Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Notebook: Cataractes, Kings meet tonight

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SAINT JOHN - The Shawinigan Cataractes and Edmonton Oil Kings play their first games of the 2022 Memorial Cup Tuesday night at TD Station.

The Cataractes are coming off a five-game President Cup final series win over the Charlottetown Islanders. Shawinigan has one of the best duos in junior hockey in forwards Xavier Bourgault and Mavrik Bourque. The Oil Kings will need to find a way to stop the pair if they hope to win their opener. 

Shawinigan also has second line overager Pierrick Dube, who has been tremendous this post-season. Dube scored the President Cup wining goal in overtime in Game 5 in Charlottetown.

The Oil Kings, meanwhile, have one of the deepest lineups in the Canadian Hockey League. Even without Dylan Guenther, who is out for the tournament with an injury, the team still has plenty of star power in Kaiden Guhle, Jake Neighbours, Sebastien Cossa and others.

Game time is 7 p.m.

The two franchises have met twice previously. At the 2012 tournament in Shawinigan, the Oil Kings defeated the Cataractes 4-3 in the Memorial Cup opener. Shawinigan then eliminated Edmonton from the tournament with a 6-1 victory in the tie-breaker game a few days later.

UP NEXT
The host Saint John Sea Dogs return to action Wednesday night, taking on the Oil Kings.

The Sea Dogs played their first game in 38 days on Monday night, posting an impressive 5-3 victory over the Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton Bulldogs.

Following Wednesday's game, the Sea Dogs will have two days off to prepare for their final game of the round-robin - a Saturday matchup with the rival Cataractes.

SOME VIDS
If you weren't in attendance on Monday or just want to live the experience again, here are a few videos.
MEET THE DOGS
T-J INSERT
Inserted into Tuesday's edition of the Telegraph-Journal.CELEBRATIONS
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