The Trois-Rivières Lions were riddled with shots on target from the Adirondacks Thunder, who eventually won 5-3 at the Cool Insuring Arena on Saturday.
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Quebec goalkeeper Francis Marotte failed to multiply the wonders targeted by 49 shots from the hosts. In the last 40 minutes he kept his men in the game and saved 38 of 40 shots.
After three goals in a row by the lions, Grant Jozefek reset the counters in the middle of the middle. Travis Broughman then won his showdown against Alex Breton before scoring the winning goal at 3:17. the second break.
Brandon Schultz defeated Marotte twice in the first half while Brady Fleurent scored in an empty net.
First with a rebound and then with a perfect wrist shot into the top corner, Nicolas Guay scored twice to defeat. Forward D-Jay Jerome also solved Jake Theut’s mystery and gave the Lions the lead thanks to perfect staging by Matthew Barron.
The Trois Rivières side were therefore unable to continue their momentum after ending their eight-game losing streak against the same Thunder on Friday. She then won 4 to 2.
Marc-André Bergeron’s team will complete their treble program against the Adirondacks on Sunday.