Sea Dogs Edge Huskies in Overtime Thriller

ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec (Interstat) — Olivers Murnieks scored his second goal of the game 1:22 into overtime, lifting the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 4-3 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Wednesday night at Aréna Glencore.

The Sea Dogs built a 3-0 lead on first-period goals from Olivier Groulx and Zachary Morin and a second-period tally from Murnieks. The Huskies stormed back with three second-period goals in a 14-minute span, with Nathan Langlois, Samuel Beauchemin and Eliot Ogonowski scoring to force overtime. Murnieks won it in the extra frame, assisted by Everett Baldwin.

Saint John improved to 16-24. Rouyn-Noranda fell to 22-17 before a crowd of 1,476.