|
CJHL Hockey
Ouellette has another
big game against former teammates
By
Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
When Cumberland Grads head coach and general manager Paul Flindall traded Mathieu
Ouellette to the Cornwall Colts last month, he did so as a favour to his top player. Ouellette
is in his final year of eligibility in the CJHL and he wanted to play the rest
of the season with his best friend Jacob Laliberte in the seaway city. But
Ouellette has a strange way of returning favours. The first time the two teams
met after the trade, Ouellette tallied four points including a hat trick and was
named the game's first star. On
Sunday, he returned to the Navan Arena for the first time, eager to show Grads
fans what they're missing. Although
the result was not quite as spectacular as the first time he played his former
team, he still managed to get four points including a third period power play
goal and was once again named the game's first star. His
best friend and linemate also had a big game. Laliberte scored his 50th and 51st
goals of the season and drew an assist on Oullette's power play goal. As
for the hometown Grads, they gave the Colts all they could handle. The game was
scoreless after the first period, and after a terrific goal by Kale Wild at the
2:52 mark of the third, they only trailed by a goal down 3-2. If
not for several close calls and missed opportunities they could have easily led
by a goal. As
it was, Ty Perry's insurance marker at the 8:52 mark of the third period put the
game out of reach for the Grads and Ouellette's power goal slammed the door. Cumberland
will be hoping to build on the energy they showed in the opening stages of the
third period, when they take on the Gloucester Rangers this afternoon at the Earl
Armstrong Arena. The
Rangers are coming off of wins over the Nepean Raiders and the Colts and are hoping
to pick up another two points in their battle with the Raiders for fourth place
and hoime ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs which get started in
three weeks time. The
opening face off iin this afternoon's game is at 4:30 p.m. (Posted
12:30 p.m., Feb.15) Return
to top Return
to Front Page | 
