Jan 21 Juniors Hand Val d'Or 5-1 Loss

From the Juniors’ press release: 

Montreal, January 22nd, 2010- The Montreal Juniors matched up against divisional rival, the Val-d’Or Foreurs, at the Verdun Auditorium and handed the Foreurs a 5 to 1 loss.  Matthew Brenton led the way for the Juniors offense with a goal and two assists. 

Montreal dominated much of the first period.  The Juniors outshot their opponent 17 to 5.  They also struck first when Nicolas Chouinard fired one past Raffaele D’Orso’s glove side right from the faceoff for his nineteenth of the year at 3:58.  Forward David Rose stretched the Juniors lead when he sent one top shelf past D’Orso at 17:09. 

In the second, the Juniors began to open up the game as most of the period was played in the Foreurs end.  Forward Matthew Brenton tipped in Genest’s point shot at 3:02 and Louis-Marc Aubry’s power play goal at 7:26 gave the Juniors a four-goal lead before heading to the third.  The Juniors also chased D’Orso from the net as Val’d’Or’s replacement Jacob Gervais-Chouinard took over in the third.            

The offensive production would continue in the third as Jeremy Gouchie fired the puck past Chouinard—the first shot that Chouinard faced.  Foreurs only goal came from Cendrick Henley in the early going of the first.   Yet, the Juniors played solid defense the rest of the way as they easily cruised to a 5 to 1 victory. 

The Juniors will have a tough game ahead of them as the top-ranked CHL team, the Saint John Sea Dogs, will be in town on tomorrow, at 4:05PM.  Montreal will then go on a six-game road trip.  The first stop will be the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on a back-to-back series, Thursday and Friday.  The next home game will be on February 12th when the Juniors take on the Val-d’Or Foreurs.    

Tags: David Rose \ Jean-Francois Berube \ Louis-Marc Aubry \ Matthew Brenton \ Montreal juniors \ Val-d’Or Foreurs