The St. John’s Fog Devils made their final appearance at the Moncton Coliseum Wednesday night. 

 

A pair of first period goals by Samuel Grenache paved the way for the Fog Devils victory. Grenache scored his first from Luke Adam at 11:34, with his second coming at 13:30 from Mathieu Labrie and T.J. Brennan on the power play.

 

The Wildcats owned the second period and got to within a goal at 9:09 on Adam Bezak’s 7^th of the season from Matt Brown and Pierre-Marc Lessard. 

 

With goaltender Nicola Riopel on the bench, Grenache completed his hat trick at 19:23 on a pass from Wes Welcher. But the Wildcats gave it one last effort and scored at 19:34, it was Bezak’s second of the night from Brown and Zach Sill. Moncton lifted Riopel again for the final seconds but failed to get the equalizer. 

 

The Wildcats out shot the Fog Devils 30-23. On the power play, St. John’s was 1 for 3 while Moncton went 0 for 5.

 

Fog Devils goalie Jake Allen was awarded the first star, Bezak’s two goals got him second star honors while Granache got the nod for the third star on the strength of his three goal performance.

 

Moncton plays host to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Thursday night at 7:00.