Pontiacs kick off 26/27 with an 8-1 victory

Nicola Lacourse Dion scored twice and Shawville Pontiacs turned a 1-0 deficit into an 8-1 win over the South Grenville Rangers at Alaine Chartrand Arena. Tom Meyerhans backed it with 33 saves in the Pontiacs' first game of the season.

Spencer Gallant gave South Grenville the lead late in the first, but Vincent Maisonneuve answered early in the second and Anthony Clutchey put Shawville ahead for good at 14:22. From there, Nicola Lacourse Dion, William Bujold, Loik Plouffeand Mathieu Ménard kept adding to the lead, with Bujold and Plouffe both scoring short-handed.

The Pontiacs kept rolling in the third as Joey Brennan and Lacourse Dion scored again. Meyerhans closed out the win while Jordan Provost made 38 saves for South Grenville.

Shawville finished 0 for 1 on the power play, while South Grenville went 0 for 6. Lacourse Dion, Ménard and Brennan were the first three stars.