“It’s us, the team to beat”: the blizzard end ready for the centennial cup

The Edmundston Blizzard will fly Tuesday evening to Calgary, to participate in the Canadian Centennial Cup championship, which will be held from May 8 to 18. It is a national championship that they would like to win for the population of Edmundston.

The team has been preparing for twelve days and their last training took place on Sunday evening.

Their first game will be held on Thursday, against Nationals of Rocklandthe Canadian Central Hockey Central League team.

Blizzard head coach Simon Olivier confirms it: his players are more than ready.

We have been really well prepared for the hockey level, at the mental level, at the physical levelhe said. We will keep the same philosophy and the same way of doing […] We will put the players in situations favorable to their performance.

We are confident with our depth and in the way we play. We play in a balanced way, we are able to play with speed, work in the bottom of the area, physical, and to place rings as well. Our style of play is quite complete, I would saycontinues the one who is one of the finalists as coach of the year of the Canadian junior Hockey League (LHJC).

Nine champion teams of the Lhndc And a hostess team will participate in the tournament.

The biggest challenge, it will be to go and play against champions from all over CanadaShares Simon Olivier, who recalls, however, that Blizzard is currently first in Canada in the ranking for Junior A.

It is up to other teams to adjust and be aware that the blizzard is cominghe says. We are going there with confidence, but not arrogance.

Confident players

Edmundston’s Blizzard has won its series against the Weeks Crushers From the county of Pictou in the junior hockey league to maritime, thus putting the hand on the cup Metalfab.

We haven’t finished. We have another cup to go and winlaunches on Monday the striker Philippe Colette, appointed player of the year of the Junior Maritime Hockey League (LHM).

We’re going to be there until the end […] All year round, we worked for that.

Same story with the striker Carl-Anthony Massé, who received the most useful player prize from the series.

It’s us, the team to beat. We finished first in the league, first in the series and first in the country in the ranking in the finalhe sums up. We arrive with a certain confidence and we feel that we have a good chance of getting the championship.

Carl-Anthony Massé and his teammates are excited when approaching departure to Calgary. This is the first time that we have taken the plane in a team, we will remember our lifehe said.

The seventh player

The many hockey enthusiasts in the region are more than excited by their team’s participation in the national championship. They closely followed the victories of their team this season.

The crowd is like the seventh player we have, at the Jean-Daigle Centerillustrates Philippe Colette.

Several parents of the players and some supporters will also travel to Calgary to encourage blizzard players.

Philippe Colette underlines that the supporters who will remain on the spot will also follow the route of the Blizzard at the centennial cup. They tell us all that they are going to watch at home, so we have a thought for them.

A big party with the Blizzard supporters took place Sunday afternoon, in front of the Jean-Daigle center.

According to Simon Olivier, the support of supporters is enormous. We would like to bring a national championship back to the population of Edmundston, it would be a great pride for ushe said.

New Brunswick has never won the centennial cup.

With information from Alyson Dubé and François Le Blanc