The Sea Dogs Win The Memorial Cup Defeating The Bulldogs In The Final

Seen as a long shot at the start of the Canadian Hockey League due to a defeat in the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Sea Dogs defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday’s league game. Saint John scored twice in the first six minutes of both the first and second period and drove the excitement of an enthusiastic crowd that was sold to win the championship for the second time in its 17-year history. William Dufour, captain Vincent Sevigny, Cam MacDonald, Josh Lawrence, Peter Reynolds and Riley Bezeau scored for the Sea Dogs. Mason McTavis, with two goals, and Jan Misak answered for the Bulldogs, who advanced to the final, prevailing in extra time with 4-3 over Sauvignon in Monday’s semifinal. Saint John goalkeeper Nikolas Hurtubise, acquired by the Sea Dogs in the QMJHL commercial timeframe, recorded his third victory in the tournament with 25 saves. Hamilton’s Marco Constantini stopped 21 of 26 shots on goal. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their victory on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. The events of the Memorial Cup of 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hamilton made his second appearance in the Memorial Cup after qualifying for the 2018 semifinals where he fell to the Regina Pats. The Sea Dogs defeated the Bulldogs 5-3 in the opening game of the tournament and used the same scenario on Wednesday, scoring early. Sevigny received a feed from Toronto Maple Leafs candidate William Villeneuve and his blast hit Hamilton’s Arber Xhekaj’s stick and passed Costantini 2:35 into the game. Just over three minutes later, Villeneuve made another elegant move to the right side boards and hit MacDonald in the box. He did not make a mistake when he made a quick shot to beat Costantini at 5:47. McTavish took his fifth in the tournament when he redirected a shot by Nathan Staios next to Hurtubise at 7:45 to calm the crowd and give Hamilton the necessary offensive injection. Bezeau – a forward from Rothesay, NB, who started watching the Sea Dogs fights as a five-year-old boy – patiently held the elf on the right side before connecting with a 4:41 wrist shot in the second.
Dufour, who led the tournament with seven goals, broke a feed from Ryan Francis 5:15 in the period to give the Sea Dogs a 4-1 lead. Hamilton allowed many more golden chances, but came up with two goals when Mysak, the protagonist in Monday’s semi-final win over Shawinigan, glanced at Gavin White and passed Hurtubise with nine seconds left in the season. . Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot in the top corner after a feed from Dufour in a power play 6:32 in the third. McTavish added the second of the night with 4:57 remaining in the match clock. Reynolds threw an elf into the void to seal the victory at 18:43. The Sea Dogs jumped to the opening round of the QMJHL playoffs and the four Memorial Cup competitions are the only games they have played since May 12. It was another national title for Gardiner MacDougall, a seven-time University Cup winner with the University of New Brunswick, who replaced Gordie Dwyer as manager on May 22 and was credited with renewed enthusiasm for the 47-17 team. – 3 in the regular season. The Bulldogs finished 16-3 in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs to qualify for the Memorial Cup, but left the first two qualifying round matches to host a series of do-or-die matches, starting with a 4-2 win over of Edmonton Oil Kings. In an exciting semifinal on Monday, Mysak scored 10:08 in overtime to lift Hamilton over the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3. However, the exhausting course started with the Bulldogs, as captain Colton Kammer has not played since the second game of the OHL final against Windsor. Many other Hamilton players, including Staois, the CHL defender of the year, are believed to have played with injuries.

title: “The Sea Dogs Win The Memorial Cup Defeating The Bulldogs In The Final " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Timothy Lord”

Seen as a long shot at the start of the Canadian Hockey League due to a defeat in the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Sea Dogs defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday’s league game. Saint John scored twice in the first six minutes of both the first and second period and drove the excitement of an enthusiastic crowd that was sold to win the championship for the second time in its 17-year history. William Dufour, captain Vincent Sevigny, Cam MacDonald, Josh Lawrence, Peter Reynolds and Riley Bezeau scored for the Sea Dogs. Mason McTavis, with two goals, and Jan Misak answered for the Bulldogs, who advanced to the final, prevailing in extra time with 4-3 over Sauvignon in Monday’s semifinal. Saint John goalkeeper Nikolas Hurtubise, acquired by the Sea Dogs in the QMJHL commercial timeframe, recorded his third victory in the tournament with 25 saves. Hamilton’s Marco Constantini stopped 21 of 26 shots on goal. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their victory on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. The events of the Memorial Cup of 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hamilton made his second appearance in the Memorial Cup after qualifying for the 2018 semifinals where he fell to the Regina Pats. The Sea Dogs defeated the Bulldogs 5-3 in the opening game of the tournament and used the same scenario on Wednesday, scoring early. Sevigny received a feed from Toronto Maple Leafs candidate William Villeneuve and his blast hit Hamilton’s Arber Xhekaj’s stick and passed Costantini 2:35 into the game. Just over three minutes later, Villeneuve made another elegant move to the right side boards and hit MacDonald in the box. He did not make a mistake when he made a quick shot to beat Costantini at 5:47. McTavish took his fifth in the tournament when he redirected a shot by Nathan Staios next to Hurtubise at 7:45 to calm the crowd and give Hamilton the necessary offensive injection. Bezeau – a forward from Rothesay, NB, who started watching the Sea Dogs fights as a five-year-old boy – patiently held the elf on the right side before connecting with a 4:41 wrist shot in the second.
Dufour, who led the tournament with seven goals, broke a feed from Ryan Francis 5:15 in the period to give the Sea Dogs a 4-1 lead. Hamilton allowed many more golden chances, but came up with two goals when Mysak, the protagonist in Monday’s semi-final win over Shawinigan, glanced at Gavin White and passed Hurtubise with nine seconds left in the season. . Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot in the top corner after a feed from Dufour in a power play 6:32 in the third. McTavish added the second of the night with 4:57 remaining in the match clock. Reynolds threw an elf into the void to seal the victory at 18:43. The Sea Dogs jumped to the opening round of the QMJHL playoffs and the four Memorial Cup competitions are the only games they have played since May 12. It was another national title for Gardiner MacDougall, a seven-time University Cup winner with the University of New Brunswick, who replaced Gordie Dwyer as manager on May 22 and was credited with renewed enthusiasm for the 47-17 team. – 3 in the regular season. The Bulldogs finished 16-3 in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs to qualify for the Memorial Cup, but left the first two qualifying round matches to host a series of do-or-die matches, starting with a 4-2 win over of Edmonton Oil Kings. In an exciting semifinal on Monday, Mysak scored 10:08 in overtime to lift Hamilton over the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3. However, the exhausting course started with the Bulldogs, as captain Colton Kammer has not played since the second game of the OHL final against Windsor. Many other Hamilton players, including Staois, the CHL defender of the year, are believed to have played with injuries.