QMJHL Roundup: League-leading Drakkar hold off Foreurs for 6-3 victory
By The Canadian Press on November 12, 2023.
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Raoul Boilard produced two goals and one assist as the league-leading Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the Val-d’Or Foreurs 6-3 on Sunday. Justin Poirier, Justin Gill, Jules Boilard, with one goal and two assists, and Julien Paille added the others for Baie-Comeau (17-3-2). Philippe Bourdages made 13 saves. Samuel Fiala, Alix Durocher and Philippe Veilleux replied for Val-d’Or (6-12-0-1). Mathis Lussier stopped 16-of-21 shots. After Raoul Boilard scored back-to-back goals early in the second period to put the Drakkar up 4-2, Fiala answered with a power-play marker at 10:31 and the Foreurs went into the third only down 4-3. But Paille restored Baie-Comeau’s two-goal lead 3:22 into the final frame before Gill added an empty-net marker with 53 seconds remaining. — MOOSEHEADS 4 EAGLES 0 HALIFAX – Mathis Rousseau earned a 36-save shutout as the Halifax Mooseheads won their eighth straight game, 4-0 over the Cape Breton Eagles. Mathieu Cataford and Markus Vidicek each had two goals and one assist for Halifax (16-4-1). Nicolas Ruccia turned away 26-of-30 shots for Cape Breton (10-10-0). — PHOENIX 4 TITAN 1 SHERBROOKE, Que. – Israel Mianscum led the way with two goals and the Sherbrooke Phoenix cruised past the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4-1. Hugo Marcil and Frantisek Dej also scored for Sherbrooke (11-6-0-2). Igor Mburanumwe had the lone goal for Acadie-Bathurst (8-12-0-1) 1:14 into the third period, making it a 3-1 contest. — CATARACTES 2 WILDCATS 1 MONCTON – Nathan Ethier scored the go-ahead goal with 17 seconds left in the second period and the Shawinigan Cataractes topped the Moncton Wildcats 2-1. Lou-Felix Denis opened the scoring for Shawinigan (8-11-1) 6:59 into the first period. Vincent Collard knotted the contest for Moncton (13-5-1-1) with 3:02 left in the middle frame. — ARMADA 6 OLYMPIQUES 2 BOISBRIAND, Que. – Justin Carbonneau paced Blainville-Boisbriand with two goals and one assist and the Armada toppled the Gatineau Olympiques 6-2. Olivier Filaj, Matthew MacDonald, Alexis Bourque and Xavier Sarrasin all scored a goal apiece for Blainville-Boisbriand (9-10-2). Ryan Del Monte and Billy Kollias answered for Gatineau (6-12-1-2). — SEA DOGS 5 ISLANDERS 2 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Pavel Simek scored two of Saint John’s three unanswered goals in the third period to lift the Sea Dogs past the Charlottetown Islanders 5-2. Eriks Mateiko, Noah Reinhart and Vince Élie, with one goal and two assists, provided the rest of the offence for Saint John (6-10-1-2). Cole Huckins and Ondrej Maruna replied for Charlottetown (9-10-0). This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2023. 33-32
