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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tigers Defeat Blitz

posted by LSLTIGERSGM at 20h48

by Chris Sides

The Lac St. Louis Tigers played host to the Bourassa Blitz Sunday at the Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael.

The Tigers and Blitz had played the previous Saturday and the Blitz walked away with a 2- victory, scoring the winner with 6.7 seconds left on the clock.
The Tigers were looking to avenge that last minute loss.

Prior to the game, the Tigers honoured the veterans, members of the armed forces presently engaged in military actions and those whose lives have been sacrificed for our way of life with a moment of silence.

The Tigers were caught asleep at the wheel in the opening minutes, and the Blitz capitalized on that when they scored at the 52-second mark.
For the next 7 minutes, the Blitz pressured the Tigers and caused the Tigers to play more of the game the Blitz were dictating.

At about the 8-minute mark, the Tigers settled down and started to take the play to the Blitz with a strong demonstration of give-and-go passing.
These efforts resulted in the Tigers tying the score at 1-1 with a goal by Jordan Durand at 13:37 of the first period. Assists to Timmy Daigneault and Philip DiGiacomo.
The first period ended with the score tied 1-1.

The Tigers continued their approach through the second period and Antonios "Romo" Roumeliotis scored at 6:17 of the second, on an a laser wrist shot from the slot. Romo added a second goal in the period at the 16:27 mark.

As both team went to the dressing room between the second and third, the Tigers led 3-1.

As the third period began, it was clear that the Tigers were not going to be denied the victory. The Tigers continued to pressure the Blitz. Timmy Daigneault deposited a Phil DiGiacomo pass behind the Blitz goaltender at the 8:03 mark of the third period.

The Blitz elected to regroup with a timeout and responded with a goal at the 9:47 mark.
The Tigers returned to their game plan and worked the give and go passing. And, the result was one more goal, by Stefano Momesso with 4;41 remaining.
Frederick Vandal registered the win, his third in a row.

The Tigers played without the services of Fabio Colias and Anthony Massarelli.
The Lac St. Louis Tigers climb into third place with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 2 ties with this victory over the Blitz. The Tigers have a game in hand on the second place Lac St. Louis Royals and two games in hand on the first-place Filon de Malartic.

The Tigers have two home games this coming weekend. Saturday, Nov. 15, the Tigers host the Nationals de Montreal at the Pete Morin Arena in Lachine at 16h00. Sunday, the Tigers play host to the Lac St. Louis Predateurs at Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael. The puck drops at 14h30.