Memorial eCup Presented By Kia Gameday: Zack Hayes vs. Baie-Comeau Drakkar
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Zack Hayes faces off against Gabriel Belley-Pelletier of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Round 2 of the CHL Memorial eCup Presented By Kia tonight on Facebook Live and Twitch at 5:15 p.m. CST.
The Memorial eCup features all 60 CHL teams and four special guests in a 64-team tournament of NHL 21 on Playstation 4. Thirty-two advanced to Round 2 after securing wins in the opening round.
Hayes continues his run through the Stinger Division following a 3-2 win over Ryan Maynard and the Charlottetown Islanders in Round 1. In the game, Hayes got three goals in the third period from virtual teammates Aliaksei Protas, Matthew Culling, and a highlight-reel goal by Ozzy Wiesblatt to pick up the win. Check out the highlights below:
[related_links] Belley-Pelletier and the Drakkar advanced to the second round by knocking off the Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-4 in overtime. The Drakkar jumped out to a 4-1 lead before Michael Little guided the Voltigeurs back to tie the game. However, Belley-Pelletier used Julien Letourneau to tally the overtime winner to punch Baie-Comeau’s ticket to the second round.
The winner of the showdown between Hayes and Belley-Pelletier will take on the winner of Blake Murray of the Sudbury Wolves and Felix Pare of the Victoriaville Tigres.
Two WHL teams have advanced to Round 3 of the tournament – Lukas Svejkovsky of the Medicine Hat Tigers beat Rhett Rhinehart of the Saskatoon Blades 5-1; and Trevor Longo of the Vancouver Giants doubled up Max McCue of the London Knights 4-2.