Cougars Update

Vankleek Hill beats Gatineau Vankleek Hill - Gatineau players came to Vankleek Hill for their second game, to date, against the Cougars this season on October 31. The first game, won by Vankleek Hill with a score of 5-3, ended on a sour note. Anything could have been, and was, expected to happen during this encounter. The scoring started in the first period as Cougars’ PO Poulin scored a goal to make it 1-0. Olivier Fleurent followed by making the score 2-0, making that 5 goals this season. Gatineau was able to get one through MA Boucher to finish the first 2-1 for the Cougars. Gatineau found a way to switch the tides around by scoring two goals to take a 3-2 lead but Karl Walcott scored a goal to tie the score up by the end of the second. PO Poulin scored two goals in the third to get the hat trick and win the game for the Cougars. St-Isidore wins offensive match-up St-Isidore - The Cougars visited their division rival, the St-Isidore Eagles, on November 1. This game was not a goaltender’s duel. Both teams played terrible defensive hockey. The Cougars were able to take a 2-1 lead after the first on goals by Karl Walcott and Pat Decoeur. St-Isidore came stronger in the second and Vankleek Hill was able to keep it close. St-Isidore scored 4 goals and Vankleek Hill replied with 3 goals from Olivier Fleurent (2) and Hugues Chevrier to make it 5-5 going into the third. The score remained tied throughout the third until the final four minutes, in which St-Isidore took a 6-5 lead. The Cougars tried to tie it up but it was too late. St-Isidore scored an empty-netter to end the game as a 7-5 loss for the Cougars. (This article was submitted.)