Montreal goaltender Ernie Mitchell earned the first star after helping his side defeat the Rochester Griffins 14-9 yesterday at the Forum, in front of more than 10,000 spectators
by Robert DUGUAY
Quebeckers last night had to lose. They had to lose until the middle of the second period when a general brawl whipped them and launched to a triumph of 14-9 at the expense of Rochester Griffins, before a crowd of 10,364 spectators.
“This fight proved to be one of the turning points of the game,” said a John Ferguson, still shaking with emotion. Until then, we slept and these battles simply woke us up. That’s where we started playing lacrosse. “
During this general scrum, the three Quebeckers of Quebeckers have distinguished themselves. Serge Loiselle started the ball by pursuing Bill Foote before giving him a thrashing, Yvan Blanchard almost tossed an unidentified opponent before being thrown out of the match and Michel Blanchard knocked out goalkeeper subsütut Gerry Van Schagen before completing a hat trick.
“When a player is fit enough to hit his face with his stick, he should be able to fight,” said Loiselle. I saw that my man (Foote) did not want the fight because he seemed to have some discomfort to one eye. But I was tired of seeing him walking his staff near everyone’s ears and I decided to place it. “
What he did was that Rick Dudley, the hard-to-catch and best Griffin player, decided to come to his rescue. “It’s definitely Dudley who should have been kicked out of the game. He was the third man in this fight. But I’m glad I beat the Griffins and Dudley, “said Ferguson.
On behalf of Quebecers, John Davis had some clarifications to make regarding the expulsion of Yvan Blanchard. “The referee asked for a number when it came time to proceed with the evictions and I gave him the one of Yvan knowing that he held the role of reservist”.
Davis has also very well explained the situation ‘”arm” which concluded: “I never saw a referee tremble so much before awarding penalties. I understand Davis’s decision and I agree with him.
The big star of the game, and we do not talk about it until the end so it can go unnoticed, was the goalkeeper Ernie Michitchell who shone particularly in the third period while the Griffins were unable to beat him.
“I started the game badly, he said, for the simple reason that I did not touch the first balls that were directed towards my cage. The explanation seems simplistic but it is so. I must touch the ball from the first moments of the game otherwise I feel bad. When I blocked one or two shots, made one or two passes, I’m really in the game. The Griffins me, foiled twice with the first two shots of the meeting but later I was busy for my taste.
And Mitchell has confirmed the rumor that he will be physically able to play all Quebeckers’ games by the end of the campaign …
GAME NOTES … “You are better off winning. Much better. That’s all I have to tell you. “
Fergy in the middle is like a volcano in eruption. When, after the first period, he began to gargle us in this way, each of us did not go out of his way.
Then Fergy, faithful to his habit, shut himself up in the small cubicle adjacent to the vesttiary, and twice, as if to insist, he slammed the door.
At that time, we had just played a dismal first period and Rochester led 6-3.
..then at the second, everything started to go better. Serge Loiselle’s fight against Bill Foote really woke us up. The general scrum that followed, even more.
After the second period. Rochesser led 9-7 but all of us knew the battle won. Rochester was no longer counted as we managed to beat goalkeeper Marv Marshall seven times.
The facts of the match: surely Loiselle’s fight, the goalkeeper Mitchell’s outfit and that very high quality of Fergy to stimulate us. It’s simple, Fergy scares us.
My three goals delight me and this crowd of 10,324 spectators “too; but it is really the fact of winning and collaborating so sensibly that satisfies the most.
The second star, the slap in Fergy’s back, the ovation of the crowd after almost knocking. the opposing goalkeeper, that is the “creaming” on the cake.
Michel BLANCHARD