Juniors Game Notes
March 5, 2010 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Montreal Juniors News Release
The 2009 - 2010 Season:
- Tonight is the fourth and final meeting between Montreal and Victoriaville this season.
- The teams last met on February 19th with the Tigers winning 5-1 at the Verdun Auditorium.
- The Tigers have won their last two games vs. Montreal, both by a 5-1 score.
- In three games this year, the Juniors have a 1-2 record against the Tigers.
- Through 63 games played, Montreal has a 30-27-2-4 record and 66 points.
Have a nice trip:
- The Juniors are taking to the road for the last time this season, continuing a seven game stretch in which they will play the Telus Central Division as well as Gatineau over the period of 18 days.
- The trek will including two contests south of the border and cover 2,382 km (1,480 miles) and constitute a total of 32 hours on the team bus, without stops.
18 Days - 2,382 KM
Opponent Result
2/23 @ Lewiston W 9-7
2/26 @ Gatineau L 2-1 SO
2/27 @ Shawinigan W 6-1
2/28 @ Drummondville L 4-1
3/4 vs. Gatineau W 2-1
3/5 @ Victoriaville
3/7 @ Lewiston
3/8 @ Moncton
Montreal vs. Victoriaville All-Time:
- In 7 games played, Montreal has a 5-2 record all-time vs. Victoriaville.
- With the exception of two games, the Juniors have dominated the Tigers in all their meetings, having outscored their opponents 28 to 22 and scoring 5 or more goals on three separate occasions.
- The Juniors dropped only two games to Victoriaville in their history. Both coming this season, by 5-1 scores respectively. Montreal still carries a 2-2 record at home against the Tigers.
- While visiting the Colisée Desjardins, Montreal has put together a perfect 3-0 record, having scored 16 goals and giving up 6 in their 3 games.
- The domination of the Tigers began when the franchise was based in St. John's as the Fog Devils held a 4-2 record against Victoriaville.
- Before closing shop in Newfoundland, the team finished with a perfect 4-0 mark at home and a 0-2 mark at the Colisée Desjardins in their 6 games played.
- The Fog Devils/Juniors franchise has reached the eight goal plateau twice against the Tigers, an 8-2 victory on November 30th, 2007 and an 8-4 triumph on October 5th, 2008.
Juniors All-Time:
- Tonight's game is the 131st in the history of the Montréal Juniors. To date, the franchise has a 63-57-4-6 record.
Tonight's Key Matchup:
- In the chase for the playoffs, Montreal's defense is led Hubert Genest, who has chipped in key goals along the stretch. However, tonight, he is almost equally matched with Victoriaville's Maxime Robichaud who is his equal almost all around.
- Both players have put up similar numbers, but Robichaud has been more physical, putting up nearly 60 more penalty minutes.
Hubert Genest vs. Maxime Robichaud
Genest Robichaud
Goals: 5 1
Assists: 19 22
Points: 24 23
PIM: 31 93
A Five Spot:
- Nicolas Chouinard's five goals against the Lewiston MAINEiacs on February 23rd not only led his team to victory, but established a new franchise record.
- In the game, Chouinard became only the 42nd player in QMJHL history to score 4 goals or more in one period (3rd). He also broke the franchise record of four goals in a game shared by St. John's Luke Adam (11/09/2007) and Montreal's Louis-Marc Aubry (3/15/2009).
- Due to his efforts against Lewiston, as well as an added goal and two assists at Shawinigan (2/27), Chouinard was named TELUS Offensive Player of the Week for February 22-28. He became the fourth Junior to win the award this season. (Matthew Brenton, Trevor Parkes and Guillaume Asselin).
Scoring 20:
- This season, rookie Trevor Parkes, veterans Jérémy Gouchie and Nicolas Chouinard all cracked the 20 goal plateau, making them respectively the 4th, 5th and 6th players in Juniors history to reach that milestone.
- Chouinard was the latest Juinor to achieve the feat with his 20th coming at home against Gatineau (2/21/2010). Oddly enough for Parkes and Gouchie, both milestone goals came against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Parkes hit the mark on the road (1/28/2010) while Gouchie followed at home (2/14/2010).
- With 5 games to go, one more Junior is on the cusp of the 20 goal plateau: Guillaume Asselin (18).
Weekly Accolades:
- Matthew Brenton, Trevor Parkes, Guillaume Asselin and Nicolas Choiunard have all been honoured during the 2009-2010 regular season as the QMJHL's TELUS Offensive Player of the Week.
- Parkes also took home honours as the CHL's Player of the Week for November 10th, 2009. He became the first Montreal Junior to win that award.
- Montreal is tied with Victoriaville for tops in the league, having both earned 4 such awards thus far this season.
- Last season, Angelo Esposito became the first and only Junior to win the offensive award. He received the honor following his 7 point performance during the week of September 29th, 2008, which included his 2 goal, 4 assist game at Victoriaville on October 5th.
First Impressions:
- It did not take long for rookie Trevor Parkes to prove that he belongs in the Q. After 59 games, he is tied for first on Montreal in goals with 26, including a team-high 7 on the power play.
- Amongst rookies, Parkes ranks second in goals, while his 41 overall points place him ninth in scoring, fourth amongst right wings.
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Stories from March 5, 2010
- MAINEiacs Defeat Chicoutimi 5-3 - Lewiston MAINEiacs
- Cats drown Dogs 4-3 in shoot-out - Moncton Wildcats
- Season-High Crowd of 6,488 Witnesses Hard-Fought Home Loss - Saint John Sea Dogs
- Tigers top Juniors in SO 6 to 5 - Montreal Juniors
- Juniors Game Notes - Montreal Juniors
- Maineiacs Begin Four Game Homestand Tonight - Lewiston MAINEiacs
- Rocket To Host Easter Seals And Olympic Gold Medallist Heather Moyse On Saturday Night - P.E.I. Rocket
- CFL Commissioner Special Guest At Monday Night's Game - Moncton Wildcats
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