Eagles Look to Close out Océanic in Game Five in Rimouski
April 5, 2024 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Cape Breton Eagles News Release
The Cape Breton Eagles will begin their trip back to Sydney late Friday night- and tonight, they're going to play a hockey game to see if the Rimouski Océanic will be joining them.
The Eagles lead their first round best of seven series against Rimouski three games to one, with game tonight in Quebec, and the next two scheduled for Sydney's Centre 200 if necessary. The Eagles took a 3-0 lead on Tuesday night in Rimouski, but the Océanic countered with a 4-3 win on Wednesday night. Océanic regular season scoring champion Alexandre Blais awoke with his firs goal of the series along with two assists.
Here's what else you need to know ahead of tonight's game!
Venue: Colisée Financière Sun Life, Rimouski, Qc
Puck drop: 8 PM AST
Web coverage:https://shorturl.at/oxDJ5
Radio Coverage: 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com
Twitter: @cbehockey
Live stats: https://shorturl.at/dnJMP
CAPE BRETON RIMOUSKI
19 GOALS FOR 10
3/13 POWER PLAY 6/17
Cam Squires (11) TOP POINT GETTER Maël St-Denis (4)
Cam Squires (+11) +/- LEADER Anthony Paré (+2)
Cam MacDonald (1 goal, 16/26 face-offs) GAME FOUR KEY PERFORMER Alexandre Blais (1 goal, 2 assists)
Tomas Lavoie (4) GAME FOUR HIT LEADER Mathys Laurent/Maël St-Denis (4)
Nicolas Ruccia (21 saves on 25 shots) GAME FOUR GOALIES William Lacelle (30 saves on 33 shots)
Cam MacDonald (52/91) FACEOFF LEADER THIS SERIES Jakub Hujer (26/41)
Jude Campbell (injury), Noah Larochelle, Etienne Desjardins SCRATCHES PRIOR GAME Luke Coughlin (injury), Quentin Miller (injury), Ben Cross, Pierre-Marc Minville, Brett Arsenault
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