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Quebec Citadelles Report
Written by: Annie Pascal on 04/03/2002 
March 25, 2002
Saint John 2, Quebec 1
Last Friday, the Citadelles had visited the Flames in Saint John and had earned two points in a 4-3 victory. Last Monday, it was the Flames who visited the Citadelles at the Colisée Pepsi. In eight games this season, Quebec has a 6-0-2 record against them.
The two teams started the game quietly as no goals were scored in the first period. Both had few scoring chances and they spent most of the period in the neutral zone. The goaltenders weren't very busy as well.
In the second period, the Flames and the Citadelles traded goals. Saint John opened the scoring in the middle of the period when Jason Botterill beat Mathieu Garon between the pads. Quebec tied the score five minutes later on a nice piece of work from the excellent line of Landry / Darby / Ryder. Darby and Ryder went in on a 2-on-1 and beat Kay Whitmore with a precise shot to score Quebec's first goal. The play was superbly started by Eric Landry at center ice. The Cits had a good chance to break the tie when Benoit Gratton's shot landed on the net. Another scoring chance came from Eric Chouinard, but his powerful shot hit the cross-bar.
The third period was scorless, which forced both teams to play an extra period. In overtime, the Goats weren't threatening as they managed only one shot on goal. At 2:56, Steve Montadore put an end to the game by scoring his 8th goal of the season. The two teams will face each other again in two days, which will be the third game in a row between the two teams this week.
Game Notes
* Mike Ribeiro returned to the line-up tonight but he aggravated his knee injury in the game.
* The Citadelles lost defenseman Martti Jarventie in tonight's contest. He suffered a shoulder separation.
* Gennady Razin (neck), Jacques Lariviere (healthy scratch), Xavier Delisle (healthy scratch), Remi Royer (groin) and Francis Belanger (suspended) weren't in uniform.
* The defeat was Quebec's only loss through their last four games.
Boxscore
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Saint John Nb 0 1 0 1--2
Quebec 0 1 0 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Garon, Que (delay of game), 4:33; M
Dupont, Snb (hooking), 5:34; M O'Dette, Que (hooking), 18:12.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Saint John Nb, Jason Botterill 20 (Blair
Betts, Justin Harney),11:37. 2, Quebec, Michael Ryder 6 (Craig Darby,
Eric Landry),15:23. Penalties: S Montador, Snb (closing hand on
puck), 1:48; B Gratton, Que (holding), 9:34; D Hay, Snb (boarding),
16:39.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Henry, Snb (slashing), 0:46; O Saprykin,
Snb (goalie interference), 5:38; E Chouinard, Que (slashing), 11:53.
OVERTIME -- Scoring: 3, Saint John Nb, Steve Montador 2 (Blair
Betts, Jason Botterill),2:56.
Shots on goal:
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Saint John Nb 8 13 10 3--34
Quebec 5 13 5 1--24
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Power-play Conversions: Saint John Nb - 0 of 4, Quebec - 0 of 5.
Goalies : Saint John Nb, Kay Whitmore (24 shots, 23 saves; record:
8-14-7). Quebec, Mathieu Garon (34 shots, 32 saves; record: 20-12-11).
A: 3,783. Referees: Eric Furlatt. Linesmen: Dave Taveroff.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
SAINTJOHN QUEBEC
G A Shots G A Shots
J Botterill 1 1 6 M O'Dette 0 0 1
D Hay 0 0 even 1 P Poulin 0 0 -1 0
R Murray 0 0 even 1 B Gratton 0 0 -1 0
R Christie 0 0 -1 2 M Descoteaux 0 0 1
O Saprykin 0 0 4 J Ward 0 0 -1 0
J Morgan 0 0 -1 2 C Darby 0 1 3
B Henry 0 0 -1 1 M Ribeiro 0 0 -2 4
B Betts 0 2 3 E Landry 0 1 3
M Dupont 0 0 even 3 E Chouinard 0 0 even 2
S Montador 1 0 4 P Sevigny 0 0 even 0
K Baker 0 0 even 1 R Hainsey 0 0 even 3
J Sullivan 0 0 -1 1 M Thinel 0 0 even 0
M Fritz 0 0 even 0 T Vertala 0 0 even 0
J Harney 0 1 0 M Ryder 1 0 3
J Mitchell 0 0 even 2 F Beauchemin 0 0 -2 2
M Doman 0 0 -1 3 J Filipowicz 0 0 even 1
M Jarventie 0 0 -2 1
March 27, 2002
Quebec 3, Saint John 4
For the last regular season confrontation between Quebec and the Saint John Flames this year, the Citadelles played a disappointing game. Quebec saw the Flames take control in the beginning of the game. Saint John took a two goal lead by scoring once in each of the first two periods. Blair Betts and Jason Morgan each scored for the home team.
