By Dominique Desrosiers

For the second consecutive preseason game, the Olympiques bowed to the Montreal Junior. Benoît Groulx relatively experienced squad was unable to find the back of the net against a Montreal team made up primarily of rookies.

The visitors needed but 3 minutes and 47 seconds to open the scoring. Following a turnover at the Olympiques blueline, Alexandre Tremblay and Marc-Olivier Roy found themselves alone in front of Maxime Clermont. Roy simply needed to weakly push the puck into a net left wide open by the sprawled out goaltender. The Olympiques veteran goaltender gave up a second goal at 9:29 of the opening period when Jean-Christophe Laflamme scored on a nice move off a breakaway.

Throughout the second and third frames, the Olympiques obtained some nice scoring chances, each time lacking the finish. The final nail in the Gatineau coffin came at 18:42 of the third period when Nicolas Parisella beat rookie goalie Gabriel Carignan with a high wristshot.

The Olympiques will once again play at the Baribeau Arena in Gatineau on Friday, August 27th at 7:00PM. The visitors will be the Drummondville Voltigeurs.