Tigers and Seigneurs Tie 3-3

The Lac St Louis Tigers traveled to Rosemere to visit the Seigneurs de Mille Iles. This marked the fourth contest between the two teams, and the final regular season game of the season for the Tigers.

The Tigers entered the game in fourth place, 7 wins 4 losses and 1 tie. The Tigers were missing 6 regular players due to suspension. Four call ups were in uniform, Alex Soumakis, Eyal Azimov, Jesse Turrin and Ryan Patulli.

The game opened at a quick pace, and Seigneurs de Mille Iles got on the board first...scoring at 3:20 mark of the first. The tigers continued their quick pace and responded with an equalizer at 8:19 of the first with Alternate Captain Holden Anderson blasting a point shot past the Seigneurs goalie. The Anderson goal was a result of some excellent work in the quiet area beside the goalie by Michael Davila...who was able to feed a pass to Soty Pitsikoulis, who then froze the Seigneurs forwards long enough to complete the pass to Anderson.

The second period saw more fast action hockey, but in this stanza the Tigers were making more progress...the pressure they applied on the Seigneurs defense led to scoring opportunities and finally, at the 7:35 mark, Alex Soumakis found Soty Pitsikoulis at the point. Pisikoulis froze the forward again, and moved the puck to Ryan Patulli for the one timer which found the back of the net. The Tigers had now moved into a 2-1 lead.

Just about six minutes later, the Tigers would strike , again. This time Jordan Durand had the puck down low and outworked the Seigneurs defenseman and move the puck back to Soty Pisikoulis, who got off a shot which Timmy Daigneault deflected past the Seigneurs goalie. The Tigers now had a 3-1 lead.

The Seigneurs would narrow the score to 3-2 before the second period would come to an end.

Te third period was more fast paced hockey. The Tigers found them selves with penalty trouble as the period progressed. The Tigers, who had no penalties in the first and second, found themselves in the penalty box five times.

And, the Seigneurs were able to convert one of these power play opportunities to even the score.

"A tremendous team effort, what a pleasure to work with these kids, " Coach D'Astoli had to say after the game. " Skill, speed, back check and character...we could do some damage in the playoffs if we are prepared to duplicate this effort every outing," continued D"Astoli.

Frederick Vandal was the goalie of record for the tigers. Soty Pitsikoulis (photo) lead the Tigers with three assists.

The Tigers will enter their playoffs on Friday March 27th. They won't know their seeding until the season ends and the final standings are established. For more information, you may view the link below for the playoff ladder.
http://www.liguemontrealmetro.qc.ca/2009_series_midget_espoir.pdf

Coach D'Astoli Joins Tigers

The Lac St Louis Tigers have reached to an old and trusted friend, Dan D'Astoli, to handle the head coaching duties during the three game suspension of coach Sam Ghilarducci.
"Dan comes to us with a history of success. His track record with teams and players is well recognized and we expect that Dan will help get the guys through this rough patch, " said Chris Sides General Manager of the Tigers.

The Tigers have one league game remaining, the playoffs which are single elimination contests, and then the dodge cup. The Tigers are missing six regulars and a coach for their next game.

" The Tigers face a challenge, there is no doubt. But, they are a bunch of quality kids, they have displayed the character that top teams have, they have shown that all year and now they will need to show it again..., said Sides. " And, the addition of Dan D'Astoli, a fresh voice, a new energy...I expect the boys will do the new coach proud."

The Tigers visit the Seigneurs de Mille Iles Saturday March 21 at 18h00 at the Rosemere Arena.

Conquerants Tie Tigers, Fight Costs Both Multiple Players

The Lac St Louis Tigers hosted the Conquerants de Basses Laurentides Sunday at the Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael. The Tigers entered the game needing a win and the franc jeu point to advance against first overall Abitibi.

The Conquerants opened the scoring with 3:20 remaining in the first. The Conquerants added to their lead with a goal at the 10:14 mark of the second period.