It was only in the third period that the Citadelles started to play. Matt O'Dette scored the Goats' first goal of the night when Benoit Gratton won the face-off and immediatly passed the puck to O'Dette, who scored with a long shot. But minutes later, Jason Botterill scored twice in a span of two minutes to allow the Flames to take a 4-1 lead.
In the last five minutes of the game, the Citadelles tried hard to reduced the lead. Their efforts were rewarded as they managed to reduce the deficit to a single goal when Benoit Gratton and Eric Chouinard scored. Unfortunately, the Goats ran out of time and lost for the second consecutive game against the Flames.
Game Notes
* Suffering from a knee injury, Mike Ribeiro did not play.
* The Citadelles were also deprived of their best scorer in Eric Landry who had been recalled by Montreal during the day.
* Jacques Lariviere made his debut with the Citadelles.
* Vadim Tarasov was in net for Quebec. He did well considering he faced 45 shots.
*Benoit Gratton played a good game. He contributed to each of the Citadelles three goals (1 goal, 2 assists).
Boxscore
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Quebec 0 0 3--3
Saint John Nb 1 1 2--4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Saint John Nb, Blair Betts 3 (Oleg
Saprykin, Jason Botterill), 14:37. Penalties: B Gratton, Que
(hooking), 11:00; M O'Dette, Que (holding), 17:15.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Saint John Nb, Jason Morgan 17 (Ryan
Christie, Burke Henry), 6:01. Penalties: J Mitchell, Snb (roughing),
6:40; J Lariviere, Que (roughing, ), 6:40; S Montador, Snb (roughing),
13:55; R Royer, Que (roughing, ), 13:55; J Botterill, Snb
(interference), 13:59; R Christie, Snb (high sticking), 18:01.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Quebec, Matt O'Dette 7 (Benoit Gratton),
4:03. 4, Saint John Nb, Jason Botterill 21 (Oleg Saprykin), 4:40. 5,
Saint John Nb, Jason Botterill 22 (power play) (Blair Betts, Oleg
Saprykin), 6:26. 6, Quebec, Benoit Gratton 10 (power play) (Craig
Darby, Matthie Descoteau), 15:21. 7, Quebec, Eric Chouinard 20 (Remi
Royer, Benoit Gratton), 18:54 (WITH EXTRA ATTACKER). Penalties: M
O'Dette, Que (holding), 5:20; M O'Dette, Que (unsportsmanlike cond
game misconduct), 6:16; M Doman, Snb (roughing), 7:48; R Murray, Snb
(holding, roughing), 19:51; B Gratton, Que (roughing), 19:51.
Shots on goal:
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Quebec 7 5 13--25
Saint John Nb 14 18 13--45
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Power-play Conversions: Quebec - 1 of 5, Saint John Nb - 1 of 6.
Goalies : Quebec, Vadim Tarasov (45 shots, 41 saves; record: 7-3-2).
