{"id":137104,"date":"2026-03-18T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/?p=137104"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:27:59","slug":"serie-vikings-canadiens-limportance-des-unites-speciales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/sports-loisirs\/serie-vikings-canadiens-limportance-des-unites-speciales\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9rie Vikings-Canadiens, l\u2019importance des unit\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Yvon Legault<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En s\u00e9ries \u00e9liminatoires, les unit\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciales jouent presque toujours un r\u00f4le pr\u00e9dominant. Ce sera probablement le cas au cours de la s\u00e9rie finale de division que se disputeront les Vikings de Casselman et les Canadiens Jr d\u2019Ottawa \u00e0 compter de demain soir (19 h 30), \u00e0 Casselman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les deux \u00e9quipes ont des attaques \u00e0 cinq redoutables, parmi les meilleures de la Ligue de hockey junior de l\u2019Est ontarien. Elles ont termin\u00e9 la saison r\u00e9guli\u00e8re avec un pourcentage d\u2019efficacit\u00e9 identique de 25 pour cent. Leurs statistiques depuis le d\u00e9but des s\u00e9ries sont encore plus impressionnantes. Les Vikings ont marqu\u00e9 trois buts en huit avantages num\u00e9riques lors de la courte s\u00e9rie contre Winchester (37,5 %), tandis que l\u2019attaque massive des Canadiens a fait mouche \u00e0 un rythme de 26,3 pour cent (5 buts en 19 occasions) au cours de la s\u00e9rie de sept matchs contre Ottawa-Ouest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Des chiffres qui font dire \u00e0 l\u2019entra\u00eeneur-chef des Vikings, Geoff S\u00e9guin, que \u00ab&nbsp;la discipline sera primordiale&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab&nbsp;Les unit\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciales peuvent jouer un r\u00f4le important, c\u2019est certain, r\u00e9pond-t-il lorsqu\u2019on lui pose la question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab&nbsp;L\u2019efficacit\u00e9 en avantage ou d\u00e9savantage num\u00e9rique peut faire la diff\u00e9rence d\u2019un ou deux buts dans un match. C\u2019est souvent la diff\u00e9rence entre une victoire et une d\u00e9faite&nbsp;\u00bb, souligne-t-il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les buts marqu\u00e9s ou accord\u00e9s en pareilles situations sont d\u2019autant plus importants \u00e0 cause du fait que le jeu est plus ferm\u00e9 dans les \u00e9liminatoires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab&nbsp;\u00c7a joue plus serrer et les buts se font plus rares. Les situations en avantage num\u00e9rique aussi sont moins nombreuse&nbsp;\u00bb, ajoute l\u2019instructeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De l\u00e0, l\u2019importance d\u2019\u00eatre efficace, tant en avantage num\u00e9rique qu\u2019\u00e0 court d\u2019un joueur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En inf\u00e9riorit\u00e9 num\u00e9rique, les Vikings ont \u00e9t\u00e9 parfaits jusqu\u2019ici en s\u00e9ries. Ils n\u2019ont rien conc\u00e9d\u00e9 aux Hawks en 12 occasions. Ils se sont m\u00eame permis de compter un but en pareille situation. Le taux d\u2019efficacit\u00e9 des Canadiens \u00e0 court d\u2019un homme se situe pr\u00e9sentement \u00e0 76,9 pour cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attaque diversifi\u00e9e<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Au risque de se r\u00e9p\u00e9ter, la s\u00e9rie mettra aux prises deux \u00e9quipes qui se ressemblent beaucoup. Surtout \u00e0 l\u2019attaque o\u00f9 chacune des deux formations compte quatre trios bien \u00e9quilibr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce fut particuli\u00e8rement \u00e9vident au cours de la ronde demi-finale de la division Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les Canadiens ont fait bouger les cordages 30 fois lors des sept matchs contre les Golden Knights. Pas moins de 13 joueurs diff\u00e9rents ont marqu\u00e9 au moins un but. Jacob Perreault (3-7-10), Riley Bloom (5-3-8), Mattias C\u00f4t\u00e9 (3-5-8) et Sydney Loreto (3-5-8) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 les plus productifs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sc\u00e9nario semblable du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des Vikings o\u00f9 dix joueurs se sont partag\u00e9s les 18 buts marqu\u00e9s lors des quatre joutes contre Winchester. Simon Toupin en a compt\u00e9 quatre, tandis que Tristan Witmer, Thomas Ranger, Kaleb Fogarty, Alexis Lafrance et Skyler Beks ont contribu\u00e9 deux buts chacun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>En bref \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran Marc-Olivier McCarthy a \u00e9t\u00e9 blanchi au cours de la ronde demi-finale, mais \u00e7a ne l\u2019a pas emp\u00each\u00e9 de jouer un r\u00f4le important \u00e0 l\u2019attaque. Il a orchestr\u00e9 sept des 18 buts des Vikings. Ses sept points sont un sommet au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe jusqu\u2019ici en s\u00e9ries \u2026 Le d\u00e9fenseur J\u00e9r\u00e9my Bessette a fourni quatre passes contre Winchester. Ce qui le place au premier rang des compteurs parmi les arri\u00e8re-gardes de la ligue \u2026 Le deuxi\u00e8me match de la s\u00e9rie aura lieu \u00e0 Ottawa samedi soir (19 h 20), puis les deux \u00e9quipes s\u2019affronteront de nouveau le lendemain apr\u00e8s-midi (16 h 30) \u00e0 Casselman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En s\u00e9ries \u00e9liminatoires, les unit\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciales jouent presque toujours un r\u00f4le pr\u00e9dominant. 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