HC credit yes once again confused skeptics. A team of real ones according to the owner Mario Jr Duquette Proud to see Sainte-Martine deserves the championship of the Senior Elite Hockey League.
“It’s quite simple, the guys have always stayed on the task,” said Duquette, the voice still shown by the festivities. The other edge, they got the hatch, the owner and head coach of the Action of Farnham, in The voice of the East. They put gas. “
The opponents of HC Crédit yes had the lead by two games in the final series. They were sailing on a sequence of 10 consecutive victories in series.
Sainte-Martine won four consecutive parts with tight scores.
“Our group has never stopped believing in it,” said the HC credit, yes. Farnham had to say to herself after taking control of the series that it would be easy. But with veterans like Jérémi Janneteau, Nicolas Thibaudeau, Vincent Gervais and Julien Leduc, there was no question that we were going to abandon. ”
It was Thibaudeau who sowed hysteria with Isabelle-Brassor Colisseum on Saturday. His 14th of the playoffs, marked in the second additional period, confirmed the gain and the title to the franchise which has just completed a second season.
A united group
The HC credit yes has continuously returned from the rear to its qualifiers. He had lost the first match against the wolves and then drew from the back 1-3 against the Mustangs. To the point where the latter, according to Duquette, tried to book ice for the final series before having buried Sainte-Martine.
“Our guys when they come to the arena, they are on the task,” said Duquette. They eat hockey. They are enthusiasts. Some have refused a lot of money to stay with us rather than going to the senior AAA or in the LNAH. ”
Several also played in spite of injuries in the crucial playoffs of the playoffs.
Certain acquisitions between the two seasons also made it possible to build an excellent defensive, the best in the circuit according to Duquette.
This allowed him to remove his skates for the benefit of the habit. During a game, head coach Jean-François Thibodeau was not available and Duquette found himself behind the bench.
The latter said he had played his last hockey match, he who, listening to him, is with spit. “The shoulders are over and I have to have an operation,” said the businessman also father of three children. I also have an injured knee. I lived seven beautiful seasons of senior hockey punctuated from high and stockings which ends with this championship. ”
A tradition to be established
Duquette is looking for shareholders to help him in the management of HC credit yes.
The team that will start their first season in Sainte-Martine in the fall.
Janneteau will always be at his post and the team will seek to graft newcomers to keep the title in his city.
Meanwhile, celebrations, which remain determined, will be organized to celebrate this championship with the supporters.
