Friday night saw the St. Albert Steel hungry for points to get them out of the third last place in the northern division. The Pontiacs were just too much for them and there was excellent work by the whole squad taking a 3 to 0 lead by the 1:50 mark of the second period. A bit of complacency then snuck in as they let St. Albert score one toward the end of the period making it 3-1. St. Albert picked up one more but the trio of Tyler Henry (g), Shawn Bates (a) and Jordan Krankowski(a) teamed up to grab the insurance marker.
It was also a great night for First Captain of the Pontiacs, Mike Germann who was honored by having his # 20 jersey retired to the rafters of the RJ Lalonde arena. Mike and his family journeyed up from Lloydminster, where he has his welding business Slapshot Welding, for the celebration.
Saturday night was another opportunity to celebrate as the arena stands held a large contingent of Pontiac Alumni as they were honored for their contribution to the sport of hockey in Bonnyville as well as $50,000 towards new rink boards and many great years of entertainment for area sports fans.
The game itself against the Brooks Bandits, who were sitting second with 30 points in the south division, was another terrific celebration as the Pontiacs out-hussled, out-hit and out-wrangled the visitors from the south with a convincing 3 - 0 shut out. Julien Laplante was outstanding in goal as was the ever steady defenseman Matt Register who played a heads up game all the way. The addition of Alias Kalinsky to the team has certainly added some needed size and skill and he's going to be definite benefit to the team. Denis Cadrin had a couple of great outings as well, scoring the first goal on Saturday and adding an assist plus another goal on Friday.
Julien Laplante #35 was outstanding between the pipes and picked up his second shutout of the season.
The Pontiacs are now on the road again with games against the Calgary Royals on November 18, the Olds Grizzlies who are cellar dwellers in the south on the 19th, the Calgary Canucks on Saturday the 21st and their fourth away game at Drumheller on Sunday, November 22. The team will be back home against the north division bottom dwellers Drayton Valley Thunder on Tuesday, November 24th. Game time is 7:30 - See You There.
Go PONTIACS!!
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