAL – 22
3 STARS
1st: HAL – Quinn Kennedy
2nd: HAL – Connor MacPherson
3rd: SNB – Zach Morin – 1G, 1A
NEXT HOME GAME
Sunday, December 28 @ 3:00 p.m. – vs Charlottetown Islanders
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