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February 4, 2017 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Saint John Sea Dogs News Release


Sea Dogs Blank Screaming Eagles Forseventh Win In A Row
Sea Dogs Blank Screaming Eagles Forseventh Win In A Row
(Saint John Sea Dogs)

SYDNEY, NS - Mathieu Joseph had two goals and an assist and Julien Gauthier posted a goal and three helpers to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to their seventh straight win, a 7-0 shutout victory over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at Centre 200.

Joe Veleno, Jakub Zboril and Simon Bourque added a goal and an assist each for Saint John (33-12-3-1) while Samuel Dove-McFalls also scored.

Matthew Highmore and Thomas Chabot chipped in with two assists. Callum Booth earned his third shutout of the season with 17 saves.

Cape Breton (29-19-2-2) have lost two straight games.

A scoring summary is available HERE [http://theqmjhl.ca/gamecentre/24997/boxscore].

The Sea Dogs opened the scoring with a power play goal seven minutes into the first period.

Zboril blasted a one-timer from the middle of the blueline that was stopped by Kevin Mandolese in the Screaming Eagles' net. Veleno deposited the rebound for his second goal in as many games.

A two-man advantage doubled Saint John's lead when Zboril crushed a one-timer from the top of the right circle that beat Mandolese with three minutes left in the period.

Bourque made it a 3-0 game more than four minutes into the second.

The Montreal Canadiens prospect rifled a low wrist shot from the left point that deflected off of a Cape Breton player and under Mandolese's blocker.

Joseph earned an assist on the goal to extend his team-record points streak to 26 games (19 goals, 25 assists), which is also the longest streak in the QMJHL this season.

Booth kept the Sea Dogs' lead intact late in the frame, using his left pad to deny a point-blank chance from the QMJHL's leading goal-scorer, Giovanni Fiore.

Gauthier gave Saint John its third power play goal of the afternoon 81 seconds into the third period.

Thomas Chabot, back in the lineup after missing Friday's game due to injury, fed a hard pass from the high slot to the left of the crease where Gauthier redirected it inside the post.

Three minutes later, Joseph corralled his own rebound in front of the net and potted his first goal of the game.

The Tampa Bay Lightning fourth-rounder struck again with eight minutes to go, settling the puck in the slot before moving into the left circle and ripping a wrist shot that got past Mandolese's glove.

Dove-McFalls wrapped up the scoring 28 seconds later.

The fourth-year Sea Dog worked a give-and-go with Veleno. After feeding the puck to his right, the Montreal-native charged in on the left wing, took a return pass and snapped it past a helpless Mandolese.

Booth put an exclamation mark on the shutout by stopping rookie Logan O'Neil on a breakaway in the dying seconds of the game.

Mandolese made 26 stops in defeat.

Joseph's three points made him first star while Chabot took second star with two assists. Zboril's two points warranted a third-star selection in front of 3,675 fans in attendance.

Saint John's next game is Wednesday, February 8th, at 7 p.m. against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at the KC Irving Regional Centre. 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 Friday, February 10th at 7 p.m. against the Drummondville Voltigeurs 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].

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