Pontiac Lions Atom A
On Dec. 15 the Lions traveled to Gatineau to face off against the Remparts. The Lions came out of the gate flying and midway through the first, Vincent Gilbert scored on a nice move, set up perfectly by Maxim Letang and Grayson Kilroy. Two short minutes later Mathis Lafontaine snapped one past the goalie for a 2-0 lead assisted by Maxim Renaud. Towards the end of the first Taytum Thompson won the face off clean back to Will O’Malley to fire it past the goaltender for a 3-0 lead.
Gatineau managed to get one back at the end of the first period. After two more periods of strong play and several great chances the game ended in a 3-1 win for the Lions.

On Dec. 16 they were back in action in Hull against the Aylmer Icebergs. Again Vincent Gilbert got the Lions started with a breakaway goal early in the first assisted by Grayson Kilroy. Aylmer answered right back with two of their own. Garrett Rusenstrom made a nice pass to Mathis Lafontaine to send him in on a partial break and he buried it to tie it up at two. On a nice play to the side of the net, Lafontaine scored his second of the game putting the Lions up. Seconds later Aylmer tied it up. It was a back and forth battle for the first period.
In the second period the Lions turned up the intensity getting a goal from Andrew Kavanagh assisted by Letang. Lafontaine got his hat trick goal on a great back hand move in tight. Lafontaine then scored his fourth of the game in the third period. The Lions smothered out any attempts by Aylmer to get back into the game. These two games were solid team wins and it started with our goalies Zachary Brousseau and Jaxson Armstrong.
On Dec. 22, the Lions faced off against the Aylmer Extremes. The game started out at a high pace with action at both ends of the rink. Brousseau had an excellent game stopping every shot he faced. Gilbert opened up the scoring midway through the first period on a nice pass from Letang and Kilroy. Garrett Rusenstrom put the Lions up 2-0 in the second period on a feed from Pierce Rusenstrom.
Rusenstrom scored his second goal early in the third and Kilroy scored an empty net goal assisted by Thompson to finish the game. Armstrong had another strong finish to the game stopping every shot he faced as well. Chase Wittig-Thompson, Ryan Barr and Gibson Lang worked hard in all three games supporting our goalies in the defensive end. A great way to finish 2018.
Submitted by Edward Rusenstrom

Pontiac Lions Pee Wee A
Pontiac Lions Pee Wee A team returned to action on Dec. 16 after competing in the Montreal Tournament where stellar goaltending and great team play took them to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, they lost 2-rs.
On Dec. 16, in Shawville they won 4-3 defeating the Gatineau Titans. Scorers were Nathan Quesnel-Girard with two, Liam Queale and Anthony Lefebvre one a piece. Assists went to Morgan Barr, Liam Queale and Nathan Quesnel-Girard. On Dec 22, they tied Les Loups des Collines 3-3. Scorers were Nathan Quesnel-Girard, Lucas Barré and Brodee Campbell with assists going to Liam Queale, Sofia Terranova and Cade Kuehl.
After the holiday break they played on Jan. 5, against the top team the Gatineau Remparts. They lost 8-1. The lone scorer was Noah Oliveira from Hannah Twolan and Peyton Ireland.
The Lions play next weekend in a Tournament at the Blackburn Arena. The team wishes all of their fans a Happy New Year.
Submitted by G. Queale

Pontiac Midget A Lions
The Midget A Lions had one game over the weekend returning from the Christmas break. On Saturday, the team travelled to Maniwaki to face off against the Mustangs.
After the holiday break, the boys needed a period to get their game legs back. Once the turkey got worked out, the Lions dominated through the second and third period of the game.
Nick Curley opened up the scoring in the second with a deflection of a shot from the point by Cole Sheppard on a feed from Thomas Beck and a second goal from Tyler Stanton with assists from Hunter Lukacs-Hitz and Evan Atkinson.
Third period action saw goals from Ryan Lang and Harry Lukacs-Hitz with helpers from Willis Egan, Atkinson, Beck, and Curley.
The next home game is Jan. 12 at 4:30 p.m. against the Aylmer Extremes.
Mark your calendars for some fast paced action during the second annual Pontiac Provincial Bantam/Midget Tournament taking place at our home arena the weekend of Jan. 18, 19 and 20.
Submitted by Diana Desabrais

Pontiac Lions Novice B
When you’ve got hockey on your mind, all of life’s other hockey seems to hockey into hockey hockey.
On Jan. 5 the Novice B team was up and at it before the sun was up for the Westmeath tournament. The rink was freezing but the boys were on fire winning their first three games. This took them to the finals where they remained undefeated and took home the gold.
It didn’t stop there for the Lions as they played again on Jan. 6, in Aylmer where they continued their winning streak with a 4-2 win.
Submitted by Holly Lalonde