CALEB NICKERSON
FORT COULONGE
Nov. 10, 2018
The stands in the Fort Coulonge Arena were packed on Saturday night as the Pontiac Senior Comets faced off against the Cumberland Bandits. The hometown boys gave their opponents a walloping that they won’t soon forget, dominating them from start to finish.
The Comets were quick off the opening faceoff, with Mitchell Gibson netting two and Daniele Dissipio scoring one before the nine minute mark. The Bandits managed to get one by the Comets net-minder, but Dissipio, Shane Gervais and Guillaume Grégoire all answered back before the end of the period, putting the score to 6-1 before the first intermission.
The Bandits came out swinging in the second, putting up three goals to the Comets one. Dissipio was the lone scorer for the home team, completing his hat trick with the help of Johney Cormier and Maxime Belley.
Not to be outdone, Gibson got his third in the opening seconds of the final period and the Comets kept the pressure on. Grégoire, Belley, Gervais and Kevin McKinnon would all add their own goals before the night was through for a final score of 12-4 for the Comets.
The Comets went on the road the next day, taking a tough 7-4 loss to the Mont Laurier Montagnards at the Jacques-Lesage Arena. Their next home game will be on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. against the Montagnards.
Pontiac currently sits in third place in the Outaouais Senior A Hockey League, behind Mont Laurier and the Vaudreuil Titans.
