GDT: Sea Dogs vs Mooseheads - December 14, 2007

[canucklehead]

jrsuperstar said:

Yeah you cant blame Dog Catcher for anything he posts...because it is all copy/pasted from someone else. ;D

Ouch! Nice burn lol ;D

[mrlittlewolf]

Dog Catcher is the new Scott copy & paste Briggs!!!

[dogcatcher]

Back on topic!! ;D

Prediction 3-1 Dogs! Goals by Dido, Grant & Thomas

[mrlittlewolf]

where di you read that DC....................lol

I say 5-3 dogs another strong showing by Scott Owes!!!! yes i know its howes

[Gallant-Unit(14-0-3)]

well i might go after all my b-ball game isnt happening due to weather. Go Dogs Go. Still thinking a win tonight

[dogbert]

gallantunit44 said:

well i might go after all my b-ball game isnt happening due to weather. Go Dogs Go. Still thinking a win tonight

I'm trying to talk the wife into skipping the Christmas party. No luck yet

[dogbert]

dogcatcher said:

Back on topic!! ;D

Prediction 3-1 Dogs! Goals by Dido, Grant & Thomas

Dogs 4-0 with a hattrick by Anthony! *started drinking early

[bjindaho]

lucky piece of crap. 5-1 Dogs.

[Gallant-Unit(14-0-3)]

crazy game so far. poopy i cant be there

[Gallant-Unit(14-0-3)]

GO GO GO GAUTHIER!!!! bad call but ill take it

[Gallant-Unit(14-0-3)]

eagles are first now. come on tho dogs keep the lead

[batterydude]

Good to see Thomas 1st star; two games in a row

[qmjhlfan]

I have to say that I am very impressed with the Sea Dogs this season. If they don't get a national ranking this coming week something is wrong.

4168 fans--not too shabby at all.

[dogcatcher]

SEA DOGS DEFEAT MOOSEHEADS 4-2

Travis Fullerton Makes 28 Saves To Lead Saint John To Victory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Friday, December 14, 2007

SAINT JOHN, NB --- The Saint John Sea Dogs claimed sole possession of second place in the QMJHL East on Friday night, leapfrogging the visiting Halifax Mooseheads after earning a hard-fought 4-2 victory in front of 4,168 fans at Harbour Station.

After a penalty-filled first period produced a 0-0 deadlock, Saint John tallied three of the five goals scored in the middle frame prior to adding an empty net marker late in the game in producing the final score.

The Sea Dogs now have 47 points on the season, one more than Halifax and one less than (momentarily) top-ranked Cape Breton, who defeated St. John’s by a score of 4-3 on Friday at their home arena in Sydney, NS.

Francois Gauthier, Mike Thomas, Matthew Stoddard, and Alexandre Leduc all scored for Saint John on Friday, while Halifax received their offensive production from Peter-James Corsi and Nicholas Goyens.

Veteran goaltender Travis Fullerton earned the win in net for the Sea Dogs, stopping 28 of the 30 shots sent his way to improve his individual record to 13-7 on the season. Meanwhile, Pier-Olivier Pelletier (18 saves) suffered the loss between the pipes for Halifax, falling to 11-11 on the year as a result.

In a first period that would see no fewer than 34 penalty minutes being handed out by officials over the course of twenty minutes of gritty, physical, hard-hitting hockey, neither team was able to capitalize on their respective chances, with both net minders solidly standing their ground in goal.

The first big scoring opportunity of the game came with 7:04 remaining in the opening frame when Mooseheads left wing Daniel Smith was awarded a penalty shot after being hauled down on a semi-breakaway by Simon Despres. The 18-year old was unable to convert on his attempt however, as he lost control of the puck before he was able to challenge Fullerton with a shot and/or deke.

The overt mutual aggressiveness of the first period then reached its zenith at the 16:48 mark of the first when Brett Gallant squared off with Mooseheads forward Shawn O’Donnell in the home team’s zone, earning a late-round victory after administering a series of lethal blows to the 19-year winger’s cranial region.

Neither team managed to capitalize on their respective power play opportunities which materialized as a result of the multiple penalty calls in the first, and the opening frame thusly came to an end with the score tied 0-0.

A second penalty shot was called 1:59 into the second, with both the team and the result proving different than the first, as Sea Dogs forward Francois Gauthier made no mistake on his attempt, firing a wrist shot between the pads of Pelletier to earn his eighth tally of the season as Saint John subsequently took a 1-0 lead.

The home team doubled their lead 3:40 later when rugged winger Mike Thomas (fresh off a 2G-1A-3P performance versus Cape Breton on Sunday) stole the puck from a Halifax defenseman deep in the visitors’ zone and unleashed a rocket of a wrist shot that beat Pelletier on his blocker side.

The Mooseheads cut into the Sea Dogs’ lead at the 16:36 mark of the middle frame when Peter-James Corsi beat Fullerton with a high wrist shot. Just 29 seconds later Nicholas Goyens earned his third goal of the 2007-08 campaign to tie things up 2-2.

Saint John then reclaimed the lead with 2:11 remaining in the second period when a cross-ice pass by Matthew Stoddard ricocheted off of the skate of a Mooseheads defenseman, the puck finding its way to the back of the Halifax net as Mike Thomas earned his second point of the night in the form of an assist.

Halifax was awarded a power play near the end of the second, but some stellar work by Fullerton ensured that Friday’s match reached the forty minute mark with the home team leading 3-2.

Payton Liske nearly gave the Sea Dogs an insurance marker eight minutes into the third period, ringing a snap shot off of the post of the Mooseheads’ net on an odd-man rush from just outside the slot.

After some more impressive work from Fullerton, Saint John sealed the proverbial deal on Friday when Alexandre Leduc scored an empty net goal to earn his tenth tally of the season.

The 22-9-1-2 Sea Dogs will next face the Moncton Wildcats in a Sunday afternoon road contest.

[reddogbluedog]

I took your advice and I talked to JB. He said you are right I will give Thomas more ice time. Oh my!!!! first star again. Berner I hope your evaluation of women is better than your evaluation of players. Go Dogs Go.

berner said:

reddogbluedog said:

Dog Catcher has Mike Thomas as a player to watch but if he is stuck on the fourth line again to me this is a waste. He is one of the best skaters on the team and one of the best hitters in the league. We need this toughness to get more than the token shift. I still say with him and Howes on the same line it would give other teams fits. People just cough up the puck knowing that they are on the ice. We need a tough checking line to play on a regular basis and I really do not care who is on it but it would pay off down the stretch when we can really bang other teams around.

Maybe you should pass the word on to Coach Beaulieu, he obviously needs advice on how to get the most out of his players. After all, the team is only in third place, one point behind the two front-runners. Looks like he could use all the advice he could get.