Saint John Sea Dogs

The host Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs in front of sold-out crowd at TD Station to win the franchise's second Memorial Cup trophy.

In a thrilling semifinal on Monday, Mysak scored 10:08 into overtime to lift Hamilton past the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3. Reynolds fired a puck into an empty to seal the win at 18:43. The 2020 and 2021 Memorial Cup events were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their win on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. Saint John scored twice in the first six minutes of both the first and second periods and rode the emotion of a wildly enthusiastic sellout crowd to win the championship for the second time in its 17-year history. Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Sea Dogs downed the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday’s championship game.

The Saint John Sea Dogs have won the Memorial Cup, defeating the Hamilton Bulldogs, 6-3, to cement their place as the top Canadian Hockey League team.

The Bulldogs finished 16-3 in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs to advance to the Memorial Cup but dropped their first two games of the preliminary round to set up a series of do-or-die contests, starting with a 4-2 victory against the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Sea Dogs were bounced in the opening round of the QMJHL playoffs and their four Memorial Cup contests are the only games they have played since May 12. Hamilton’s Marco Costantini stopped 21 of 26 shots in the loss. Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot to the top corner on a feed from Dufour on a power play 6:32 into the third. The Sea Dogs defeated the Bulldogs 5-3 in the opening game of the tournament and used the same script Wednesday, scoring early. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their win on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments.

Saint John's run was one of the more interesting ones, the team taking an impressive 44-17-4 regular season record into the playoffs, falling to the Rimouski ...

As the host, Saint John was nonetheless awarded a spot in the final four of the Memorial Cup, along with the OHL Champion Hamilton Bulldogs, the QMJHL Champion Shawinigan Cataractes, and the WHL Champion Edmonton Oil Kings. This wasn’t Dufour’s first MVP this season, having won the QMJHL’s MVP award for the 2021-22 regular season as well after putting up an incredible 56 goals and 60 assists in just 66 games. A fifth-round pick of the New York Islanders in 2020, Dufour has elevated his prospect status this season and could be destined for a pro debut in the Islanders organization next season after signing his ELC in April.

Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, ...

Hamilton’s Marco Costantini stopped 21 of 26 shots in the loss. Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot to the top corner on a feed from Dufour on a power play 6:32 into the third. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their win on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. The Sea Dogs defeated the Bulldogs 5-3 in the opening game of the tournament and used the same script Wednesday, scoring early. Saint John scored twice in the first six minutes of both the first and second periods and rode the emotion of a wildly enthusiastic sellout crowd to win the championship for the second time in its 17-year history. Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Sea Dogs downed the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday’s championship game.

The QMJHL regular season MVP would also take honours as the MVP of the tournament. Hamilton got a pair of goals from Anaheim Ducks draft pick Mason McTavish.

The Sea Dogs are now two for two in Memorial Cup final wins having also been champs in 2011. It’s the third straight tournament win for the QMJHL who saw the won the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies win in 2018 and Acadie-Bathurst Titan in 2019. The Hamilton Bulldogs have dropped the 2022 Memorial Cup final to the QMJHL‘s Saint John Sea Dogs.

The OHL champion Bulldogs went 16-3 in the playoffs en route to their Memorial Cup defeat. The Sea Dogs were eliminated in the first round of the QMJHL playoffs ...

Scott Wheeler Scott Wheeler The OHL champion Bulldogs went 16-3 in the playoffs en route to their Memorial Cup defeat.

The Memorial Cup will stay in the QMJHL after the Saint John Sea Dogs beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3.

The Bulldogs struck back in timely fashion when Mysak redirected a blast from the line by Arber Xhekaj with just nine seconds remaining in the frame to pull to within two. His second of the tournament would find the back of the net on Cosantini’s short side to re-establish the three-goal Saint John cushion. The roof would come off once more 3:12 later when another first-time event sniper, MacDonald, accepted a feed from the point by William Villeneuve while parked in the slot, spun, and fired a quick wrister past Costantini. The Bulldogs countered at the 7:45 when MacTavish tipped Nathan Staios’ point shot eluded Hurtubise for his fifth of the tournament.

Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ...

Just over three minutes later, Villeneuve made another slick move on the right side boards and hit MacDonald in the slot. Hamilton's Marco Costantini stopped 21 of 26 shots in the loss. Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot to the top corner on a feed from Dufour on a power play 6:32 into the third. The Sea Dogs also won the Memorial Cup in 2011 and their win on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. The Sea Dogs defeated the Bulldogs 5-3 in the opening game of the tournament and used the same script Wednesday, scoring early. Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Sea Dogs downed the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday's championship game.

The tournament-host Sea Dogs defeated the OHL champion Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 Wednesday night. This is the first Memorial Cup victory for the club since Florida ...

The Sea Dogs became the first host team to win the Memorial Cup since the Windsor Spitfires in 2017. The 103rd Memorial Cup tournament will take place in Kamloops, British Columbia, and will run from May 26 – June 4, 2023. This is Sea Dogs general manager and president Trevor Georgie’s second Memorial Cup appearance with the club.

Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, ...

Their win on Wednesday marks the sixth time a QMJHL team has won the Memorial Cup in the last 10 tournaments. To have this is the best day of our lives.” Just over three minutes later, Villeneuve made another slick move on the right side boards and hit MacDonald in the slot. We were the best team in the round robin and we won this game decisively today.” We're going to keep our heads high." “It was just a complete team effort,” said MacDougall. “The players are most important. Lawrence put the Sea Dogs on the brink of the title with a sharp shot to the top corner on a feed from Dufour on a power play 6:32 into the third. Captain Vincent Sevigny rounded out the scoring for Saint John. We earned it.” “It was a lot of hard work and the work paid off. This is as hard as I have ever worked a team.” “It makes it more special because everyone thought we were the underdogs, not the Sea Dogs,” said Scott McCain, who's owned the team since 2005.