2023-05-20 01:50:23
The champagne stayed in the fridge yesterday at the Videotron center. The Halifax Mooseheads came to play spoilsport, preventing the Remparts from winning the Gilles-Courteau trophy thanks to a 3-2 victory to force a sixth game, Sunday in Nova Scotia.
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The Remparts still lead the final three games to two.
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Everything was in place to celebrate in Quebec: hundreds of fans invaded Place Jean-Béliveau for the tailgate before the game and the Videotron center was once again packed with 18,259 spectators.
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But the Mooseheads struck early, in the second minute, through Markus Vidicek and never lost their lead after that, although both times they managed to build a two-goal lead, the Remparts replied.
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Once again, while everyone thought they were beaten, the Mooseheads managed to save their skins, and Patrick Roy is not surprised.
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“It would have been fun to win tonight and everything was in place for that. But they won’t give us a gift. Last game it was 20-6 on shots after one period and they came back strong in the second and third. I have no idea where they get their energy from but they’re not a team that’s going to give up. We’re going to have to win that last part. »
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Costly turnarounds
After allowing the first goal to Vidicek at the very beginning of the first period, the Remparts also gave in early at the start of the second when Evan Boucher escaped, also in the second minute of play, before beating William Rousseau with a shooting between the leggings.
Another turnover cost the Mooseheads third goal, that of Zachary L’Heureux who, like Boucher, beat Rousseau between the legs when he was alone against him.
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“It’s simple, we can’t make turnovers against them. We dropped pucks in places that hurt and they scored three goals on that. We didn’t expect them to give us a gift. Now, we will have to be ready on Sunday. »
“We gave them three goals, added James Malatesta, scorer of the first goal for the Remparts in the second period. These are games you can play. »
And the Remparts had their opportunities to get back into the game, thanks in particular to four power play advantages. Although they capitalized on one of them, a goal by Jérémy Langlois, Roy believes his team could have been more effective in this aspect.
“We try to be too perfect. You have to put pucks on the net and work to get rebounds. We try to make games across the world. We’ll have to keep it simple. They are resilient and our resilience will be tested. »
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We must disturb Mathis Rousseau
First star of the game, Mooseheads goaltender Mathis Rousseau saved 35 pucks in the victory.
“He chose the right time to have his best game of the series,” noted James Malatesta.
For Roy, his Ramparts just didn’t make life difficult enough.
“He was okay but we didn’t take good shots. We gave him an easy game and we weren’t invested in front of the shots from the blue line. At the end, we put on our paddles to deflect the pucks. He’s still a good goalkeeper and he won’t get beat that way. […] I don’t think it was played in net. »
Both teams will fly to Halifax at noon Saturday for Sunday’s game at 4 p.m. If a match no. 7 was necessary, it would take place the next day, Monday evening, at the Videotron center.
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