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Showing posts with label Round 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Round 2. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Les Mooseheads forcent la tenue d'un 6ième match

Pour un deuxième match d’affilé, les Remparts avaient la chance d’envoyer les Mooseheads en vacances pour de bon. Mais pour une 5ième fois en autant de rencontres, les hommes de Dominique Ducharme ont marqué le 1er but du match et en ont profité pour se diriger vers une victoire de 3-2 sur les Diables Rouges, vendredi soir, au Metro Center de Halifax pour forcer la tenue d’un 6ième match qui aura lieu lundi soir au Colisée Pepsi de Québec.

Le jeune prodige des Mooseheads, Nathan Mackinnon, a encore une fois connu un fort match. Il a marqué le but gagnant sur une savante passe de Jonathan Drouin au 3ième tiers et a en plus récolté une mention d’aide. Jusqu’à maintenant, en 9 rencontres en séries éliminatoires, l’attaquant natif de Dartmouth a marqué un impressionnant total de 10 buts et a en plus amassé 5 passes pour un total 15 points. Il a de plus maintenu un différentiel de +9. C’est tout simplement exceptionnel. Surtout qu’il n’est âgé que de 16 ans! De l’autre côté, Mikhail Grigorenko, son rival, si on peut l’appeler ainsi, a connu un autre match difficile. Il a trop souvent été invisible lors de ses présences sur la patinoire. Il a tout de même terminé le match avec une récolté de 1 point. Une passe qu’il a récolé sur le but de Gabriel Desjardins en 3e période.

Cameron Critchlow 5ième, Trey Lewis 1er et Nathan Mackinnon 10ième ont trouvé le fond du filet pour les Mooseheads. Martin Lefebvre 4ième et Gabriel Desjardins, ex-Orignaux, 7ième ont riposté pourQuébec. Halifax a dominé 39-26 au chapitre des tirs au but. Louis Domingue a connu un départ fort acceptable stoppant 36 rondelles. De l’autre côté, Zachary Fucale a encore une fois, je me répète, été incroyable. Il a d’ailleurs volé Adam Erne en 1ière période avec la jambière droite. Il a réalisé 24 arrêts.

Selon Patrick Roy, les Mooseheads méritaient la victoire. «Ils ont bien joué ce soir, ils méritaient assurément la victoire. Ils ont été plus combatifs que nous, ils ont gagné les batails le long des rampes et ils enont profité.» a-t-il affirmé après la rencontre.

9664 spectateurs ont assisté à cet excellent duel. Il s’agit de la 3ième meilleure assistance de l’histoire des Mooseheads au Metro Center. Les 9 & 10 Mai 2005, 10 596 spectateurs avaient assisté aux deux visites de Sidney Crosby alors que celui-ci évoluait à l’époque avec l’Océanic de Rimouski.

Donc, avec cette victoire, un match 6 sera au minimum nécessaire dans cette série pour déclarer un vainqueur. Il aura lieu lundi, 16 Avril, au Colisée Pepsi de Québec. Le match débutera dès 19h (heure de l’Est). Si les Mooseheads parviennent à l’emporter, le match ultime aura lieu immédiatement le lendemain, même heure, même place.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Sea Dogs sweep Drakkar, reach semi-finals for third straight year

The Saint John Sea Dogs are headed to the QMJHL President’s Cup semi-finals for the third straight year following a 5-3 victory over Baie-Comeau.

With the win, the Sea Dogs sweep the series.

Jonathan Huberdeau scored the eventual game winner in the second period and added an empty netter.

Ryan Tesink also scored twice, while Charlie Coyle added a goal.

With Saint John down 1-0 in the first, Coyle tied it up on a rare shorthanded penalty shot, decking to the forehand on young Baie-Comeau netminder Philippe Cadorette, making the game 1-1 after one period.

Tesink scored twice in a six minute stretch in the second to give Saint John a 3-1 advantage.

Huberdeau snapped home a power play goal with under eight minutes left in the middle frame and Saint John led 4-2 after two.

The captain iced the Sea Dogs’ sweep with an empty net goal with five seconds to go.

The Sea Dogs will start the semi-finals on Friday, April 20 at Harbour Station, against an opponent still to be determined.

Catch all the action LIVE on News 88.9 beginning at 7:15p.m.

For a complete game recap and Sea Dog audio highlights, go to:

http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/seadogs/2012/04/12/sea-dogs-sweep-drakkar/

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Sea Dogs sink Drakkar, 10-2

Three different players scored twice to lead the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 10-2 drubbing of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar Saturday night in QMJHL playoff action at Harbour Station.

Saint John scored five times in the second period for the second straight night and cruised to a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven President's Cup quarter-final.

Kevin Gagne and Charles-Olivier Roussel scored seven minutes apart in the first period and the Sea Dogs led 2-0 after the first period.

Tomas Jurco deflected home consecutive goals early in the middle frame before Jonathan Huberdeau and Stanislav Galiev added markers before the period was half over, giving Saint John a 6-0 lead.

After the Drakkar got one back, Zack Phillips snapped home a loose puck in front of the net for a 7-1 Saint John lead through two.

In the third period, Phillips and Galiev netted their second goals of the night while Danick Gauthier rounded out the scoring in the final minute of the game.
David Rose had the other Drakkar goal.

