Juniors powers past Oceanic on the road, 5 to 4
January 15, 2010 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Montreal Juniors News Release
Montreal - The Montreal Juniors faced off tonight in Colisee de Rimouski for their last road game of this five game road trip against the Rimouski Oceanic. The Juniors took the lead in the first period and never looked back as they defeated the Oceanic 5 to 4. Juniors David Stich and Trevor Parkes' strong performances led the way with the victory. Montreal jumped out to a quick two goal lead when winger Louis-Marc Aubry and Jeremy Gouchie scored a minute apart from each other halfway through the first period. Oceanic forward Petr Straka cut the deficit to one a minute after Gouchie's goal.
Junior would extend the lead in the second period when David Rose scored his second of the year from Trevor Parkes and Chris Thorne at 14:21. Juniors Nicolas Chouinard added eighteenth of the year from Matthew Brenton and Gouchie at 16:12 before Czech forward Jakub Koluk scored on the power play a minute later for the Oceanic. Juniors defenseman Xavier Ouellet stretched the lead when he scored his first of the season at 7:28 of the third on the power play. Rimouski countered when Ryan Kavanagh sniped one on the power play at 8:58. The Oceanic made it close with a late goal when Alexandre Mallet tallied at 19:08, but the Juniors held on as they defeated the Oceanic, 5 to 4.
Montreal netminder Jean-Francois Berube stopped 27/31 shots in the win. Oceanic goalie Philippe Tremblay made 28/33 saves in the loss. The Juniors record stands at 22-19-0-3 while the Oceanic record is 23-16-4-2.
The Juniors will return home Sunday when they host the Victoriaville Tigers at 4:05PM. The Val-d'Or Foreurs and the Saint John Sea Dogs will be in town on the 22nd and 23rd respectively.
For more information on our team, visit www.montrealjuniors.com.
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