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Hockeyscenecom Your Source For Hockey Information In Atlantic CanadaNavigate Main Viewpoints Links ContactMonday August 2 2010 QMJHL NEWS GAME SUMMARY SCHEDULE NOTES NOTEBOOK STANDINGS LEADERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS PLAYOFFS TEAMS Special Events MONCTONIAN MAJOR MONCTONIAN MINOR HCARC HOCKEY CALENDAR GATINEAU CHOWDER CUP IN THE PROS HALIFAX SHOWCASE BRANCHES CHALLENGE CUP CANADA GAMES POND HOCKEY HOCKEY SCHOOLS IN THE NCAA TELUS CUP NEW MJAHL DRAFT MISC QMJHL ENTRY DRAFT ESSO CUP PREP SCHOOLS Contact NewsContact ResultsContact Commentsfax (506) 3865879call 18889177070 Back to Home FACED WITH TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING MONCTON NB December 17 2009 Moncton Wildcats Director of Hockey Operations Danny Flynn already knew he was facing a holiday season with tough decisions to make but at least one of those decisions just jot a whole lot tougher Thursday The Wildcats announced Thursday morning that goaltender Nicola Riopel will return to the team following the Christmas break The 20 yearold Riopel an outstanding member of the Cats both on and off the ice brings a number of QMJHL and Wildcats records with him He was named the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season after leading the Wildcats to a league record of 149 goals against in 68 regular season games Riopel played 59 games had an outstanding 205 goals against average and a save percentage of 930 He also established the Wildcats goaltending record of 43 wins for a single season Flynn was already faced with deciding which two of the three goaltenders he has in camp would survive the annual early January roster cuts Nineteen yearolds Shane Owen and Wendell Vye and 17 yearold Louis Domingue have already proven they can play at the major junior level and with Thursdays announcement you now add Riopel to the mix There had been speculation Owen who has major junior experience in the OHL and who has a 71 record 213 goals against average and 931 save percentage since arriving in Moncton and Domingue considered the teams goaltender of the future would stay with the team fulltime while Vye would remain affiliated and be returned to the Dieppe Commandos of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League Now things are not quite that simple If Flynn trades one or two of his surplus which one or two does he choose and where does he trade the player knowing he could come back to bite him in any championship runFans will have the opportunity to welcome Riopel back to the Coliseum when the Cats host the Saint John Sea Dogs in round four of the Rivalry Cup scheduled for New Years Eve at 700pm assuming he is not traded before then As a 20 yearold in order to play he would have to take the place of one of the teams other overagers since teams are limited to three The current three are leftwinger PierreMarc Lessard centre ...