IRREGULARITIES FOUND AT RLSHL GAMES

RLSHL- Following certain irregularities noted on some of the gamesheets from games of the last weekend of the regular season, the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League board took the following decisions:

1. Heavy fines were handed to the teams of Grand Falls and St. Quentin
2. The fact that the two players involved in the chase for the scoring title have no responsiblity to what happened during the last weekend of the regular season, a readjustment was made for the points awarded during the games and Grand Falls Cataracts' Scott Toner has been awarded the scoring title.
3. The offensive player for the last week of the regular season is Pierrot Michaud of the Temiscouata Predators. Scott Toner of Grand Falls, and Alexandre Violette of the Bas-Madawaska Draveurs. Third place went to Jessie Savoie of the St.Quentin Beavers.

Accident claims life at Irving sawmill in St. Leonard, New Brunswick

ST. LEONARD, NB - An early morning accident has claimed the life of a 22-year-old man, at the J.D. Irving sawmill near St. Leonard, N.B.

The Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission of New Brunswick has identified the worker as Martin St. Onge.

St. Onge was a player with the St. Jacques Ambassadors, of the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League.

In a release, the commission says preliminary information indicates that St. Onge suffered a fatal head injury Thursday morning when he was pinned between two steel beams while using a cutting torch.

The commission has launched an investigation of the accident to determine the exact cause, and whether there were violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The November 29th game between the Ambassadors and the Temiscouata Predators was postponned. There is no decision made on the December 2nd game between St. Jacques and the St. Quentin Beavers.

It's the second tragedy in as many years for the Ambassadors. Last year, team director Georges Nadeau, died while working under a truck.

WEEK NO.5 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The offensive player of the week for this fifth week of play in the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League is ANDRÉ LÉVESQUE of the Grand Falls Cataracts, who totalled 5 points in two games, scoring 3 goals while assisting on 2 more.

Levesque helped his team to two victories over the weekend including a 3-2 win Friday night in St. Jacques as he took part in two of his team's three goals (1 goal 1 assist). Sunday at home, against Temiscouata, he added two more goals and picked up an assist in the Cats' 7-3 victory.

Levesque is now in seventh place among the League's top scorers with 16 points (6 goals 10 assists).

Jason Sterling of the Bas-Madawaska Draveurs was second. Third place goes to: Jason Somers of the St. Quentin Beavers.

The defensive player of the week is MARC-ANDRE VOISINE, of the Bas-Madawaska Draveurs, who kept a 1.50 goals against average in two games, helping his team to two wins over the weekend.

Voisine registered a shutout Friday night at home against Haut-Madawaska in the Draveurs 1-0 victory. And on Sunday, up in St. Quentin in a battle for top spot in the standings, he allowed only three goals in his team's 5-3 win.

He now has the League's best goals agaist average with 2.50.

WEEK NO.4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The offensive players for the fourth week of the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League is NICK LAWRENCE of the Perth Andover River Valley Thunder, who had 7 goals and 2 assists in the two games last weekend.

In the Thunder's 12-11 loss to Haut-Madawaska, Lawrence took part in 8 of his team's 11 goals. He scored 7 goals in the loss, including 2 on the power play and one shorthanded. It was Lawrence's second game in the Thunder's uniform.

Jessie Savoie of the St. Quentin Beavers was second. Three players were tied for third place: Eric Roy of the Bas-Madawaska Draveurs, Bryan Ouellette of the Haut-Madawaska Panthers, and Jonathan Munro also of the River Valley Thunder.

The defensive player of the week for the fourth week, and for the third time this season, is PIERRE-LUC THÉRIAULT, of the St. Quentin Beavers

Theriault won both Beavers' game this past weekend, allowing 3 goals against Grand Falls, and only one against the Temiscouata Predators.

WEEK NO.3 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The offensive players for the third week of the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League is JESSIE SAVOIE of the St. Quentin Beavers, who had 2 goals and 8 assists in the two games last weekend.

Against the Bas-Madawaska, Savoie had a goal and 2 assists. The next night, against Perth Andover, he tallied 1 goal and added 6 assists. Savoie is now the top scorer of the RLSHL.

Philippe Nazair of the St. Quentin Beavers was second. Three players were tied for third place: Jason Thibault and Kent Frees, both from St. Quentin; and Lance Paul of the Perth Andover River Valley Thunder.

With two wins in two games, including a shutout, ANDRÉ PARENT, of the Grand Falls Cataracts, was named the defensive player of the week.

Parent, who blank the new Temiscouata Predators 4-0, now has a goals against average of 3.33.

WEEK NO.2 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The offensive players for the second week of the Roger-Lizotte Senior Hockey League is KENT FREES of the St. Quentin Beavers, who scored 5 goals and 6 points in two games.

Frees scored 4 goals in the Beavers 5-2 win over the Temiscouata Predators, and had 1 goal and an assist against the Ambassadors.

Daniel Rousselle of the St. Jacques Ambassadors was second while Grand Falls' Scott Toner and Junior Godin also of the Ambassadors, finished tied for third.

On the defensive side, the honor goes, once again, to St. Quentin's goalie PIERRE-LUC THÉRIAULT.

Thériault won both games for the Beavers.

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