The Cats on the road
Published on November 19, 2007 under Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Moncton Wildcats News Release
The Moncton Wildcats will try to improve their road record of 4-7-1-0 when traveling to Quebec to play three games in three nights. The Cats will begin their road trip with a match up against the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday. They will then face the Gatineau OIympiques on Saturday and the Victoriaville Tigres Sunday afternoon. Matt Eagles and Phil Mangan lead the team for the most points with 26 while Matt Marquardt leads for the most goals with 14. The Wildcats are currently on a 4 game losing streak.
Riopel and Barberio at the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge
Goaltender Nicola Riopel and defenseman Mark Barberio will represent the Moncton Wildcats at the annual event which plays a very important role in the selection process of Canada's World Junior Hockey Championship and Under-18 Championship rosters
The Chicoutimi Saguenéens will host the first game of the series, on Monday, November 19, at the Georges-Vézina Centre. The second game will take place the following Wednesday at the Robert-Guertin Centre in Gatineau. Then, the Russian delegation heads west where it will play two games against the OHL and WHL all-stars.
All six contests will be televised nationwide on Rogers Sportsnet. RDS will broadcast the games which will be played in QMJHL markets.
LAST WEEK
Tuesday November 13th vs Lewiston Androscoggin Bank Colisée 7:00PM
GAME NOTES:
Goaltender Jonathan Bernier made 31 saves and the MAINEiacs beat the Wildcats 3-2 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée.
Jakub Bundil (1-1), Kevin Marshall (1-1) and Alexander Beaton (0-2) led the MAINEiacs with 2 points each. Stefan Chaput scored the other Lewiston goal who won a 2nd consecutive game.
Phil Mangan scored both Wildcats goals in second period. Mark Barberio picked up two assists.
Both teams had eight power play opportunities. The MAINEiacs were able to score twice with the man advantage while the Cats scored only once.
Nicola Riopel allowed 3 goals on 19 shots for the Wildcats.
Friday November 16th vs Acadie Bathurst Moncton Coliseum 7:00PM
GAME NOTES:
The battle of New Brunswick came down to the last half minute of overtime before the Acadie-Bathurst Titan got by the Moncton Wildcats 3-2 on Friday night.
Bathurst struck first at 9:03 of the opening period when Tomy Joly scored on the power-play from Remi Blanchard and Dany Masse. Matt Marquardt answered for the Wildcats at 17:51 of the first, his 14th goal of the season, Phil Mangan and Matt Eagles drew the assists while the Wildcats had the man advantage.
In the second period, rookie Matt Brown, with his 3rd of the season, put the Wildcats in front at 4:28 with Pierre-Marc Lessard getting the assist.
The Titan's second power-play goal of the night evened the score at 2-2 at 5:22 of the third, with Tomas Svoboda get the equalizer from Charles-Antoine Messier. Both teams pressed for the game winner in regulation but both goaltenders Nicola Riopel of the Cats and Nicolas Champion of the Titan made brilliant saves to send the game to extra time.
With a shoot-out looming, Mathieu Perreault got the game winner for the Titan at 4:31 of the extra period, Labrie and Renaud assisting.
Acadie-Bathurst outshot Moncton 41-30 over the 64 plus minutes. The games three stars were Masse of the Titan getting star number 3, Champion the second star and Riopel of the Wildcats the first star.
Saturday November 17th vs PEI Moncton Coliseum 7:00PM
GAME NOTES:
It's become the story of the season so far, one goal losses by the Moncton Wildcats. On Saturday night, the PEI Rocket hung on for a 4-3 victory at the Coliseum.
Moncton took the lead at 17:21 of the first period with an unassisted goal by Zach Sill, his 8th of the year. The Rocket tied the game one minute and twenty-eight seconds later when Geoff Walker scored from Brett Morrison and Chris Doyle on the power play.
Walker got the only goal of the second period at 11:37, Morrison and Matthew Lachanie assisted, the second power play goal of the night for the Rocket.
An unassisted goal by Pierre-Luc Lessard upped the PEI lead to 3-1 at 6:42 of the third period but Phil Mangan with his 8th of the season from Mark Barberio and Matt Eagles put the Wildcats back in the game at 14:14. Morrison with his 14th of the year a short handed goal for the Rocket just 46 second later gave PEI a two goal margin again. The Cats came back, 26 seconds later with a two man advantage, Chris Morehouse put his team within a goal, Myles Gomes and Andrew Eastman drew the assist.
Despite pulling goaltender Nicola Riopel for the final minute, Moncton couldn't get the equalizer. The Wildcats won on the shot clock by a 39-35 margin.
Geoff Walker got the nod as the games first star, Morrison the second and Sill of the Wildcats the games third star.
THIS WEEK
Friday November 23rd vs Shawinigan Aréna Jacques-Plante 7:30PM
GAME NOTES:
The Moncton Wildcats will face the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday at the Jacques Plante arena. Shawinigan is currently 13th in the overall QMJHL standings with a record of 11-12-0-2. Cédric Lalonde-McNicoll leads the Cataractes in scoring with 16 goals, 11 assists for 27 points in 25 games. Kevin Maletto (8-9-0, 2.98, .889%) and Roger Kennedy (4-4-0, 3.24, .888%) have been splitting duties in net for the Cataractes this season.
