Feb 13 Juniors Fall in 3-2 Shootout Loss to Cataractes

The Montreal Juniors’ 4 game winning streak has come to an end, but they did manage a point as they came from behind but came up short in the shootout against the Shawinigan Cataractes Friday night.

There has been some criticism about the Juniors’ inability to play a full 60 minutes, either having to play catch-up hockey, or unnecessarily squandering the lead. This was not the case on this night as the Juniors managed 30 shots on goal and despite the fact that go-to guys Louis Leblanc and Victor Hertzberg are presently in an 8 and 5 game goal scoring slump respectively.

The good news is that the Juniors are relatively healthy with only Louis-Marc Aubry yet to return to the line-up and the Lewiston MAINEiacs and Quebec Remparts next on the agenda. The juniors are 3-0 Vs both teams.

Please read the official Juniors game recap.

The Montreal Juniors dropped a shootout decision to the Shawinigan Cataractes Friday night in Shawinigan by a mark of 2-1 in the shootout.

Montreal fell behind 2-1 after the first period. Shawinigan first period markers came from Benjamin Casavant and Peter Sakaris. Trevor Parkes continued his hot play of late with another goal.

Montreal tied the game 2-2 when Philippe Fontaine scored in the second period. Montreal defenseman Francis Meilleur assisted on both Montreal goals. The third period saw both goalies come up with some spectacular saves to send the game into overtime. The overtime period decided nothing and the two teams went to a shootout, with Dave Lebrecque scoring on Shawinigan’s third shot to seal the victory.

Gabriel Girard turned aside 30 Montreal shots to earn the win. JF Berube faced 35 shots from the Cataractes in a losing effort.

NOTES : Montreal plays in Lewiston Thursday before returning to the Verdun Auditorium next Friday to face arch rival the Quebec Remparts in a 7 :05pm tilt.

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