Patrick Roy again had a lot to say about the work of the QMJHL judges on Friday. “What annoys me is that when they are in our arena, they are very lenient towards the opposing teams’ coaches,” the Remparts head coach said after his team’s win over the Shawinigan Cataractes.

After his team was eliminated by the same cataracts last spring, Roy said officials “put their whistles down” for most of the game before awarding a late-game penalty to one of their defenders, Vsevolod Komarov.

Still against the Cataractes, but this time during the pre-season calendar in September, the head coach was banned from a game for wreathing a referee.

The league had assigned two of the officials on duty during the series between the Remparts and the Cataracts to this part.

suspension and fine

This excessive anger on the part of Roy had earned him a one-game ban and a $5,000 fine for “unsportsmanlike conduct and inappropriate comments in the media.”

But it had also prompted a meeting between the Canadian’s former goalkeeper, Remparts president Jacques Tanguay and senior leaders of the Courteau circuit.

“We had a good exchange,” said Patrick Roy then. But of course, the head coach still had scores to settle on Friday.

He himself picked up the microphone at a press conference to raise the issue, regretting that some of his colleagues had the leisure “to get on the bench and on the boards and take the referee to knock him down with his hand”. .

“The league needs to get tougher”

The head coach, who is also general manager of training, pointed out that such a situation had arisen on Friday with Cataractes head coach Daniel Renaud.

He also said that Saguenéens de Chicoutimi pilot Yanick Jean did the same thing Thursday during the team’s passage at the Videotron Center. Like Steve Hartley of the Drummondville Voltigeurs last week.

“I would be curious to see what would have happened [si j’avais fait ça], continued Roy. It was three games where I’m not sure if we need a head referee because the coach on the other side is refereeing the game quite often. »

“I think the league has to become tougher at some point, more strict in the behavior of my colleagues. For me it’s a sign of disrespect for the local coach,” he added.

When asked if that point had been discussed at his last meeting with the league, Patrick Roy simply left the room without answering.

Two pellets from Savoy and a 9th consecutive win

Before Patrick Roy emptied his heart again over the work of the referees, two shots from Nicolas Savoie and a fine performance from young goaltender Quentin Miller had given the Remparts a ninth straight win on Friday at the Videotron Center.

With a 5-1 win against the Shawinigan Cataractes, the “Red Devils” remained unbeaten in front of their fans in nine games. They will tie the team record if they beat the Rimouski Oceanic on Sunday.

away, the monkey

Those two balls from Savoie on the power play were also his first goals of the season.

The 20-year-old defender also feigned chasing the monkey off his shoulders (“get the monkey off his back” in sports lingo) after his first goal, scoring first with a spot shot midway.

“It didn’t bother me, but I really wanted to score,” he said after the match. A few games have passed since the start of the season [16, précisément]then it feels good!”

Clearly freed, number 14 repeated a similar pattern in the second period.

Meanwhile, Zachary Bolduc had completed an excellent tic-tac-toe initiated by captain Théo Rochette – author of three assists yesterday – and Pier-Olivier Roy.

Zachary Marquis-Laflamme and Nathan Gaucher scored Remparts’ other goals in third.

3^e win for Miller

While Savoie was having fun flashing the red light, at the other end of the rink, young Miller blocked 17 of 18 shots aimed at him.

Only Lorenzo Canonica could deceive his vigilance, while the “Red Devils” already led 3-0 in the third game.

The 17-year-old goalie recorded his third win in as many starts in the QMJHL.

The cataracts, which were rather calm at first, became more threatening in the next two periods.

“Obviously not getting a lot of shots can be difficult, but my teammates helped me a lot by blocking shots,” Miller said.

More than 10,660 spectators attended the Videotron Center on Friday.

It was the biggest crowd of the season at this country night, culminating in a performance by Matt Lang.