Montréal Saints 3.0 7.0 8.0 9.1 (55) defeated
Laval Bombers 1.3 4.6 6.11 7.11 (53)
GoalKickers: Saints - R.Shaughnessy 4, E.Vivian 2, N.Switzer 2, A.Williams 1.
Bombers - C.Stark 4, J-R.Theis 2, D.Zelniker 1.
Best Players: Saints - Shuagnessy, Frost, Switzer, Vivian, Leiva
Bombers - Stark, Theis, Blight, Krief, Zelniker.
The opening game of the ECAFL season kicked off in sensational fashion as a late charging Bombers outfit fell short of the efficient Saints.
With a light breeze favouring the Bombers end the game started at a feverish pace. After a tough first few minutes it was the Saints Nick Switzer who slotted through his first ever goal giving the Saints an early lead. The quarter would hold much the same tempo, The Bombers wasting their opportunities with the wind, the Saints adding goals through Emlyn Vivian and Anthony Williams and as the siren blew for quarter time the Bombers had managed only one goal from Cam Stark and trailled by 9 points.
With the wind at their backs and the perfect 1st quarter behind them the Saints came out firing in the second. Fred Frost controlled the backline suffocating any attempts the Bomb
The Bombers swung some changes at the break, the Saints Shaughnessy was heavily tagged and the elusive Switzer was more closey guarded as the second half got underway. Bombers ruckman Theis who had been fantastic all day added a goal of his own and the Bombers had clawed to within a single kick early in the quarter. The momentum had swung back to the Bombers but they still had trouble converting due to the huge amount of pressure laid on from Fred Frost's rock solid defense. The yips still hadn't left the Bomber camp as Blight and Stark missed some golden chances in front of goal. With some help from Dave Wilson, Shaughnessy put his 3rd of the game through the big sticks and the game had become a neck and neck dog fight. The quarter ended with the Saints leading 8.0 (48) to the Bombers 6.11 (47). 8 scoring shots to 17 but the Saints through excellent conversion led the way.
Needing to outscore the Saints into the wind the Bombers went for a more defensive set-up in the last, Sebastien Desgroseillers moved up forward for the Bombers as their focal point and the Saints stuck with the set-up that had won them 2 out of 3 quarters. In a titanic struggle the Saints drew first blood, Shaughnessy kicked his 4th of the afternoon giving the Saints a little bit of breathing space. Not to be outdone the Bombers struck back through James-Robert Theis, his 2nd of the day drawing them within a point of the Saints again. In a scrappy last quarter of desperate footy the Saints went forward again
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