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Lac St-Louis Lions Louis Leblanc squeezes past a Chateauguay Patriotes player during midget Triple-A playoffs on Sunday.
Lions turn on jets to even up semifinal series
Beat Patriotes 7-2 in playoff action at Dollard Civic Centre
JOHN MEAGHER
The Gazette
Monday, March 17, 2008
Lac St-Louis Lions Louis Leblanc squeezes past a Chateauguay Patriotes player during midget Triple-A playoffs on Sunday.
The Lac St. Louis Lions showed off their considerable firepower Sunday when they exploded for six third-period goals to shell the Châteauguay Patriotes 7-2 in Quebec Midget Triple-A Hockey League playoff action at the Dollard Civic Centre.
The win by Danny Dupont's Lions evened the best-of-five division semifinal series at 1-1.
Forward Mathieu Gingras paced the Lions attack with three goals and two assists, while defenceman Allan Klebanskyj added two goals and an assist.
Ken Matheson chipped in with a goal and two assists, while teammate Louis Leblanc rounded out the scoring with a goal and an assist.
Yasin Cissé collected three helpers for the Lions, who dropped the series opener 2-0 on Saturday in Dollard.
The Lions went 0-for-6 on the power play in Game 1, compared with 3-for-7 in Game 2.
Game 3 was scheduled for last night in Châteauguay.
The series resumes tomorrow night (7:30) at Léo Crépin Arena in Châteauguay.
Smith's Martlets finally strike gold: Kudos to head coach Peter Smith of Lachine, whose McGill Martlets bounced back from a stinging 4-0 defeat to Alberta in last year's Canadian university women's hockey final, to capture their first national crown on Monday in Ottawa.
The Martlets, who were making their eighth appearance at nationals in nine years, became the first McGill women's varsity team to ever win a CIS title by beating the Laurier Golden Hawks 2-0 in the final.
The emotional victory at the University of Ottawa Sports Complex capped a perfect season for Smith's powerhouse Martlets, who posted a 25-0 record in league and playoff action.
Forward Vanessa Davidson of Kirkland assisted on both McGill goals and was later named to the tournament all-star team.
"It was a huge win for our program," Smith told reporters after the game. "We have been knocking at the door for a number of years and it's really nice to finally reach the top."
Backstopped by national-team goalie Charline Labonté, the Martlets also posted shutout wins over Manitoba (6-0) and St. Francis Xavier (3-0) en route to the gold medal.