QMJHL Roundup: Olympiques extend win streak to four games, top Wildcats 3-2
By The Canadian Press on February 1, 2023.
GATINEAU, Que. – Cam MacDonald scored what proved to be the winner as the Gatineau Olympiques topped the Moncton Wildcats 3-2 Wednesday and extended their win streak to four games. Riley Kidney and Cole Cormier also scored for Gatineau (30-12-4-2). Francesco Lapenna had 33 saves in the victory. Vincent Labelle and Natan Grenier replied for Moncton (22-21-0-2), which dropped its fourth in a row. Jacob Steinman stopped 35 shots. MacDonald’s marker 2:29 into the third period put the Olympiques up 3-1 before Labelle made it a one-goal game with 1:26 remaining in the contest. — CATARACTES 3 VOLTIGEURS 1 SHAWINIGAN, QUE. – Alexis Bonefon had a goal and an assist as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 3-1. Félix Lacerte and Jacob Lafontaine also scored for Shawinigan (23-21-2-2). Rémi Delafontaine made 27 saves. Manix Landry scored the lone goal for Drummondville (18-23-4-1), while Riley Mercer stopped 22 shots. — SEA DOGS 5 FOREURS 4 VAL-D’OR, QUE. – Pavel Simek scored the game-winning goal with 2:30 left in the third period as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the Val-d’Or Foreurs 5-4 for their third straight victory. Eriks Mateiko had a hat trick and Noah Reinhart added the others for Saint John (17-27-1-1). Ventsislav Shingarov stopped 32 shots. Thomas Larouche, David Doucet, Nathan Drapeau and Vincent Fredette replied for Val-d’Or (19-27-2), which dropped its fourth in a row. William Blackburn made 24 saves. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 1, 2023. 17-16