Saint John Nb, Kay Whitmore (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 9-14-7). A:
5,071. Referees: Chris Lee. Linesmen: Chuck Mctague, Derek Doucette.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
QUEBEC SAINTJOHN
G A Shots G A Shots
F Belanger 0 0 -2 1 J Botterill 2 1 5
M O'Dette 1 0 2 D Hay 0 0 -1 2
P Poulin 0 0 -1 2 R Murray 0 0 -1 2
B Gratton 1 2 even 4 R Christie 0 1 even 3
M Descoteaux 0 0 -2 0 O Saprykin 0 3 5
J Ward 0 0 1 J Morgan 1 0 even 8
C Darby 0 1 2 B Henry 0 1 1
R Royer 0 1 even 4 B Betts 1 1 4
E Chouinard 1 0 1 M Dupont 0 0 5
P Sevigny 0 0 -1 3 S Montador 0 0 even 5
R Hainsey 0 0 -1 1 K Baker 0 0 even 2
M Thinel 0 0 even 0 J Sullivan 0 0 -1 2
G Razin 0 0 even 2 J Harney 0 0 even 1
M Ryder 0 0 -1 0 J Mitchell 0 0 -1 0
F Beauchemin 0 0 even 1 G Bembridge 0 0 even 0
M Descoteau 0 1 even 0 M Doman 0 0 0
M Jarventie 0 0 even 1
J Lariviere 0 0 even 0
March 29, 2002
St. John's 5, Quebec 1
The Citadelles' bad performances continued last Friday night as the St. John's Maple Leafs defeated them by a score of 5-1 at Le Colisée Pepsi, in front of a large crowd of 7,241 people. The defeat was their third consecutive loss this week.
As has often happened lately, the Cits and the Leafs started the game slowly. In the middle of the first period, the Citadelles had recorded only two shots on goal. In many occasions, Quebec left their goaltender alone. The Goats' best scoring chance came with less than three minutes left in the period when Pierre Sevigny made a perfect pass to Eric Chouinard who found himself alone in front of the goalie. But Sebastien Centomo made a great save. With only 37 seconds remaining in the first, Jeff Farkas opened the scoring. The goal was scored while Matthieu Descoteaux was serving a holding penalty.
In the first minute of the second period, St. John's increased its lead to two goals when a weak shot from the blue line from Chris Chartier beat Garon. Midway in the stanza, Marcel Hossa opened the scoring for Quebec with a backhand shot in the top corner of the net. Hossa made a return to the Citadelles' line-up after being re-assigned earlier in the day.
The Citadelles saw a lot of their shots stopped by the Leafs' defensmen who paid the price by throwing themself onto the ice to block shots. At 15:27 of the second period, the Maple Leafs managed to take a 3-1 lead when Bob Wren surprised Mathieu Garon with a high shot that squeaked under his right shoulder.
In the beginning of the third, Francois Beauchemin received a major penalty plus a game misconduct, as he hit an opponent with his knee. Beauchemin could received a suspension from the league. Minutes later, Remi Royer also received a penalty for elbowing. St. John's scored a 4th goal as they took advantage of a double powerplay. They also added a 5th goal near the end of the game, still on powerplay.
The third period was played tough and numerous penalties were called. Tough guys Matt O'Dette, Remi Royer and Jacques Lariviere got much more ice time in the third. It is not a secret anymore that Mathieu Garon is a key player for the Citadelles. The Leafs knew it and focused on playing physical against the Cits' netminder throughout the game. In the last period, St. John's Andre Payette hit Garon in front of his net. Garon did not appreciate the gesture and started to fight with Payette. His teammate Remi Royer came out to help Garon but the referee quickly separated the two men. Garon received a roughing penalty for his act. Royer has also received a penalty. As Royer and Payette headed off to the penalty box, they exchanged unpleasantries.
Later in the game, it was Jacques Lariviere who was ready to drop the gloves in front of Payette but he declined the invitation. Then, Lariviere received a four minutes penalty. Quebec's players and their coaches were all furious following the game. Garon was hit throughout the night but the referee never called a penalty against St. John's.The Cits will end the regular season by visiting St. John's twice and we can expect some tough play there again.
BOXSCORE
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St Johns Nfld 1 2 2--5
Quebec 0 1 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, St Johns Nfld, Jeff Farkas 4 (power play)
(Morgan Warren, Doug Doull), 19:22. Penalties: D Doull, Snf
(roughing), 2:06; J Lariviere, Que (roughing), 2:06; P Svoboda, Snf
(interference), 3:43; C Darby, Que (goalie interference), 5:23; D
Maclean, Snf (interference), 9:40; M Descoteaux, Que (obstr hooking),
17:35.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, St Johns Nfld, Chris Chartier 1 (Donald
Maclean), 0:46. 3, Quebec, Marcel Hossa 17 (Unassisted), 9:02. 4, St
Johns Nfld, Bob Wren 22 (Chris Chartier, Jeff Farkas), 15:27.
