SEA DOGS SWEEP SEASON SERIES WITH WILDCATS Friday, March 5, 2011 SAINT JOHN -- For the first time in the history of the rivalry between the two teams, the Saint John Sea Dogs swept the season series against the Moncton Wildcats, thanks to a 5-4 overtime win Friday. On a night that started with the Sea Dogs receiving the Brunswick News Rivalry Cup for the first time, Stanislav Galiev capped it with the overtime winner 16 seconds into the extra frame. Danick Gauthier, Michael Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Huberdeau and third star Mike Thomas also scored as the Dogs remained undefeated on home ice in regulation time. Nathan Beaulieu had two assists and was named first star. Mathieu Corbeil's 23 saves were enough for the win before a sellout crowd of 6,428, as the Sea Dogs improved to 52-6-1-2 (including eight wins over the Wildcats and a 29-0-1-1 home mark). Second star Ted Stephens led the Wildcats with two goals and an assist, Marek Hrivik had a goal and two assists and Cole MacMillan added a single. Brandon Thibeau made 31 saves as the Cats fell to 30-22-3-7. Brunswick News editor-in-chief Rob Warner presented the Brunswick News Rivalry Cup to the Sea Dogs before the game. The teams then exchanged four rebound goals in the first 12 minutes of a scrambly first period. Gauthier opened the scoring with his 10th of the year, from Alexandre Beauregard and Ryan Tesink, at 2:06, then MacMillan made it 1-1 at 4:12. Kirkpatrick's 29th put the Dogs back in the lead on a power play at 8:23, with assists from Beaulieu and Huberdeau, but Hrivik's 34th drew Moncton back even on another power play at 11:51. Huberdeau's 37th came on yet another man advantage at 14:21. It was the prettiest of the period, and sent Saint John into the intermission with a 3-2 lead. Beaulieu made an incredible move to keep the puck in at the left point, then fired a precise pass across the zone through two defenders to Huberdeau down low. Saint John's leading scorer buried for his second point of the night, giving him 93, just two short of Chris DiDomenico's single-season Sea Dogs record. The first half of the second period was scoreless, but once again a power play proved to be the difference, with Stephens scoring on a long shot that eluded Corbeil at 12:06. But Thomas put the Dogs back in front, as he took advantage of a Moncton turnover in the zone and roofed a wrist shot high to Thibeau's glove side to make it 4-3. The goal, the 14th of the year for Thomas, was unassisted. The Thomas goal looked like it might stand as the winner, but Stephens fired home his second at 15:37 of the third to send the game to extra time. With everyone on both benches standing for overtime, Galiev scored his 32nd of the year on the first shift, just 16 seconds in, with assists from Simon Despres and Tomas Jurco.