Juniors Kickoff Season With Close Loss
September 11, 2009 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Montreal Juniors News Release
Montreal, September 11th, 2009 - Intense weeks of training, tangible excitement to the kickoff of the Juniors' second season in the 'Q' and a winning record in the preseason, Pascal Vincent's Montreal Juniors, rookies and veterans, were ready to tie up their skate to start the 2009-2010 season. Before playing in front of their fans, the Montreal Juniors must hit the road to play in Shawinigan, Victoriaville, Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda. Friday night was their first stop in a sold out Centre Bionest. The preparation is done, the season flurry has now begun. The final score: 5-4 for Shawinigan.
In the first, Montreal's veteran Jérémy Gouchie found the net for his first regular season goal this year, assists go to captain Nicolas Chouinard and #28 Pier-Antoine Dion. Shawinigan scored three minutes later. Cats' forward Christophe Tremblay got his first unassisted goal of the regular season. It was 1-1- after 20 minutes.
The second frame belonged to Shawinigan. #36 Pierrick Martel and #55 Anthony Brockman foiled Montreal's goalie to bring the score to 3-1. Belarus' Evgeny Solomonov gave some energy back to Montreal when he got to the back of the net, his first regular season goal in North America.
In the last twenty minutes, rookie Trevor Parkes and teammate Pier-Antoine Dion, from the Montreal Juniors, each scored within 36 seconds. Cataractes Ryan Lagacé and Tommy Tremblay did the same later in the frame. They gave the win to Shawinigan with less than a minute left.
Montreal's goaltender Etienne Marcoux, who was playing his first game in the QMJHL, made 29 saves. Gabriel Girard, in the other net, stopped 32 shots.
The Montreal Juniors will now visit Victoriaville, Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda (on September, 13th, 18th and 19th) before they face off against the Lewiston MAINEiacs for the home opening game at the Verdun Auditorium on Friday, September 25th, at 7:35 pm.
For more information on our team, visit www.montrealjuniors.com.
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Stories from September 11, 2009
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