Friday 23 March 2012

Ex-Voltspalooza, aka the CIS University Cup

I'm going to omit talking about a certain game that took place last night except to say ouch. Although after tonight's action I suppose I shouldn't be one to complain.

Other games that happened yesterday and earlier today, however, bring up slightly less painful memories, while remaining relevant:


1. McGill Redmen vs. Aigles Bleus de Moncton
  • McGill ex-Volts: Ryan McKiernan, Benoit Levesque, Marc-Olivier Vachon
  • Moncton ex-Volts: Pierre-Alexandre Marion (and according to today's boxscore, Remi Blanchard.)
  • Usual suspects Francis Verreault-Paul and Alex Picard-Hooper did their thing and McGill won 6-3.
2. UNB Varsity Reds vs. UQTR Patriotes
  • UNB ex-Volt: Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (thanks in some part to ex-Volt Jake Allen).
  • UQTR ex-Volts: Olivier Hotte, Alexandre Demers, Olivier Donovan, Guillaume Nadeau. (Also seen earlier in the season: Etienne Bellavance-Martin and Martin Frechette.)
  • Not even close for UQTR. 6-1 UNB final.
Moncton beat Saskatchewan today, 5-1. Marion made 20 saves! UQTR wasn't as lucky in their rebound attempt, losing 3-2 in a tight affair with Western University. Nadeau was named their player of the game in a losing cause.

Tomorrow, Saskatchewan takes on the Redmen at 10:30 a.m. EST. Host team UNB meets Western at 3:30 p.m. EST, and if I'm not mistaken, that game will appear on Sportsnet.

Other alum-stuff: Derick Brassard got three assists tonight for Columbus in a 5-1 win, and Mike Hoffman scored in a 4-3 OT win by Binghamton.

Fun/useless fact: Drummondville and Quebec were the only teams in the entire CHL not playing tonight. See you Monday!

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