Rocket et Remparts au Colisée

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Very animated first period, 2-1 Remparts.

Beautiful feed for Vallerand's goal, Gélinas had no chance.

Lachaine got that one back on a short-handed breakaway, nice deke to the backhand side to twist goalie Roy into a pretzel.

Then with 6 seconds left in the period, Esposito batted one in mid-air and in behind Gélinas for the go-ahead power-play goal.

For the Rocket, Main, Southorn, Lachaine, Kana and Mo looked very good, as did Gélinas; several solid rushes by Southorn, and a beautiful feed by Main to send Gallant in on a breakaway...didn't score, of course.

Esposito was the best player on the ice, however, with Petit and Sauvé also playing very well.....Sauvé is very good on faceoffs, beat Mo a few times.

Noticed that Pierre Bergeron plays D for Québec, doubtless the same Bergeron who played here a couple of years ago.

Good, lively first period, 13 shots each side.

Unfortunately, Rocket blew a 55-second 2-man advantage, as usual, not taking enough shots on goal, not moving around enough in the offensive zone, content to form a large box and pass it around....didn't work.

Rocket can win this game, I feel.

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Just after Morrison-Walker missed on a 2-on-1 created by Mo when he intercepted a pass deep in his own end, Remparts score off a scramble.

Gélinas should have had that one.

Very weak team defensive play by the Rocket on that goal.

3-1 Remparts.

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The Québec play-by-play guy just said that they collected 3262 Teddy Bears thrown onto the ice after the first Rempart goal!

Must be some kind of record for a teddy bear toss.

[P-O]

3-2 Doyle

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Doyle and Kana go in on a 2-1, and Doyle blasts one past Roy, from the top of the faceoff circle.

3-2 Remparts.

Right now, the teams are playing firewagon hockey, going end-to-end.....and I'm not convinced at all that this works in favor of the Rocket.

Both teams playing the transition game very well, though, creating lots of 2-on-1's.

[P-O]

4-2 Max Lacroix

Is it me.. or the young Remparts are wya too fast for the PEI D'S?

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Very sloppy puck clearing by the Rocket leads to a goal by Lacroix, not at all Gélinas' fault.

4-2 Remparts.

This is definitely NOT the Rocket's type of game....much too wide-open.

Not looking good right now, defence falling apart.

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Exactly halfway through the second period and the game, shots are 29-15 Remparts.

Remps already have 16 shots on goal in the 2nd period......in 10 minutes.

Not good, Québec will probably end up with over 50 SOG's.

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Anyone know if Québec goalie Jonathan Roy is Patrick Roy's son?

He kind of looks like him.

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countsheep said:

The Québec play-by-play guy just said that they collected 3262 Teddy Bears thrown onto the ice after the first Rempart goal!

Must be some kind of record for a teddy bear toss.

not quite

[P-O]

It is his son.

He is our backup.

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poquebec said:

It is his son.

He is our backup.

Thanks.

Jonathan looks a little shaky handling the puck outside the net, as one of the announcers said.....kinda like his old man Patrick.

[P-O]

Indeed

Penalty shot morrisson

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Morrison goes in alone with 2 seconds left.....hauled down, penalty shot with no time left!

[P-O]

4-3