St-Hyacinthe Edge Past National Quebec in Opening Night Thriller
Bataillon Saint-Hyacinthe took a 4-3 victory over National Quebec in their LNAH encounter on September 26, 2026, in what proved to be a closely contested affair. The away side secured all three points despite facing a home team that has yet to register a single official game this season. It was the away squad's first competitive match of the campaign, making the result somewhat unexpected given the circumstances.
Looking at the table situation, the home side sits in seventh place with zero games, zero wins, zero losses and zero points — a clean slate that says little about their actual standing. Their visitors, also listed in seventh, have played one match and carry one defeat to their name. The standings tell us more about the season's opening timing than any meaningful hierarchy.
These two clubs have history between them, and not all of it favours the home side. In March alone, they met three times, with National Quebec winning twice — 2-1 and 5-3 — before suffering a 2-5 defeat and a 1-6 hammering. More recently, on September 19, the home team lost 8-10 to Saint-Georges in what looks like a pre-season fixture. The away side's most recent outing was a 1-2 loss to Sorel-Tracy on the same date. and here's the thing — both teams have been involved in high-scoring games lately.
We had tipped this one for the visitors at 43 per cent confidence, and we'll give credit where it's due: the prediction came through. St-Hyacinthe showed they can compete against local opposition, even if their recent results against Pétrolie du Nord have been disappointing — four losses in five matches in April and May. to be fair, they've been in tough matchups.
The final scoreline suggests a match that never quite settled into a rhythm either side could control. Without detailed period-by-period breakdowns, we can only say the visitors found a way to edge past their hosts when it mattered. The result gives St-Hyacinthe their first points of the season, however they count them, while National Quebec remains on zero after their first official outing.