Second-period goals by Matyas Melovsky and Justin Poirier snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the Baie-Comeau Drakkar to a 4-1 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League victory over the visiting Quebec Remparts on Saturday.
Melovsky added an empty-net goal late in the third and Isaac Dufort scored a short-handed marker for the Drakkar, who outshot the Remparts 37-18. Poirier’s goal was his 35th of the season.
Pier-Etienne Cloutier scored for the Remparts, who went 1-for-3 on the power play. The Drakkar went 0-for-5.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Saturday:
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ARMADA 6 CATARACTES 3
SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Vincent Desjardins and Jonathan Fauchon each scored twice and added an assist as the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes 6-3.
Xavier Villeneuve and Mateo Nobert also scored for the Armada (21-20-4-0), who outshot the Cataractes 30-27.
Kody Dupuis, Natan Ethier and Jiri Klima scored for the Cataractes (20-23-2-1), who trailed 3-0 after the first period and 5-1 heading into the third.
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PHOENIX 2 ISLANDERS 1 (OT)
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Charles-Antoine Beauregard’s second goal of the game, scored at 1:41 of overtime, gave the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix a 2-1 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders.
Beauregard gave the Phoenix (21-19-1-4) a 1-0 lead at 9:51 of the second period, then Will Allen tied it at 18:16 of the middle frame with a power-play goal for the Islanders (18-24-3-2).
The Phoenix outshot the Islanders 33-29.
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SEA DOGS 7 TIGRES 4
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Tyler Peddle and Pavel Simek each scored twice, and netminder Patrick Leaver stopped 46 of 50 shots as the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs dumped the Victoriaville Tigres 7-4.
Egan Beveridge, Drew Elliott and Brody Fournier also scored for the Sea Dogs (16-24-3-3), who led 4-0 after the first period and 5-2 heading into the third.
Maxime Pellerin scored twice for the Tigres (29-13-3-0), with Mathis Aguilar and Justin Larose netting singles.
The Tigres outshot the Sea Dogs 50-25.
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HUSKIES 5 OCEANIC 3
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Louis-Philippe Fontaine scored twice, Jeremy Langlois and Antonin Verreault each had two assists, and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the visiting Rimouski Oceanic 5-3.
Francois-James Buteau, Mathis Perron and Andrei Loshko also scored for the West Division-leading Huskies (30-11-1-4), who scored two unanswered goals in the third period to snap a 3-3 deadlock.
Mael St-Denis, Jacob Mathieu and Spencer Gill scored for the Oceanic (24-20-3-0), who were outshot 44-31.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 27, 2024.
