Océanic and Remparts played an interesting exhibition game Wednesday night in Mont-Joli, which seemed to please the crowd of more than 1,000 spectators who filled the Amphithéâtre Desjardins.
The whole region team spoiled his supporters by winning 3-1 in a shared confrontation as indicated by the Remparts’ 30 shots against 27. What’s more, the two head coaches were satisfied with their team.
“I’m very happy with what I saw,” said Patrick Roy. I thought we played better than them. We had several chances to score and their goalkeeper was very good. I look at our young people who have been challenges by the line of Gaudio. They did well. We see that we have a certain potential, especially among our defenders for the years to come. »
His vis-à-vis also gave a good note to his troop. “I really liked the pace. We had nine recruits on offense and half of the defensive brigade. It was much better than yesterday. We see guys who are taking their rhythm, ”commented Serge Beausoleil.
He notably had good words for William Dumoulin, Maxime Coursol and Mathis Dubé, the author of the winning goal. “He’s a young man who has our DNA,” he said of the young Rimouski man who will turn 16 at the end of October.
Ramparts in advance
The Remparts took the lead through Lucas Canning, but Jude Campbell tied the game before the end of the first period when he completed the play of Lyam Jacques.
There was only one goal in the second, that of the rookie Mathys Dubé who grabbed a loose puck in the slot. Quinn Kennedy completed with her third goal in exhibition games with five minutes remaining.
“A very good game,” said Dumoulin. At the beginning, the veterans, we were looking for our bearings a little, but the rookies were on the task. They were intense. In the second, there were good checks and in the third, we were able to conclude the match. »
Good first impression
Jan Sprynar had his first outing with the Océanic. He stood out the more the match progressed. “I found it very good. If it’s just his first game and we build on it, we’ll be happy with Sprynar,” predicted Beausoleil.
Lyam Leblanc played the whole game in front of the Océanic net. “We played it safe with Gabriel Robert who had to keep the goals, but he had a small strain in the groin. He was very good tonight, ”observes Beausoleil about his goalkeeper who made 29 saves.
At the other end, Quentin Miller and Mathys Fernandez shared the work. The former blocked eight of nine shots his way while the latter repelled 16 of 18.
and bref
The Océanic called on seven veterans for this game… There is only one 20 year old in uniform, in this case William Dumoulin… Only Gabriel Robert and Luke Coughlin did not play in the two games against Quebec this week…The Remparts were counting on the presence of six veterans and fifteen rookies… Serge Beausoleil indicated that the list of players at the camp will be reduced Thursday morning following a few redirects… The Océanic will visit the Tigres de Victoriaville, Friday evening in Daveluyville…
