Day 7 - Hockey, Hockey & More Hockey

The day's first exhibition game at Aréna les 2 Glaces de Val Bélair (Ice Arena 2 of Val Bélair) proved to be entertaining as well as controversial.  The team appeared to have tied Chaudière-Ouest Husky (Quebec) 2-2, but the referees seemed to be the only ones who had not seen Kurt Bench's backhand flip from the top of the slot go in.  Special mention goes out to Benoit Fournier, a billet family "dad", who made an impassioned appeal in French (or he may have simply been calling the referees "homers").  The team came up shy with an empty netter that made the final Chaudière-Ouest Husky 4, San Jose Jr. Sharks 2.  Joey Cassetti scored the first goal with a nice move on the goalie with a defender on his back, and Chase Edwards tallied the second goal with a one-timer.  Both goals came on power plays courtesy of Jarrett Chen, who drew three penalties.

The second exhibition game versus the Finland Selects, a favorite to win the Elite Class, was an eye-opener.  There weren't too many positives as the Finland Selects annihilated the San Jose Jr. Sharks 13-0 with many describing the Finland Selects offense as being in "constant motion".

In the evening, the team played pond hockey.  Again, I'll let pictures do the blogging.