By The Canadian Press on October 25, 2023.
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Niks Fenenko netted the game-winning goal 3:28 into overtime as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar edged the Victoriaville Tigres 2-1 on Wednesday. Isaac Dufort also scored for Baie-Comeau (9-2-2). Olivier Ciarlo made 15 saves. Raphael Blouin responded for Victoriaville (7-4-1). Nathan Darveau stopped 34-of-36 shots. Blouin opened the scoring with 48 seconds remaining in the second period. But Dufort’s marker 10:46 into the third period knotted the contest and eventually sent it overtime. — WILDCATS 5 MOOSEHEADS 4 HALIFAX – Julius Sumpf scored twice, Jacob Steinman made 42 saves and the Moncton Wildcats edged the Halifax Mooseheads 5-4. Caleb Desnoyers, Yoan Loshing and Vincent Collard added the others for Moncton (8-3-1). Brady Schultz, Reece Peitzsche, Lou Lévesque and Yannik Ponzetto replied for Halifax (8-3-1), which got 27 stops from Jack Milner. — OCÉANIC 7 SAGUENÉENS 3 RIMOUSKI, Que. – Alexandre Blais and Jacob Mathieu each scored twice as the Rimouski Océanic cruised past the Chicoutimi Saguenéens 7-3. Mikael Denis, Tyson Goguen and Quinn Kennedy also chipped in with a goal apiece for Rimouski (7-5-1). Thomas Desruisseaux, Loic Usereau and Jacob Lafontaine answered for Chicoutimi (5-5-1-1). This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2023. 16