SAINT JOHN, NB – New shirts, new coach and new attitude – Saint John Sea Dogs are making the best of the new reset after a disappointing playoff crash.
Losers in the first round of the Quebec playoffs Main Youth Hockey League against outsider Roman Oceanic – relegation of the fifth and decisive match of the series 30 seconds after extra time – Sea Dogs fired bench boss Gordy Dwyer, hired interim coach Gardiner for the Memorial Cup as the host team.
So far so good.
On Monday, in the first round of the Junior Hockey League, the Sea Dogs started strong and then held on to beat Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton Bulldogs 5-3 at TD Station, although they did not play a competitive game. after their exit from the playoffs on May 12.
The action on Monday also marked the first match for the Memorial Cup in three years due to the abolition of COVID.
Jan Kuznetsov, Raivis Christians Ansons, William Dufour, Ryan Francis and Peter Reynolds scored for the Sea Dogs, who shot Hamilton 36-20. Philip Dowst came in with three assists, while Francis made two.
Ryan Winterton scored two goals and an assist for the Bulldogs, while teammate Avery Hayes scored a goal and an assist.
Sea Dogs wore a commemorative T-shirt for the opening of the tournament. The T-shirts worn in the game will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go to the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Poppy Trust.
INSPECTIONS: Western Hockey League Champion Edmonton Oil Kings plays Champions League Champions Quebec Champion Chauinigan Cataractes on Tuesday. … Hamilton’s next game will be Thursday against Shauinigan, while St. John’s play Wednesday against Edmonton. … The Canadian Hockey League announced a new points system hours before the start of the 102nd Memorial Cup. Teams will now earn three points for winning the regulations, two points for winning overtime and one point for losing overtime during the round robin portion of the event’s six games. The CHL also announced that the sequels to Sudden Death will be played in a 3-on-3 format over 20 minutes during the round robin system. The sequels for tiebreaks and playoffs will be 5 on 5.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on June 20, 2022
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