Penalties: J Farkas, Snf (tripping), 12:06; A Ponikarovsky, Snf
(tripping), 15:54; A Payette, Snf (unsportsmanlike cond), 19:36; R
Royer, Que (slashing), 19:36.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, St Johns Nfld, Donald Maclean 6 (power
play) (Nathan Dempsey), 2:13. 6, St Johns Nfld, Jeff Farkas 5 (power
play) (Craig Mills, Allan Rourke), 18:34. Penalties: F Beauchemin,
Que (major kneeing game misconduct), 0:35; R Royer, Que (elbowing),
1:59; A Payette, Snf (cross checking), 6:43; R Royer, Que (roughing),
6:43; M Garon, Que (roughing), 6:43; J Lariviere, Que (roughing, cross
checking), 9:00; S Centomo, Snf (delay of game), 10:22; B Wren, Snf
(goalie interference), 13:09; R Royer, Que (unsportsmanlike cond),
17:08; J Lariviere, Que ( misconduct), 17:08.
Shots on goal:
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St Johns Nfld 14 7 11--32
Quebec 10 14 6--30
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Power-play Conversions: St Johns Nfld - 3 of 8, Quebec - 0 of 5.
Goalies : St Johns Nfld, Sebastien Centomo (30 shots, 29 saves;
record: 9-6-4). Quebec, Mathieu Garon (32 shots, 27 saves; record:
20-13-11). A: 7,241. Referees: Eric Furlatt. Linesmen: Dave Taveroff,
Martin Paulhus.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
STJOHNS QUEBEC
G A Shots G A Shots
J Farkas 2 1 even 3 F Belanger 0 0 -1 7
A Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 M O'Dette 0 0 even 0
P Svoboda 0 0 even 0 M Hossa 1 0 even 2
N Dempsey 0 1 2 P Poulin 0 0 even 1
C Mills 0 1 3 B Gratton 0 0 -1 2
J Harrison 0 0 even 0 M Descoteaux 0 0 -1 1
A Rourke 0 1 even 0 J Ward 0 0 -1 2
A Payette 0 0 4 C Darby 0 0 even 2
D MacLean 1 1 3 X Delisle 0 0 even 3
C Chartier 1 1 1 R Royer 0 0 -1 1
M Warren 0 1 even 1 E Chouinard 0 0 even 2
B House 0 0 -1 0 G Razin 0 0 even 2
D Doull 0 1 even 2 F Beauchemin 0 0 even 1
A Eriksson 0 0 even 3 J Lariviere 0 0 even 0
B Wren 1 0 even 6 M Ryder 0 0 even 1
L Cereda 0 0 even 1 P Sevigny 0 0 even 1
F Bouchard 0 0 even 2 R Hainsey 0 0 even 2
March 30, 2002
Quebec 3, Lowell 1
The Citadelles finally put two points in the bank last Saturday night in Lowell. Indeed, after they had suffered three defeats consecutively, we expected another difficult game as they faced the Eastern conference's best team. But despite the fact that they were deprived of many good elements, the Cits surprised their fans with a 3-1 victory.
In net, Mathieu Garon was excellent as he stopped 42 of the 43 shots by Lowell. The game was certainly his best since being re-assigned to Quebec. Garon lost the shutout with just five minutes remaining in the game. As had happened in the game against St. John's, Quebec's goalie was hit by Lowell players. His teammate Jayme Filipowicz made sure to let Brad Church know that Quebec wouldn't allow them to hit their goalie anymore.
Once again, the fans didn't see much exciting hockey at the begining of the game. It was only late in the second that Quebec opened the scoring with a goal by Pierre Sevigny on a very nice pass from Michael Ryder.
In the middle of the third, Benoit Gratton increased Quebec's lead at 2 when he scored his 10th goal of the year. Jason Ward obtained an assist on the play. Two minutes later, Michael Ryder added a third goal for the Cits. It was only at 15:16 of the third when Jeff Heerema scored Lowell's lone goal of the game.
Game Notes
* Despite of a knee injury, defenseman Matthieu Descoteaux played tonight.
* In the first period, Quebec's Gennady Razin accidentally hit his teammate Benoit Gratton with his stick in the face. Gratton broke his nose but he returned in second period.
