By Dominique Desrosiers

Despite a good outing by goalie Maxime Clermont and the defence, the Olympiques still fell by a score of 2-0 to the powerful Victoriaville Tigres this afternoon at the Robert-Guertin Centre. A lack of finish around the net and a Kevin Poulin in fine form also got the better of the Gatineau attack.

The visitors opened the scoring after 5:43 of play in the first period when Joël Champagne, from the left faceoff circle, beat Maxime Clermont with a quick shot up high.

The Tigres double their lead at 12:51 of the second frame thanks to a goal by Brandon Hynes on a powerplay. The latter picked up a puck off the post redirecting it in an open net.

At the other end of the ice, John Chabot’s met once again had some nice sequences. However, the outstanding performance of goalie Kevin Poulin, a lack of oppotunism as well a few uncalled penalties by the officials contributed to silencing them.

The Olympiques will play their next two outings this week in Rimouski and then Shawinigan. They will be back to the Robert-Guertin Centre on Sunday, March 14th at 4PM for the last game of the regular season. Their opponents will be the Val d’Or Foreurs.