QUEBEC CITY, P.Q. — Seeing Chicoutimi come back twice after Saint John had the lead 1-0 and 2-1, the Sea Dogs got the final word on the second goal of the game by Charles Coyle leading Saint John to 3-2 win in game four of QMJHL semifinal.
With neither team able to take the lead after forty minutes with the score being 2-2, Saint John shot only 7 times in one period in half (third plus overtime) but one of the shots was the good one for Gerard Gallant’s team.
“Sometimes it didn’t go to the merit, I think tonight we should have won this game, we have had lots of scoring chances, we have worked really hard, our players played with lots of determination and we showed again, that when we played like tonight we are able to play with any teams in the league,” said Sagueneens head coach Marc-Etienne Hubert after the game.
“We played two great games at home and we are very proud of our players. The objective tonight was no regret and nobody in our locker room can say they have any regrets. We gave all we have had to give. On the other side adversity was there we have had enough chances to win the game. We have to give credit to their goaltender who has been very good.”
For one Christian Ouellet, even if he didn’t have any shot on net he played very good game, “We have played very good game, we missed some opportunities in overtime the puck didn’t role on our side but in that series we have to win four games. So we will go there and give everything to come back in front of our fans.”
Winning their first game in their semifinal series in overtime (5-4) in game three last Tuesday, Chicoutimi entered game four getting best scoring chances, but Saint John takes the lead before the first period ended.
“We’ve accomplished something big,” said the Sagueneens head coach Marc-Etienne Hubert to reporters after game three. “We have had to win our first game as soon as possible and it should have happened tonight (Tuesday). We are back in the series.”
Ouellet got Saguennens’ first great scoring opportunity on first Saint John Penalty to Charles-Olivier Roussel.
Guillaume Asselin got
Three goals in less than 1:00 marked the second period.
Working behind Sea Dogs net Sebastien Sylvestre put the puck in crease, losing his man Jeremie Gregoire, Sea Dogs defenseman Ian Saab saw the young 16 years old scoring his second of the playoff at 6:38.
Unable to keep rebound on Coyle shot, Jonathan Huberdeau pick the lose puck and beat Gibson with a backhanded shot at 7:21.
Playing very exciting third period neither team were able to break the tie game leading both teams in overtime.
In overtime,
But as often happened in game that need overtime to decide a winner, after Sea Dogs netminder Corbeil steal Sagueneens center Steve Lebel with a glove save, the second goal of the game by Coyle put an end to game five giving third wins to Saint John at 6:13 of the overtime period.
Both teams will travel back to
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