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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="18b50321egerdp.jpg"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="18c71940.gif" border=0 width="113" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hitmen photos"><U>Hitmen Photos</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tournament Results"><U>Tournament Results</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roster"><U>Roster</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Federated Player Stats Awards"><U>Federated Player Stats & Awards</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season Recaps"><U>Season Recaps</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043f0f03.jpg"> <div> Welcome to the Montreal Hitmen web site.</div> <bR> <div> The 2009 season is now here.  The Burlington Early Bird has come and gone and the team has launched 2009 with a bang</div> <bR> <div> The boys opened up the Early Bird by winning both of their round robin games (Montreal Blue Bayou and S.O. Cobras) and setting up an "A" qualifier with the Burlington Bengals.  The team came out somewhat flat on Saturday and the Bengals finally made them pay for it.  A 21-12 loss left the team competing for the BB title.  A well played game over the surprising Ottawa Firm (33-7) put them up against the Ottawa Tailgators in the semi-finals.  The lads stepped up to the occasion with a great 24-0 victory.  The finals were against the Toronto Dirty Birdz.  Down 14-7 at  half-time the team regrouped and took home the title with a great 27-14 victory.  The TSN Turning Point might have been JP's lumberjack impersonation where he knocked down a tree resulting in one of the easiest INTs in Carmine's career...the final nail was definitely the back to back sacks that left them facing "3rd and I can't throw it that far!"</div> <bR> <div> Chateauguay opened up in typical miserable weather.  This event is well known for field destruction.  Arm issues led to the squad going with Benny and Chris at the pivot position.  This decision was made easier with Carmine's history of less than stellar performances in the rain.  The opening game had Benny square off against an ever-improving Oakley squad.  Little mistakes here and there (as well as 1 MAJOR goof) led to a 21-6 victory for Oakley.  The boys rebounded in the afternoon against the Phoenix as veteran QB Chris Moufrage was supported by a relentless defence who gave the Phoenix no room.  A nice 26-0 victory in the pouring rain set up a "AA" qualifier on Sunday.  The morning game had the team come out very flat against an improved Magic squad.  A couple of key additions have changed the outlook of that squad and they made most of the difference on this day.  A 27-13 loss had the team looking to regroup in hunt of an "A" division title.  Up next were the host team...the Bigg Dogg.  Once again the team stepped up to the challenge and completely stymied 3 different QBs.  Karl DeNie was on fire and had 5 sacks in the game.  The offence finally showed signs of life and moved the ball quite well but simply did not finish drives.  A 19-0 victory had the boys in the title game.  Facing them were Rosemont rivals, the Papillons Vert.  The defence continued their solid performance with several 3rd down knockdowns and the offence finished drives in the end zone.  When the dust settled the boys had a 45-22 victory and a second title under their belt for the 2009 season.</div> <bR> <div> Rosemont opened up with a rainy morning game against the Wolfpack.  At this event last year the WP upset the Hitmen in round robin play and the team was determined that this would not happen again.  Despite missing some key players the team won convincingly 26-6.  The second game of the day was against a short-handed Bocci Storm squad.  As the team has a habit of doing they played down to their level and were down 14-0 very quickly.  JP came off the bench to add some much needed aggressiveness to the squad and they rallied back to win 36-20.  A Sunday morning game against the Magic started poorly as the team was down 20-0 at the half.  A good second half left the team in better spirits chasing an "A" title as they dropped down after the 20-14 loss.  Next up were the Maroons who still have their vaunted defence but have lost some swagger with their QB change.  A good 27-19 victory set up a rematch with the Wolfpack in the finals.  The game was one to forget as every little mistake was maximized upon by the Wolfpack...</div> <bR> <div> Boucherville has come and gone and the team learned an old lesson about playing "smart" football.  An incredible amount of mental errors led to the team finishing with their worst Quebec result in some time.</div> <bR> <div> Off to Ottawa...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19166d70.gif" border=0 width="358" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="19090d60.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>