QMJHL roundup: Loshko scores hat trick, Huskies rout Titan 11-0
By The Canadian Press on February 8, 2024.
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – Andrei Loshko had three goals and two assists, Antonin Verreault had one goal and five assists, and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies trounced the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 11-0 on Thursday night in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. Samuel Savoie scored twice, while Samuel Rousseau, Jérémy Langlois, Benjamin Brunelle, François-James Buteau and Ty Higgins also scored for Rouyn-Noranda (33-13-5). Goaltender William Rousseau kicked out all 25 shots to earn a shutout as the Huskies snapped a two-game skid with the emphatic victory. Titan goalie Antoine Keller saved 2 of 5 shots while fellow netminder Joshua Fleming saved 30 of 38 shots for Acadie-Bathurst (23-23-5). It didn’t take long for the score to get out of hand. Savoie opened the floodgates 2:12 into the first period with a power-play goal, and the Huskies scored three more times in the three minutes. Royun-Noranda ultimately jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first period, before adding three in the second and an 11th in the third. MOOSEHEADS 3 SEA DOGS 2 HALIFAX – Jake Todd knocked in the game-winning goal at 15:44 of the third period as the Halifax Mooseheads edged the Saint John Sea Dogs. Jan Sprynar and Peter Reynolds also scored once for Halifax (32-12-8). Mooseheads netminder Mathis Rousseau stopped 25 of 27 shots. Eriks Mateiko and Olivier Groulx scored for Saint John (16-28-6). Sea Dogs goaltender Patrick Leaver stopped 31 of 34 shots. TIGRES 5 ARMADA 3 BOISBRIAND, Que. – Nikita Prishchepov produced a goal and two assists as the Victoriaville Tigres downed the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Pier-Olivier Roy, Francesco Iasenza, Tommy Cormier and Egor Goriunov also scored for Victoriaville (31-15-3). Tigres netminder Gabriel D’Aigle stopped 32 of 35 shots. Olivier Filaj, Zachary Wheeler and Thomas Paquet all scored once for Blainville-Boisbriand (22-22-5). Armada goaltender Olivier Ciarlo saved 27 of 31 shots. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2024. 18-17
