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.

Bissonnette and the Wildcats finish first in Division

Former Tigers Captain Matthew Bissonnette has just completed his first regular season in the QMJHL with the Moncton Wildcats and the Wildcats finished first in their division with a 47-14-2-4 record.

Mathew's performance has been similar to any first year apprentice learning a trade, he has been given certain amount of ice time with certain duties and he has completed these responsibilities to the satisfaction of the management and coaching staff to warrant ice time in the upcoming playoffs.

" Matthew is a very talented player and I am certain that his experience to date will prepare him for the challenges of trying to win a berth in the Memorial Cup. Rimouski is the host, so Moncton will have to earn its spot . They face a significant challenge ahead with Drummondville, Shawinigan and Quebec...all three teams are in the CHL Top 10," said Chris Sides General manager of the Lac St Louis Tigers.

Tigers Host Montreal Nationals

The Lac St Louis tigers host the Montreal National today at 16h00 at the Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael in Ile Bizard. The Nationals come into this game with a 2-5-3 record in the round robin tournament and an overall record of 17-27-5 includng a semi-final finish in the Drummondville tournament in November.

"Despite the record, this is a well coached team and they will be prepared to play against us when the puck drops", says Tigers General Manager Chris Sides." In the two encounters we have had with them this season, we defeated them 4-2 and they beat us 2-1. "

The Tigers are presently tied in second place five points behind the Filon de Malartic in the round robin. The Filon won the league title.

" We need all the points we can get. We have a game in hand but they (Filon de Malartic) have five points more than we do, we have our work to do, for sure ," said Sides.

Tigers Sustained Action Against Conquerants

Engineers Take Game One

HANOVER, N.H. - Freshman Christian Morisette, a former Lac St Louis Tiger, (Beaconsfield, PQ) redirected a shot from the point for his first career goal as the Rensselaer men's hockey team defeated Dartmouth, 3-2, in overtime. With the win, the Engineers improve to 8-25-2 and take a 1-0 lead in best-of-three series with the Big Green, who fall to 14-13-3.

Morissette crashed the net in front of a shot from the left point by sophomore defensman Jeff Foss (Moorhead, MN) and tipped the puck past Dartmouth freshman netminder Jody O'Neill (Nepean, ON) for the game-winning goal, 7:49 into overtime.

RPI freshman Jordan Watts (Oakville, ON) netted his first career tally a period earlier, which knotted the game at two apiece, 2:13 into the third period. Sophomores Joel Malchuk (Brandon, MB) and Foss earned the helpers.

Dartmouth got on the board first, when sophomore Scott Fleming (Plainfield, ON) took a pass from classmate Adam Escolet (Orono, MN) and beat RPI rookie goal Allen York (Wetaskiwin, AB) for the 1-0 lead, just under four minutes into the game.

The Engineers evened the game at 1-1, at 13:33 of the opening frame. Senior Seth Klerer (Thornhill, ON) scored his sixth of the season from classmate Andrei Uryadov (St. Petersburg, Russia) and junior Erik Burgdoerfer (East Setauket, NY) picked up the assists.

Fleming's second goal of the game and 13th of the year, reclaimed the lead (2-1) for the Big Green at 7:09 of the second period. Assists on the go-ahead goal went to Rob Pritchard (Burnaby, BC) and O'Neill.

York (3-8-0) made 31 saves to earn the victory in his first career ECACH playoff game, while O'Neill (14-12-3) made 33 stops.

Game two of the series is set for Saturday evening (7pm). Game three, if necessary, will be played on Sunday (7pm).

Tigers defeat Intrepides 5-2

The Lac St Louis Tigers traveled to Gatineau , Quebec tonight to take on the Outaouais Intrepides in game 10 of the round robin tournament.

The Tigers and Intrepides had just met on Sunday afternoon at the Jeux Du Quebec and the spirit from that competition was very much at the forefront of this contest.

The Intrepides took a 1-0 lead early in the second period. The Tigers replied with a tremendous individual effort from captain Nick Impellizzeri. Then, the Tigers took a 2-1 lead minutes later when Stefano Momesso hit the mark.

The Intrepides came right back and tied the score within 30 seconds of the Tigers second goal. But, Phil DiGiacomo set up Sam Filion for the go ahead goal.

Then, Stefano Momesso added his second goal of the game to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead.

Late in the third, Michael Davila scored an empty net goal on an assist from Timmy Daigneault.

Fabio Colias was the winning goaltender.

The Tigers, with the win over the Intrepides, improve their record to 7-3 in the round robin and are tied for second place with the Lac St Louis Predateurs.

The Tigers play their next game against the Nationals de Montreal on Saturday March 14th at the Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael in Ile Bizard at 16h00.

Bus for Robinson Arena Leaves at 15h40

The Tigers will leave Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael in Ile Bizard for the Robinson Arena to take on the Intrepides de l'Outaouais Friday March 6 at 20h10.

This marks the fifth time these teams have faced each other. The most recent encounter was at the 44th Jeux du Quebec which saw the Tigers comeback from an early 1-0 deficit to defeat the Intrepides 5-1.

Momesso Called Up to Lakeshore Midget AA Panthers

Lakeshore Midget AA Panthers head coach, Kelly Brault, has called up Lac St Louis tigers forward Stefano Momesso for the Panthers' game against Beauval Etoiles Saturday in Valleyfield. The Panthers are trying to secure a berth in the Dodge Cup and victories in their Panthers final two games will secure the berth for them.
The Panthers have injuries to defensemen and forwards and have had to call upon the Tigers to help meet their personnel requirments.

Stefano has been a significant offensive threat for the Tigers this season and that is exactly what the Panthers are looking for with Stefao's addition to the lineup.

Wish you all the best Stef!!!!

Luca Pietrantonio Called Up to Midget AA Panthers For Sunday's Game

Lakeshore Midget AA Panthers coach Kelly brault has called upon Luca Pietrantonio, defenseman for the Lac St Louis Tigers, to join the Panthers in their drive for the Dodge Cup berth.

Luca has been asked to play with the Panthers on Sunday March 8th at the Verdun Auditortium ...this is the Panthers last game of the season and a victory will secure the Panthers a Dodge Cup berth...

Give 'em all you got Luca...just like you do with the Tigers! Get those Panthers to the Dodge Cup!!!!!

Happy Birthday Romo!!!!

Its number 33 's birthday! What a fantastic tournament you had at the Jeux du Quebec! You continue to help set the tone of the team, sacrificing your body to make the plays we need...Happy Birthday , Romo!

we need you against the Intrepides!!!!!!

Will Tani alled Up to Lakeshore Midget AA Panthers

Lakeshre Midget AA Panthers coach Kelly Brault has called upon defenseman Will Tani of the Lac St Louis Tigers to join the Panthers in their drive for first place and a berth in the Dodge Cup...will has been asked to join the Panthers in their Saturday March 7th game against Beauval Etoiles.

Will, you are having a great season, give the Panthers everything you've got, just like you do with the Tigers and help the Panthers secure their Dodge Cup berth!