Pistons Rous MJHL POW

This from the MJHL site...


Kyle Rous of the Steinbach Pistons has been named the MJHL Player of the Week, ending October 21.

 The 20-year-old defenceman showed he’s not only a steady man along the blueline, but also demonstrated his offensive skills with five points (1-4) and an impressive  +7 rating over a three-game span for the Pistons who sit third in the Addison Division with five wins and 11 points ─ five back of division leading Winnipeg Blues.

The runners up are 20 year old goaltender Landon Noel of the Swan Valley Stampeders and 20 year old goaltender Jeremy Pominville of the Dauphin Kings.

Blizzard 3 - Pistons 1

Revenge.

After handing the Blizzard their first and only loss of the season the Steinbach Pistons were outplayed on a neutral ice surface tonight.

This afternoon's game almost had a playoff pace to it, lot's of rushes, blocked shots, big saves and long stretches of uninterrupted play.

The defense broke down a bit towards the end, TJ Constant was selfish on the puck just inside the Steinbach zone which led to the Pistons goal on a 3-0 rush.

The Blizzard had a much easier time getting space down the middle of the ice tonight with the regulation sized ice surface, they passed well and were great along the boards.

Very few times were the Blizzard unable to break out of their own zone except for the last 10 minutes of play where again they ran into penalty trouble

A very good game for the Blizzard as they pick up two points against a team who ruined their streak. They got traffic to the net, created chances with hard work and strong board play and crashed the net for rebounds.

Although they did take another 8 penalties, that number will have to drop.

Here is tonight's scoring summary...

1st Period

OCN 8:34 - Grove (3) - Assists: Valiquette, Kavanaugh
OCN 17:37- Valiquette (2) - Assists: Dumais, TJ Constant

2nd Period

NONE

3rd Period

STB 4:35 - McBain (3) - Unassisted
OCN 6:28 PP - Thomas Ward-Cardinal (4) - Assists: Valiquette, TJ Constant

Pitre Tire 3 Stars:

1. Alex Henry (26/27)
2. Grant Valiquette (1G, 2A)
3. TJ Constant (2A)

Northern Building Supply Hardest Working Player:

Garick Gray

Mollard's Thoughs on #9 CJHL Ranking

A real quick interview with OCN Blizzard head coach Jim Mollard on the teams #9 ranking on the CJHL top 20.




The Blizzard practiced today and will do the same tomorrow before hitting the bus on Thursday afternoon for Winnipeg. OCN's first showcase game is on Friday versus Steinbach followed by Saturday versus Portage. Both games will be at the MTS Iceplex and both will be broadcast as well.

* On a side note anywhere a good place to get my skates sharpened in town? I'm pretty picky when it comes to my sharpenings haha.

Pistons 4 - Blizzard 1 ... About Last Night

Last night was a tough one for OCN, Dumais and Valiquette out due to sickness and injury respectively. Right off the hop the Blizzard ran into injury trouble and the newly formed top two lines didn't get much playing time together in the first.

By the time the first period was over the score was 3-0.

Alex Henry was outstanding again, none of the four goals were his fault.

The Pistons did an excellent job of clogging up the middle of the ice and forcing OCN to the outside, when they would get there any shot the Blizzard would take out wide would hit a stick or a leg.

Tough loss for the Blizzard allowing 2 PP goals last night.

They'll have to regroup for tonight as they face Portage.

Pitre Tire Three stars:

1. Dennis Bosc (2G, 1A)
2. Alex Henry (52 saves)
3. Tyler Grove (1A)

Northern Building Supply Hardest Working Player:

Tyler Grove

Tonight's Lineup vs Steinbach

 Here is tonight's lineup versus the Pistons.

OCN

Forward

15 Dumais / 19 TJ Constant / 8 Cameron
16 Grove / 11 Valiquette / 25 Gray
24 Chief / 21 Baptiste / 10 Cardinal
26 MacInnis / 9 Lathlin / 27 Gamblin

Defense

4 Elmes / 5 Ward-Cardinal
7 Bruyere / 17 Cochrane
3 Dusik / 20 Kavanaugh

Goaltenders

33 Henry
30 McDonald

Scratches

Brady Constant
Santorelli
Bayer
Fontaine
Swampy

The Pistons come into this game with a record of 1-2. Steinbach lost to Selkirk 4-3 last night.

How they stack up...

Standings: 
Steinbach (4th Addison / 1-2)
OCN (1st Sher-Wood / 4-0)

Goals For:
Steinbach (8)
OCN (16)

Goals Against:
Steinbach (9)
OCN (6)

Goal Differential:
Steinbach (-1)
OCN (+10)

Powerplay:
Steinbach: (2/14 - 14.29%)
OCN (1/12 - 8.33 %)

Penalty Kill:
Steinbach (2/14 - 85.71%)
OCN (19/20 - 95.24%)

Shorthanded Goals Against:
Steinbach (0)
OCN (0)

Shorthanded Goals For:
Steinbach (0)
OCN (2)

The Pistons are coming off a tough lost last night that saw them lose a 1 goal lead in the first as they let Selkirk score three in the second period. With a record of 4-0 teams will start taking aim at OCN  as they want to be the ones who ruin perfection.

Should be another tough one tonight.

Henry gets the start after a spectacular performance by McDonald, the coaching staff will rotate goalies until one of them drops the ball.

4 wins is lucky, 5 is a streak.

Puck drop at 7:30 tonight, pre-game show at 7:15. Tune in!