Sea Dogs Blank the Volts...

The Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs by a score of 3-0 at Harbour Station Saturday night in front of 5,209 fans.

Zack Phillips, Charlie Coyle and Pierre Durepos had goals for the Sea Dogs. Danick Gauthier added two assists as their record improved to 32-13-0-2. Sebastien Auger made 28 saves for his first QMJHL shutout.

Domenic Graham made 19 saves in the loss as the Voltigeurs dropped to 17-24-2-3.

Three Stars of the Game-
1. SNB - Sébastien Auger
2. SNB - Pierre Durepos
3. SNB - Charles Coyle

Game Notes-

The Sea Dogs managed some sustained pressure in the offensive zone just past the halfway point of the first period. Nathan Beaulieu set up shop at the left point and took a pass from Gauthier. Phillips tipped Beaulieu’s point shot wide, corralled his own rebound off the back boards and wrapped around for a backhand bank-shot off Graham at 10:54 for his 23rd of the year.

Less than one minute later, Coyle chased down a Jason Seed dump-in, won a race to the puck, reached around a defender and whipped the puck in off of Graham and into the net. The goal, Coyle’s second in as many games, came at 11:43, with the other assist going to Ian Saab. The Sea Dogs kept the pressure up despite having to kill a late penalty and finished the period up 2-0.

Graham made an  incredible glove   save on Coyle one-timer on a 2-on-1 chance with Jonathan Huberdeau, whose 10-game points streak came to an end. The game continued with plenty of chances         at both ends, including a number for the Sea Dogs where Graham shut the door. It turned into a goaltending battle in the second, as Auger made several big stops including two sprawling pad saves during a Drummondville onslaught.

Durepos extended the Sea Dogs lead with a shot from the right-wing point at 14:20 of the middle frame. Gauthier and Tomas Jurco picked up assists on the goal, the third of the season for Durepos. Phillips did a good job forcing a turnover from Graham behind the net with less than two minutes to go in the second, but couldn’t find an open player for an empty net chance. The Sea Dogs were outshot 14-7 during the second

Auger continued  making several saves in the first 10 minutes of the third period en route to a shutout victory. (from Sea Dogs website)

The Sea Dogs have a week off until next Saturday when the Halifax Mooseheads come to Harbour Station.

The game starts at 7 p.m.