Tic…Tac…Toe…VICTORY!

This afternoon, the Titan was hosting the Gatineau Olympiques and yes the Tic-Tac-Toe line was present.

The first period was difficult for the Titan who took a while to find their rhythm. The Olympiques opened the scoring with only 50 seconds played in the game. Christophe Losier, his 13^th, tied things up in the middle of the period with a power play goal.  The score was 1-1 after 20 minutes of play.

We were treated to a scoring festival in the second with a total of 6 goals.  Gatineau scored twice in the first half of the period to take a 3-1 lead, however, our locals came back with goals from Jordan Murray, his 5^th, Matthew Bissonnette, his 32^nd, and Zach O’Brien, his 36^th, to take a 4-3 lead. Gatineau was able to tie things up before the end of the period to make it a 4-4 score after 40 minutes.

In the third frame Zach O’Brien, hid 37^th and second of the game, gave the Titan a 5-4 lead with only 5:55 remaining in the game. Toward the end of the period the Titan were called for a penalty and the Olympiques took advantage of that powerplay to tie things up again 5-5, forcing an overtime period.

Matthew Bissonnette played the hero with only 43 seconds remaining, scoring his 33^rd of the year and 2^nd of the game.

Robert Steeves had an ordinary game stopping 18 of the 23 shots he faced.  Jordan Murray finished the game with a differential of +4 and 4 hits.

The famous Tic-Tac-Toe line of the Titan again had a strong game.  After a 10 points performance on Friday they did even better this afternoon with 11 points.  Zach O’Brien and Matthew Bissonnette finished the game with 2 goals and 2 assists each, while Sébastien Trudeau picked up 3 assists. Jordan Murray and Christophe Losier each had a goal and an assist.

Acadie-Bathurst will only play one game this week as they are hosting the Shawinigan Cataractes Saturday, January 14^th at 7 PM.