Saturday November 24th vs Gatineau Centre Robert-Guertin 4:00PM
GAME NOTES:
The Cats will face the Gatineau Olympiques on Saturday at the Robert Guertin Centre. Gatineau has a record of 19-7-2-2 so far this season and stands 3rd in the overall QMJHL standings. Claude Giroux leads the Olympiques with 19 goals, 25 assists for 44 points in 25 games including 6 power goals and 5 game winning goals. In goal, Ryan Mior (10-10-0, 2.78, .901%) played the majority of the games so far this season for the Olympiques.
Sunday November 25th vs Victoriaville Colisée Desjardins 4:00PM
GAME NOTES:
The Wildcats will visit the Victoriaville Tigres on Sunday. The Tigres are 9th overall in the QMJHL standings with a record of 14-13-1-0 and are currently on a two game winning streak. Toby Lafrance is Victoriaville's top scorer so far this season with 16 goals, 18 assists for 34 points in 25 games. Jean-Christophe Blanchard (7-7-0, 3.45, .897%) and Kevin Poulin (7-5-0, 3.93, .894%) have been splitting duties in net for the Tigres this season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Quick Stats
Overall Record: 10-14-2-2
Home Record: 6-7-1-2
Road Record: 4-7-1-0
Overtime Record: 3-2-2
Shootout Record: 2-2
Penalty Kill: 125/160 78.1% (16)
Power Play: 23/167 13.8% (16)
Most goals: Matt Marquardt (14)
Most assists: Phil Mangan (18)
Most power play goals: Matt Marquardt (6)
Most shorthanded goals: Adam Bezak (1), Matt Eagles (1)
Most Game winners: Matt Marquardt (2)
Most Wins: Nicola Riopel (6)
Most PIMs: Chris Morehouse (55)
Leading Scorers
Matt Eagles 11-16-26
Phil Mangan 8-18-26
Matt Marquardt 14-7-21
Leading Goaltenders
Charles Lavigne (4-6-0) 2.64 .915
Nicola Riopel (6-12-0) 3.04 .905
Plus/Minus Leaders
Phil Mangan(+9)
IN THE COMMUNITY
Application forms are being sent this week to eligible schools in our local schools districts for our 10th annual Reading is Wild program. The Moncton Wildcats are pleased to announce that a new partner has been added to this program. Along with RBC, who has been a major sponsor of this literacy program for many years, we introduce this season the Times & Transcript as a second sponsor. This allows us to increase participation in the Reading is Wild program from 2 schools to 4 schools.
For more information on the Reading is Wild program, please contact the Moncton Wildcats business office at 382-5555.
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Moncton Coliseum Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday 10am-6pm - Saturday: 10m - 2pm
377 Killam Drive, Unit 1,
Moncton, NB, E1C 3T1
Phone: 506-857-4100 Fax: 506-859-2678
Purchase your tickets online for any Wildcats' Games. We are pleased to announce our NEW automated Online Ticketing System enabling customers to purchase tickets online and print at home, have your tickets mailed, or picked up at the Coliseum WillCall window. No need to wait in line. No need to call the Box Office. Your transaction is secure and immediate. Choose your seats from best available tickets remaining for the event and know your seat location at the time of sale!
Open 24/7 at tickets.moncton.ca
To book a group to a Wildcats game call 506-382-5555.
CATCH THE WILDCATS ACTION
All Moncton Wildcats games, home and away, are broadcast on Radio 91.9 and on the Wildcats website at www.moncton-wildcats.com. Join the voice of the Wildcats, Gerry Green for all the play-by-play action.
All Wildcats games will also be webcast on www.moncton-wildcats.com and qmjhl.mytelus.com.
Les Stoodley will be doing the play-by-play for all the Telus webcast home games.
The Wildcats will televise 5 more games from the Moncton Coliseum on Rogers Television channel 10.
Sunday December 16, 2007 16:00 Saint John vs Moncton
Sunday January 6, 2008 16:00 Acadie-Bathurst vs Moncton
Sunday February 3, 2008 16:00 Saint John vs Moncton
Friday February 8, 2008 19:00 Lewiston vs Moncton
Saturday March 8, 2008 16:00 Halifax vs Moncton
WILDCATS ITINERARY
All times subject to change
Monday 1:30PM - 3:30PM practice @ Moncton Coliseum
Tuesday 1:15PM - 3:30PM practice @ Moncton Coliseum
Wednesday 1:30PM - 3:30PM practice @ Tim Hortons 4 ice Centre
Thursday 9:00AM - Bus departure for Shawinigan
Friday Wildcats vs Shawinigan 7:30PM @ Aréna Jacques Plante
Saturday Wildcats vs Gatineau 4:00PM @ Centre Robert Guertin
Sunday Wildcats vs Victoriaville 4:00PM @ Colisée Desjardins
BOOSTER CLUB BUS TRIPSThe Moncton Wildcats Booster Club is planning a bus trip to P.E.I., Tuesday December 4th, for a cost of $40 and to Bathurst, Friday December 14, for a cost of $40.(includes bus trip and game ticket)
Anyone interested in going, should visit the "Wildcats Booster Club Booth" on the mezzanine at our next home game.
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Stories from November 19, 2007
- Tolles recalled - Moncton Wildcats
- MAINEiacs Weekly Report - Lewiston MAINEiacs
- The Cats on the road - Moncton Wildcats
- Fog Devils weekly - St. John's Fog Devils
- QMJHL names Sea Dogs forward Alexandre Picard-Hooper Offensive Player of the Week - Saint John Sea Dogs
- Sea Dogs Announce Special Holiday Ticket Plan - Saint John Sea Dogs
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