The series shifts to Baie-Comeau for Games three and four - and Game five, if necessary.
Catch Game three Tuesday, April 10, live on News 88.9, beginning with the pregame show at 8:15 p.m.

For a complete game story and Sea Dog highlights, go to:
http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/seadogs/2012/04/08/sea-dogs-hammer-drakkar/

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Staff picks: second round predictions

Here are Round 2 predictions from the staff members at The Q Spot.

The second round series are as follows:

1. Saint John Sea Dogs vs. 13. Baie-Comeau Drakkar
2. Shawinigan Cataractes vs. 8. Chicoutimi Sagueneens
3. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. 7. Rimouski Oceanic
5. Quebec Remparts vs. 6. Halifax Mooseheads

Nolan Reid
Saint John vs. Baie-Comeau
-Saint John wins in 4 games. Saint John will continue to dominate and will be too much for the Baie-Comeau to handle. Charlie Coyle will play big role like he did in first round.

Shawinigan vs. Chicoutimi
-Shawinigan wins in 5 games. Chicoutimi will put up a good fight but Gabriel Girard's goaltending and will be the difference. All games will be close.

Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski
-Blainville-Boisbriand wins in 5 games. Not much to say about this series, just don't think Rimouski is that strong to beat Blainville. Jess Tanguy will have a terrific series for Armada.

Quebec vs. Halifax
-Halifax wins in 7 games. Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Frk are going to play huge roles in the Mooseheads' upset over the Remparts. Zachery Fucale will have a strong series in goal. On the Quebec's side, Mikhail Grigorenko is going to be hard to shut down.

Bryer MacPherson
Saint John vs. Baie-Comeau
-Saint John wins in 4 games. Baie-Comeau won't be able to handle Saint John's large amount of talent.

Shawinigan vs. Chicoutimi
-Shawinigan wins in 6 games. Jean-Gabriel Pageau will be a big part of Chicoutimi's attempt to comeback but in the end, Shawinigan advances.

Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski
-Blainville-Boisbriand wins in 6 games. Rimouski comes just short of forcing Game 7, but the Armada takes it home in the end.

Quebec vs. Halifax
-Halifax wins in 7 games. Nathan MacKinnon makes a big impact in the outcome of this one.

Jonathan Dunphy
Saint John vs. Baie-Comeau
-Saint John wins in 4 games. Saint John continues their dominance, with Zack Phillips stepping up big time.

Shawinigan vs. Chicoutimi
-Shawinigan wins in 6 games. Shawinigan's depth is too much for the Sagueneenes to handle.

Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski
-Blainville-Boisbriand wins in 5 games. Jess Tanguy continues to light it up for the Armada. Jacob Gervais-Chouinard has a bad series.

Quebec vs. Halifax
-Quebec wins in 7 games. Nathan MacKinnon out-duels fellow rookie Mikhail Grigorenko, but Grigorenko gets the laugh laugh.


Bradey Williston
Saint John vs. Baie-Comeau
-Saint John wins in 4 games.

Shawinigan vs. Chicoutimi
-Shawinigan wins in 4 games.

Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski
-Blainville-Boisbriand wins in 5 games.

Quebec vs. Halifax
-Quebec wins in 6 games.

Patrick Moore
Saint John vs. Baie-Comeau
-Saint John wins in 5 games.

Shawinigan vs. Chicoutimi
-Shawinigan wins in 6 games.

Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski
-Rimouski wins in 7 games.

Quebec vs. Halifax
-Quebec wins in 7 games.

Overall TQS Predictions
Saint John, with a 5-0 vote
Shawinigan, with a 5-0 vote
Blainville-Boisbriand, with a 4-1 vote
Quebec, with a 3-2 vote.

If you have your own predictions, let us know in the comments section below.

nolan@theqspot.ca

Monday, April 2, 2012

Second round ready to go

After Chicoutimi's 4-3 overtime win over Bathurst in Game 6 Sunday night, the second round of the playoffs is set to go.

The No. 1 Saint John Sea Dogs will play the 13th-seeded Baie-Comeau Drakkar, who upset the Victoriaville Tigres 4-0. The series starts Friday April 6 in Saint John with Game Two going on Saturday. The series will switch to Baie-Comeau for games three, four and five on April 10, 11 and 13 respectively. Games six and seven will be back in Saint John on April 16 and 17.

Shawinigan will play the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.

Shawinigan won their first-round matchup against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4-0.

The series gets underway Friday April 6 and April 7 in Shawinigan.

The third series includes the third-placed Blainville-Boisbriand Armada taking on the seventh-seeded Rimouski Oceanic.

Armada won their series against Gatineau 4-0. Rimouski swept Val-'d'Or in four games.

The series kicks off Friday April 6 in Blainville.

Last but not least, the Quebec Remparts will battle against the Halifax Mooseheads. This series will feature Mooseheads' Nathan MacKinnon going up against Remparts' Mikhail Grigorenko.

Quebec swept Drummondville in the first round and Halifax swept rival Moncton Wildcats.

This will be the second series in the second round to have a 2-3-2 format. Quebec gets games one and two on Friday and Saturday, and Halifax gets games three to five. Games six and seven will come back to Quebec if necessary.

Stay tuned for The Q Spot's second round predictions.

Click here for playoff bracket.

nolan@theqspot.ca