Oct 12 Juniors Hit Glitch on 3 game/3 Day Maritime Swing - Juniors Vs Moncton, St John

Juniors Lose in Shootout against the Wildcats

Moncton, October 9^th 2010 – The Montreal Juniors visited Moncton for the second stop on this road trip as they faced the Wildcats at the Moncton Coliseum. The Juniors lost in shootouts, with a final score of 3-2. Montreal is now 6-1-2-1 while Moncton is at 7-3-0-2.

In the first, Daniel Petterson of the Moncton Wildcats scored the only goal of the period at 18:47, assisted by Alex Saulnier and Allain Saulnier.

David Rose, of Montreal, scored the only goal of the second period on the power play at 13:44, his fourth goal of the season.

In the third period, Brandon Gormley scored for Moncton at 7:18. With a minute left in the period, Philippe Lefebvre evened the score at 2-2, bringing the game into overtime.

No goals were scored in overtime. Brandon Gromley scored the winning goal in shootout, securing the win for the Wildcats.

Juniors’ Jean-François Bérubé stopped 24/26 while Shane Owen made 28/30 saves.

The Montreal Juniors will head to Saint-John as they face off against the Seadogs tomorrow afternoon, concluding their trip to the Maritimes. They will be playing again on home ice next Friday and Sunday, October 15^th and 17^th at the Verdun Auditorium, when they host the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and the Val d’Or Foreurs.

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Saint-John Too Much for Montreal

Saint-John, October 10^th 2010 – The Montreal Juniors encountered the Saint-John Sea Dogs this afternoon at the Harbour Station arena. The Juniors fell to 6-2-2-1 on the season, losing by a final score of 5-2.

In the first period, Louis Leblanc got the Juniors going when he tallied his fourth goal of the season at 5:07. The Sea Dogs stormed back when Jonathan Huberdeau scored tying the game up at 14:35. Only minutes later Stephen MacAulay scored again for the Saint-John team, giving them the lead.

Francis Meilleur scored the first goal of the second period at 9:10, his third goal of the season. At 12:57 Zach Phillips put the puck past Jean-François Bérubé and gave the Sea Dogs the lead. Minutes later Tomas Jurco scored for Saint-John followed closely by another goal by Jonathan Huberdeau, stretching the Sea Dogs’ lead to three goals, at 19:35.

No goals were scored in the third period.

Saint-John goaltender Frédéric Piché denied 32/34 shots. Juniors goalie Jean-François Bérubé stopped 13 of 18 shots on net and was replaced in the third period by Étienne Marcoux who made 10/10 saves.

The Juniors will be playing again on home ice next Friday and Sunday, October 15^th and 17^th, at the Verdun Auditorium when they face off against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and the Val d’Or Foreurs.

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