On November 19, 2008, Harbour Station played host to Game Two of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge – now called the Subway Super Series. The game was seen coast-to-coast on Rogers Sportsnet and RDS just as this Monday’s Super Series will be from Harbour Station.
According to Wikipedia, the Canadian Hockey League has a 36-4-2 all-time record against the Russian juniors in this event and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League all-stars have a 9-3-2 record. The Ontario Hockey League has never lost a game.
In front of a capacity crowd of 6,451 fans at a rocking Harbour Station, the Russian team defeated the QMJHL all-stars 4-3 to pick up a rare victory over the Canadians.
Andrey Marygin opened the scoring at 14:21 of the first. Team QMJHL got rolling at 1:18 of the second when Maxime Sauve scored. But the Russians would take the lead back at 3:05 with a shorthanded goal and then a two goal lead at 6:46. But Luke Adam, who made his NHL debut a few days ago with the Buffalo Sabres, put the ‘Q’ all-stars back within a goal at 8:20.
In the final frame, the visitors took a two goal lead again at 16:01. The Canadians would respond nine seconds later but it wouldn’t be enough as the Russians went on to victory by score of 4-3.
Here are the highlights:
NOTES
- Just like in 2008, Rogers Sportsnet’s broadcasting crew is expected to involve Rob Faulds and Sam Cosentino.
- Four Sea Dogs played in the game for Team QMJHL: defensemen Alex Grant, Yann Sauve, and Simon Despres and forward Steven Anthony replaced the injured Chris DiDomenico. On Monday, four Sea Dogs will once again play for their league while Stanislav Galiev will suit up for Russia.
- Mike Hoffman played in the game as a Drummondville Voltigeur. He was traded to Saint John in the off-season.
- Alex Grant was named the player-of-the-game for Team QMJHL. The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect will be an honourary captain on Monday night. He had an assist in the game.
- To view the official game sheet, click HERE.
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