But Antonios Roumeliotis narrowed the lead to 2-1 on a tremendous effort at 17:30. Jordan Durand and Antony Massarelli assisted on the goal. This goal ignited the Tigers and Captain Nick Impellizzeri evened the score with 23 seconds remaining in the second. Michael Davila and Sam Noreau collected helpers on the goal.

The two teams entered the third and the pace and energy was very high, physical play on both sides maintained the energy.

The Conquerants took the lead again 3:01 of the third.

The Tigers rallied again as Sam Noreau added an unassisted goal on a deflected slapshot less than a minute and half later.

The game finished in a 3-3 tie. As the teams attended to the traditional handshake, all hell broke loose and the end result saw 5 Tigers and 5 Conquerants suspended. The Tigers received a total of 161 minutes in penalties, lost 6 players to suspension.

Coach Sam Ghilarducci was also suspended....recieving three games for the Tigers participation in the post game altercation.

Missed Opportunity

The Lac St Louis Tigers fell to the Montreal National 6-5 at home Saturday afternoon. The Tigers received a hat trick from Timmy Daigneault and singles from Sam Lafontaine and Antonios Roumeliotis, but it was not enough.

The Tigers trail the Filon de Malartic by four points following their 3-2 loss to the Pionieers. The Filon also failed to collect their franc jeu.

Tigers Play In NEPISHA Final

Salisbury's Francis Drolet (captain 2005-2006) and Exeter's James Shannon (2006-2007), two former Tigers, faced off against each other as Salisbury and Exeter reached the finals of the NEPISHA.
Salisbury won 4-0 but the game was much closer than the score.
For more photos of the action, please click on the link below.

FINALS: (Salisbury vs. Exeter)

http://paulashannon.smugmug.com/gallery/7557676_d6KTA#488353164_W7U5F

Rougeau Commits to Cornell

Former Lac St Louis Tigers Laurianne Rougeau has committed to Cornell University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Laurianne who was a member of the 2005-2006 Tigers, has gone on to have a tremendous hockey career including stints with the U-18 Quebec teams that won silver at the Canada Games and Nationals, Laurianne served as captain of the U-18 Team Canada in the inaugural U-18 World Challenge, and has represented Canada on the U-22 team and patrols the blueline for the Dawson Blues of the Quebec Cegep league.

" Laurianne is one of those players that comes along every once and a while, she is an exceptionally intelligent defenseman, she does an excellent job of taking away good ice from the attacker, one on one she displays textbook know how, offensively very sound, just a top notch athlete," says Chris Sides Lac St Louis Tigers General Manager.

" Laurianne is the only girl to suit up for the Tigers, she's the only one that has tried out as well, she played on a very talented team...our defense that year Southorn (playing for the PEI Rocket and drafted by Buffalo), Dame Malka (playing for Acadie Bathurst of Quebec Major), Blunden (St Andrews College), Shine ( St. Paul's), Vlasic (McGill) and Laurianne...," said Sides.

Tigers at Midget AAA Make Strong Contribution to Team Success

Mike Lemieux, Simon Darveau, Alex Cote, Connor Gagnon with support from Corey Hale and Derek Andrews...these are the Tigers who suited up for the Lac St Louis Lions for this past season and they all made significant contributions.

" Simon made his presence felt with the team he was at the Lions. He is a physical guy, has a great shot and he doesn't back down from a battle. Mike is an honest worker who played an important role as an energy guy despite being hobbled by injuries through the season, " said Sides the Lac St Louis Tigers General Manager.

" Connor and Alex provided the kind of scoring that Lions needed from their top six guys. Alex is a big strong guy who can fight off a defender to get the puck off and Connor can make a contribtion in so many ways second line forward, back end powerplay guy, pk guy...Corey came up from Midget AA and played some important minutes for the Lions when they needed help on the blueline and Corey's puck moving skills were not out of place at that level," Sides went on to say.

"And imagine, Connor has another year of eligibility left at the Midget AAA level, his development should continue to rise again next year, said Sides.