Overtime win gets Juniors back in series
April 15, 2011 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Montreal Juniors News Release
Montreal, Quebec - The Montreal Juniors beat the Lewiston MAINEiacs by a 5 to 4 score in double overtime. Lewiston still leads the series three games to two.
In the first period, the Lewiston power play struck twice. First, Kirill Kabanov notched his fifth of the playoffs, followed by Olivier Dame-Malka who scored his seventh of the post season. Montreal's reply came when Trevor Parkes found the back of the net for his sixth of the playoffs.
In the second period, Juniors forward Louis-Marc Aubry scored twice, his third and fourth goals of the playoffs.
In the third period, Lewiston's Michael Chaput tied the game by scoring his sixth goal of the post season. Then, Louis-Marc Aubry once more gave the Juniors the lead by scoring his fifth of the playoffs. However, Olivier Dame-Malka hadn't said his final word, and he found the back of the net for his eight of the playoffs to send the game to overtime.
After a scoreless first overtime period, Montreal's Dylan Anderson scored his first goal of the playoffs, giving the Juniors the win.
Lewiston's Michael Chaput picked up three assists.
Lewiston goaltender Nicholas Champion turned aside 31 of the 36 shots he faced, while Montreal's Jean-François Bérubé stopped 23 of the 27 pucks fired his way. Louis-Marc Aubry (MTL), Louis Leblanc (MTL) and Jean-François Bérubé (MTL) were respectively named first, second and third stars of the game.
The series continues Sunday in Lewiston.
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