RECAP: Yared scores winner in shootout triumph over Victoriaville
SAINT JOHN – An offensively charged game Saturday night at TD station led to an 11-round shootout between the Saint John Sea Dogs and the Victoriaville Tigres. Despite allowing three consecutive goals late in the third period, the Sea Dogs clinched the win when rookie forward William Yared scored in the 11th round.
Sea Dogs goals came from Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle, Ben Cross, Matthew Maclean, and Elliot Dubé.
Maël Lavigne, Justin Gendron, Justin Larose, and Olivier Houde were the goal scorers for the Tigres.
GAME SUMMARY
Victoriaville struck first just over a minute in as Maël Lavigne went glove side high on Charles-Édward Gravel. The Sea Dogs answered back tying the game at one at 4:40. Matteo Mann worked it out of the Dogs zone and banked the puck off the boards to Ben Cross. Cross then sent Eriks Mateiko in alone where he found an open slot under Jakob Hanlan’s blocker.
With 29 seconds remaining in the first, the Dogs found themselves up 2-1 after a powerplay goal where Nate Tivey’s coast-to-coast play resulted in Tyler Peddle’s bar-down goal.
With exactly five minutes remaining in the second, on the powerplay, Tivey slipped a pass between two Tigres defencemen to Cross who roofed one top shelf, putting the Sea Dogs up by two. Less than two minutes later, Victoriaville’s Laverdière connected a cross-ice pass to Lavigne, who secured his second of the night.
At the 2:34 mark in the third period, a Victoriaville turnover, in their own zone, to Tivey would lead to the Dogs fourth goal of the night. Tivey slid the puck to Zachary Morin who sent Matthew Maclean to walk in and find the far side for his first of the season. At 10:28 into the third, at four-on-four, Elliot Dubé sniped one just under the bar, giving Hanlan no chance at the save and putting the Sea Dogs up 5-2.
With under six minutes left Victoriaville’s Olivier Houde picked up the puck after a faceoff scramble in the Dogs zone and sent it back to Justin Gendron who blasted one past Gravel to get them within two. Justin Larose scored shortly after for the Tigres, followed by another goal by Houde with 26 seconds remaining to tie the game and head to overtime.
After a goalless overtime, the shootout saw Mateiko score in the second round and eventually Yared in the 11th round, sealing a dramatic 6-5 win for the Saint John Sea Dogs.
STATISTICS
SOG: SNB – 4/14/3 = 22 | VIC – 10/9/16 = 35
PP: SNB – 2/2 | VIC – 0/2
Face-Offs: SNB – 39 | VIC – 35
3 STARS
1st: SNB – Ben Cross – 1G, 2A
2nd: SNB – Nate Tivey – 4A
3rd: VIC – Mael Lavigne – 2G, 1A
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Saint John: WIN – Charles-Edward Gravel (30 saves / 35 shots)
Victoriaville: LOSS – Jacob Hanlan (17 saves / 22 shots)
UP NEXT
The Sea Dogs will now hit the road for two game starting Thursday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. against the Moncton Wildcats at the Avenir Centre.
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