Noel Stays Hot with Hat Trick in Sea Dogs Win Over Remparts

November 25, 2016 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Saint John Sea Dogs News Release

Noel Stays Hot With Hat Trick In Seadogs Win Over Remparts
(Saint John Sea Dogs)

Mathieu Joseph also tallied for Saint John (16-6-2-1) while Spencer Smallman and Thomas Chabot added two assists each. The Sea Dogs have won two straight games and have points in their last seven contests.

Derek Gentile and Matthew Boucher responded for Quebec (14-10-1-1), which had its two-game win streak snapped.

A scoring summary is available HERE [http://theqmjhl.ca/gamecentre/25322/boxscore].

The Remparts thought they had opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when Olivier Garneau potted the rebound of a 2-on-1 chance, but the referee had blown the whistle because he lost sight of the puck.

Instead, Noel scored first with five-and-a-half minutes left in the opening period.

Smallman carried the puck into the left circle and dropped a pass for Noel. The 19-year-old whistled a heavy wrist shot past the glove of Quebec goalie Evgeny Kiselev.

The Sea Dogs made it 2-0 four minutes later.

Chabot danced into the slot and had his shot attempt blocked. Joseph corralled the puck, took a stride to his left and launched a wrist shot beyond Kiselev's blocker.

The game stayed 2-0 into the third period, thanks a 19-save second frame by Kiselev.

Gentile cut his team's deficit in half more than seven minutes into the third, slipping past a Saint John backchecker and into the slot before rifling a wrister past D'Orio's glove.

But Noel countered just over a minute later.

Luke Green fed a pass from the right point into the middle of the slot for Smallman, who propelled a blind backhander to Noel in the bottom of the left circle. The 2016 fourth-rounder of the Chicago Blackhawks hammered a one-timer past the outstretched blocker of Kiselev.

Boucher made it a one goal game again with a power play marker with more than five minutes remaining.

The Quebec captain - and son of Remparts' head coach Philippe Boucher - chipped the rebound of a point shot past D'Orio to make it a 3-2 game.

Kiselev went to the bench for an extra skater with under two minutes to go.

Noel completed his hat trick into an empty net with 1:27 left. The fourth-year centre has five goals and six points in his last two games.

D'Orio earned the win with his 24 stops. Kiselev took the loss with 34 saves. He was named third star.

Noel and Smallman were honoured with first and second star, respectively, in front of 4,114 fans in attendance.

Saint John's next game is Tuesday, November 29th, at 8:30 p.m. against the Rimouski Oceanic at Colisee Financiere Sun Life. Listen LIVE on 96.1 New Song FM or newsongfm.ca [http://www.christiannetcast.com/listen/player.asp'stationcinb-fm]. Watch LIVE on Neulion [http://qmjhl.neulion.com/qmjhl/].

The Sea Dogs' next home game is Wednesday, December 7th, at 7 p.m. against the Moncton Wildcats at Harbour Station. Tickets are available at the Harbour Station Box Office, or fans can save money and buy online [https://www.tickets.harbourstation.ca/Online/default.asp].

Holiday Flex Packs [http://sjseadogs.com/holidaypack] are also on sale now at the Harbour Station Box Office.

Noel Stays Hot With Hat Trick In Seadogs Win Over Remparts

• Discuss this story on the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League message board...

Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Stories from November 25, 2016

• Noel Stays Hot with Hat Trick in Sea Dogs Win Over Remparts - Saint John Sea Dogs
• Sea Dogs Reassign Lafreniere, Smallwood - Saint John Sea Dogs

The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Saint John Sea Dogs Stories

• 2024 QMJHL Draft Lottery Takes Place Tonight on RDS
• Game 4 Tonight: $10 Tickets
• Reminder: $10 Playoff Tickets
• Playoff Tickets on Sale Now
• Playoff Tickets on Sale Tomorrow