SATURDAY

After 20 minutes last night the Bonnyville Pontiacs had 6 shots on goal. They led the hockey game 4-1. Things had been going so wrong for the Pontiacs in the last two weeks it was time the bounces started going their way and that happened at 8:58 of the first period when Dennis Cadrin opened the scoring when he bounced a pass in off a defenders skate and it ended up behind the Olds goaltender.

From that point on it became obvious that things were going Bonnyville's way. Despite the 9 minor penalties called against the Pontiacs the penalty killing was great against an Olds team that was clicking at 29% on the powerplay in their last 6 games.

While the shot totals might have been a little inflated it was still a great performance from Julien Laplante who has shown in his last couple starts that he has returned to the form that got him named to the CJHL prospects game.

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The Pontiacs held a 4-1 lead after one but the Grizzlys fought back in the second to make it close with a pair of goals but Bonnyville would add the insurance marker in the third.

In the Pontiacs 24 losses this year they have held the lead at some point in 9 of those games.

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Laplante got the start in goal last time the Pontiacs played the Canucks in the final game before the Christmas break. The Pontiacs won 4-3 in overtime with Laplante making 19 stops.

Tonight will be the second and final meeting between the two teams.

Last season the teams split the season series with both teams picking up 3-1 wins in the oppositions barn.