Cataractes rally to clip Oil Kings 4-3 in Memorial Cup
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Forward Pierrick Dube of the Shawinigan Cataractes admitted that watching opening night action at the Memorial Cup instead of playing in it pumped up his team’s anxiety levels.
On Tuesday, those levels soared even higher after the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions clipped the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 thanks, in part, to a soft goal by Dube at 5:37 of the third period to tie the game 3-3, with teammate Olivier Nadeau scoring the winner 78 seconds later.
“They’re all good teams here. We watch clips, take notes, plan,” said Dube before Tuesday’s upset. “But we just have to play our own game. All the teams we beat in Quebec were good, too, so just keep things simple and play hard.”
Nadeau said his team has relished the underdog role throughout the QMJHL playoffs, and said that helps to relieve some of the pressure for a round-robin format like the Memorial Cup in which every win and loss is magnified.
