Canadian men cap successful World Tour stop in Montreal with 5,000m relay gold

The Canadian Ice Maples capped a five-medal performance with victory on Sunday at the the ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal.

It was the foursome of Felix Roussel (Sherbrooke, Que.), Steven Dubois (Lachenaie, Que.), Mathieu Pelletier (Laval) and Maxime Laoun (Montreal) that came out on top in the men's 5,000-metre relay final.

Roussel crossed the line at the conclusion of the 48-lap race to secure Canada's winning time of 6 minutes, 59.327 seconds, topping a podium that included China (7:01.305) and Korea (7:06.217).

“It’s incredible to finish a weekend like this, and with a crowd like this. It’s really motivating," Roussel said after the race.

'No better way to end the weekend', as Canadian men's relay team claims gold

The Korean and Netherlands teams suffered non-contact falls with eight laps remaining.

The 2,000m mixed relay was contested earlier in the day, where Roussel, Courney Sarault (Moncton) and Danaé Blais (Châteauguay, Que.) secured silver in a time of 2:37.373. The Dutch (2:37.131) took top spot, while China (2:37.585) rounded out the podium.

Blais later went on to capture the first 500m medal of her international career by winning silver in a time of 42.195 behind Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands, who won gold in 42.066.

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In the men's 1,000m, Pelletier won silver of his own after outlasting Michal Niewinski of Poland, to finish with a time of 1:26.810. Pelletier lost the gold-medal position to Dutch star Jens van’T Wout (1:26.706) with two laps remaining.

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Canada, with 1,836 points, owns top position in the ISU Team Cyrstal Globe rankings.