By The Canadian Press on March 3, 2024.
RIMOUSKI, Que. – Mael St-Denis and Lyam Jacques each scored twice as the Rimouski Oceanic defeated the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 7-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday. Maxime Coursol, Dominic Pilote and Jacob Mathieu also scored for the Oceanic (32-24-5-0), who led 3-0 after the first period and 5-1 heading into the third. Spencer Gill chipped in with three assists for the hosts. Kody Dupuis scored for the Cataractes (25-31-3-1), who outshot the Oceanic 33-32. The Oceanic went 3-for-6 on the power play, while the Cataractes were 0-for-5. Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Sunday: — PHOENIX 5 VOLTIGEURS 3 DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Mavrick Lachance scored twice and added an assist as the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-3. Charles-Antoine Beauregard, Israel Mianscum and Louis-Alex Tremblay also scored for the Phoenix (29-24-1-5), who went 2-for-4 on the power play. Mianscum also chipped in with three assists. Vsevolod Komarov scored twice for the Central Division-leading Voltigeurs (41-12-5-1), while Noah Reinhart netted a single. Both teams had 31 shots on goal, and the teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and 3-3 after 40 minutes. — EAGLES 3 TITAN 2 (SO) BATHURST, N.B. – Tomas Cibulka scored the lone goal of the shootout to help the visiting Cape Breton Eagles edge the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-2. Callum Aucoin and Antoine Roy scored in regulation for the Eagles (31-26-1-2), who were outshot 36-28. Alexandre Lallier and Mathieu St-Onge scored for the Titan (27-27-3-4), who went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed off two Eagles’ power plays. — SAGUENEENS 9 FOREURS 3 VAL-D’OR, Que. – Emmanuel Vermette scored a goal and added two assists as the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens crushed the Val-d’Or Foreurs 9-3. Alexis Morin, Nathan Lecompte, Émile Guité, Christophe Berthelot, Alex Huang, Loïc Usereau, Émile Duquet and Marek Beaudoin also scored for the Sagueneens (30-24-4-3), who led 4-0 after the first period and 7-1 heading into the third. Jordan Labelle, Evan Dépatie and Samuel Fiala scored for the Foreurs (15-39-3-2), who were outshot 31-30. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 3, 2024. 24