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Published on November 18, 2017 under Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Saint John Sea Dogs News Release
HARDIE's HAT TRICK LEADS SEA DOGSPAST MOOSEHEADS
(Saint John Sea Dogs)
HALIFAX - Daniel Hardie buried his first QMJHL hat trick and added an assist and Cedric Pare totaled two goals and four points to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 7-2 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads, Friday at Scotiabank Centre.
Ostap Safin and Matt Green also scored for Saint John (5-12-4-2), while Radim Salda contributed four assists. The Sea Dogs snapped a five-game losing skid.
Connor Moynihan and Filip Zadina replied for Halifax (12-7-3-0) while Otto Somppi added two assists.
A scoring summary is available HERE .
The Mooseheads gained momentum early with a goal 73 seconds into the game.
Moynihan and Zadina worked a give-and-go in the slot, with Moynihan waiting until Sea Dogs' goalie Matt Williams went down before tucking the puck inside the right post.
Saint John tied the game with a power play goal with four minutes left in the frame.
Salda fed a pass from the left point to into the right side of the slot, where Pare cranked a one-timer through the legs of Halifax goalie Alex Gravel.
The offence for both sides went silent until the halfway mark in the second period when Hardie gave Saint John its first lead.
The Brampton-native took a pass in the right circle and whistled a wrist shot over the blocker of Gravel for a short-side goal.
Zadina evened the score again more than two minutes later, taking a drop pass from Somppi in the left circle and rifling a low wrist shot that got past Williams' left leg.
But the Sea Dogs responded 28 seconds later.
Captain Joe Veleno corralled the puck on the left side of the Mooseheads' zone, moved into the slot and fed a pass to Safin in the right circle. The Edmonton Oilers' prospect blasted a one-timer past Gravel's blocker.
Twenty-eight seconds after that, Hardie's second of the game made it 4-2 Saint John.
Halifax turned the puck over near their blueline. Isiah Campbell threaded a pass from the left side into the right circle for Hardie. The winger drove the net and got tied up, but the puck rolled off his stick and past Gravel's right skate.
Gravel allowed four goals on 19 shots and was relieved by former Sea Dog Blade Mann-Dixon.
Hardie completed a second-period hat trick in the final minute.
Samuel Duchesne banked a pass up the right wing boards to Hardie at the Halifax blueline. He carried the puck into the right circle and ripped a wrist shot over the glove of Mann-Dixon for his first QMJHL three-goal game.
The Sea Dogs added two power play goals late in the third period.
On a two-man advantage, Hardie cut in from the left side and fed a pass to Pare in front of the crease. The second-year centre snapped a quick shot under Mann-Dixon to make it a 6-2 game.
Nearly two minutes later, on a 5-on-4 power play, Nathan Larose fired a shot from the left point that was deflected in the slot by Green past Mann-Dixon.
Williams earned the win in goal with 25 saves. Gravel was charged with the loss. Mann-Dixon made ten saves in relief.
Hardie and Pare were named first and second star, respectively, with their four-point performances. Somppi took third star in front of 8,265 fans in attendance.
Saint John's next game is Sunday, November 19th, at 3 p.m. against the Charlottetown Islanders at Eastlink Centre. Listen LIVE on 96.1 NewSong FM or newsongfm.ca . Watch LIVE on Neulion .
The Sea Dogs' next home game is Saturday, November 25th, at 7 p.m. against Halifax at Harbour Station. It's Scotiabank Student Night . Tickets are available at the Harbour Station Box Office and online .
Tim Roszell
Manager of Media and Communications/ Play-By-Play Announcer
Saint John Sea Dogs
Phone: (506) 632-9263
Cell: (506) 333-9183
tim.roszell@saintjohnseadogs.com
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