QMJHL roundup: Melanson nets hat trick as Phoenix crunch Cataractes 5-2
By The Canadian Press on January 8, 2023.
SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Jacob Melanson scored three goals as the Sherbrooke PhÅ“nix defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Sunday. Marc-Andre Gaudet and Andrew Belchamber also scored for the Phoenix. Lorenzo Canonica and Isaac Menard scored for the Cataractes. Both teams had 28 shots on goal. — HUSKIES 5 ARMADA 3 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – Tristan Allard scored a goal and an assist as Rouyn-Noranda Huskies edged the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-3. Mathis Perron, Louis-Philippe Fontaine, Thomas Verdon and Dyllan Gill also scored for the Huskies. Xavier Sarrasin, Justin Carbonneau and Anri Ravinskis scored for the Armada, who outshot the Huskies 35-27. — SAGUENEENS 6 TIGRES 4 CHICOUTIMI, Que. – Alexis Morin scored a goal and added an assist as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens beat the Victoriaville Tigres 6-4. Andrei Loshko, Emmanuel Vermette, Zachary Gravel, Maxim Masse and Edouard Carrier all scored for the Sagueneens. Mael Lavigne, Tommy Cormier, Pier-Olivier Roy and Egor Goriunov scored for the Tigres. — WILDCATS 4 ISLANDERS 1 MONCTON, N.B. – Yoan Loshing scored a goal and an assist as the Moncton Wildcats beat the Charlottetown Islanders 4-1. Connor Trenholm, Maxim Barbashev and Charles Beaudoin also scored for the Wildcats. Simon Hughes scored for the Islanders. — OCEANIC 4 SEA DOGS 1 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Julien Béland scored twice as the Rimouski Oceanic defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-1. Jan Sprynar and Maxime Coursol also scored for the Oceanic. Jeremie Richard scored for the Sea Dogs, who were outshot 28-19. — MOOSEHEADS 5 EAGLES 4 HALIFAX, N.S. – Jordan Dumais scored the game-winning goal at 17:46 of the third period as the Halifax Mooseheads edged the Cape Breton Eagles 5-4. Zachary L’Heureux, Alexandre Doucet, Josh Lawrence and Evan Boucher also scored for the Mooseheads. Cam Squires, Angelo Fullerton, Trevor Thurston and Jacob Newcombe scored for the Eagles. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 8, 2023. 31-30