* Entering the game, the Citadelles had a 2-1-0 record against the Lock Monsters.
Boxscore
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Quebec 0 1 2--3
Lowell 0 0 1--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: I Macneil, Low (goalie interference), 3:24;
J Filipowicz, Que (slashing), 12:49; K Astashenko, Low (holding),
16:12.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Quebec, Pierre Sevigny 13 (Michael Ryder),
14:24. Penalties: B Gratton, Que (boarding), 0:09; R Royer, Que
(roughing), 14:55; I Macneil, Low (roughing), 14:55; J Vodrazka, Low
(high sticking), 14:55; G Razin, Que (tripping), 18:08.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Quebec, Benoit Gratton 11 (Jason Ward),
11:11. 3, Quebec, Michael Ryder 7 (Pierre Sevigny, Remi Royer), 12:26.
4, Lowell, Jeff Heerema 33 (Ted Drury, Brad Defauw), 16:16.
Penalties: R Royer, Que (hooking), 6:16; J Filipowicz, Que (roughing),
17:16; B Church, Low (goalie interference), 17:16.
Shots on goal:
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Quebec 11 14 13--38
Lowell 12 13 18--43
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Power-play Conversions: Quebec - 0 of 3, Lowell - 0 of 4. Goalies :
Quebec, Mathieu Garon (43 shots, 42 saves; record: 21-13-11). Lowell,
Tyler Moss (38 shots, 35 saves; record: 19-16-7). A: 4,754. Referees:
Jay Sharrers. Linesmen: Bob Bernard, Jack Millea.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
QUEBEC LOWELL
G A Shots G A Shots
M Hossa 0 0 -1 1 T Drury 0 1 even 8
P Poulin 0 0 -1 3 J Mccarthy 0 0 6
B Gratton 1 0 4 I Macneil 0 0 -2 2
M Descoteaux 0 0 even 0 T Kurka 0 0 even 2
J Ward 0 1 4 B Defauw 0 1 even 4
C Darby 0 0 6 J Heerema 1 0 even 7
X Delisle 0 0 1 N Tselios 0 0 1
R Royer 0 1 1 G Kuznik 0 0 -2 0
J Lariviere 0 0 even 0 B Church 0 0 -1 2
J Filipowicz 0 0 even 5 P Reynolds 0 0 -1 0
E Chouinard 0 0 -1 2 K Astashenko 0 0 -1 1
M Thinel 0 0 even 0 R Berg 0 0 -1 1
G Razin 0 0 even 0 M Zigomanis 0 0 even 5
F Beauchemin 0 0 5 K Aucoin 0 0 -1 2
M Ryder 1 1 1 J Vodrazka 0 0 -1 0
P Sevigny 1 1 3 R Bast 0 0 -1 0
R Hainsey 0 0 even 2 E Hill 0 0 -1 2
Injury Update
Matt O'dette: O'dette injured his ankle last week and he's expected to miss one week of action.
Francis Belanger: Belanger suffered a shoulder injury but should return to action this week.
Mike Ribeiro: Ribeiro (knee) returned to the line-up last Monday.
Martti Jarventie: Jarventie suffered a shoulder separation and won't be available for the next few weeks.
News
* The Citadelles have announced that Pierre Sevigny will be the team's candidate for the Yanick Dupré's trophy.
* Ron Hainsey was named to the AHL's Rookie All-Star team.
Transactions
03/27/02: The Montreal Canadiens recalled forward Eric Landry from the Citadelles.
03/29/02: The Montreal Canadiens assigned Marcel Hossa to the Citadelles.
Top 10 Scorers
1. #10 Eric Landry..............71 pts
2. #19 Craig Darby.............67 pts
3. #18 Jason Ward.............54 pts
4. #7 Eric Chouinard...........412 pts
5. #23 Francis Belanger......40 pts
6. #81 Marcel Hossa............32 pts
7. #17 Ron Hainsey.............30 pts
8. #25 Pierre Sevigny...........26 pts
9. #44 Benoit Gratton............26 pts
10. #55 Xavier Delisle...........25 pts
Upcoming Schedule
04/03/02: Portland Pirates (home)
04/05/02: St. John's Maple Leafs (away)
04/06/02: St. John's Maple Leafs (away)