Day Nine - A day of Exhibition Games

Wednesday, February 18 - On the schedule for the boys today were two exhibition games. Upon arrival at the Colisee this morning between 8-8:30am, we were greeted by many tired boys. It seemed the fun day at the snow park followed by the exciting Quebec Rampart game in the evening might have worn out the boys. While we waited for all the show up, those who were dropped off, went to get some addition breakfast food & water; while others took the opportunity to pull thier hat over their eyes and take a nap. We boarded the vans around 10:00am and headed over to Arena Rejean-Lemelin. If you are interested to see the location of all the rinks your child has played at while in Quebec, visit: http://www.rinktime.com/skating_rinks/dsp_LargeMap.cfm?l=4949

Exhibition Game 1 - Victory Honda

Our first game was against Victory Honda (a team from Detroit). Dressed in our Teal, the boys took the ice at 11:30am. It was a great game played by our boys. They kept "moving their feet" and "played" the whole game - and, thus, won...2-0. Victor played well, making some wonderful saves (unfortunately they didn't keep/record shots). The other team, took 6 penalties and were slightly slower than us. Scoring for us:

Goal 1 - 2nd period - Hiroki; assisted by Carson & Tyler

Goal 2 - 3rd period - Carson; assisted by Chris

After the game, the boys loaded their gear onto the truck so that it could be taken to the next rink: Arena Val Belair. Because there wasn't a lot of time between the two exhibition games, the boys ate lunch at Rejean-Lemelin. The drive between the rinks provided adequate time for several boys to rest (and a couple might have even fallen asleep).

Exhibition 2 - New York Islanders

Unfortunately this game didn't go as well as the first game. The NY Islander team played a very good game. Their passing was "spot on". The boys did ok and Jake played well...but really didn't start playing until the 3rd period. The score - 4 to 1. Our lone goal was scored by Max with an assist by Carson and Kyle.

From this rink, we headed back to the Colisee, where we watched Belle Tire play while waiting for all the boys to get picked up by their families.

(Please note...I did take a few photos from the last game, but I am going to make it an early evening...something that we have instructed the billet families to do with the boys. We told them to inforce a curfew of 9pm or earlier as the boys need to get some sleep in preparation for their tournament game at 12:30pm).

Good night from Quebec!