QMJHL roundup: Roy nets overtime winner as Phoenix tip Tigres
By The Canadian Press on March 25, 2023.
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. – Joshua Roy’s second goal of the game, scored at 3:09 of overtime, gave the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix a 5-4 win over the Victoriaville Tigres in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday. Justin Gill, Jacob Melanson and David Spacek also scored for the Western Conference-leading Phoenix (50-13-3-2), who outshot the Tigres 37-30. Egor Goriunov scored twice for the Tigres (40-20-2-6), while Tommy Cormier and William Veillette netted singles. Elsewhere in the QMJHL: — MOOSEHEADS 10 ISLANDERS 5 HALIFAX, N.S. – Josh Lawrence scored three goals and added three assists as the Halifax Mooseheads squashed the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 10-5. Zachary L’Heureux scored twice for the Mooseheads (50-11-4-3), while Alexandre Doucet, Evan Boucher, Owen Phillips, Brody Fournier and Markus Vidicek netted singles. Jordan Dumais chipped in with four assists. Michael Horth scored twice for the Islanders (26-33-6-3), while Kiefer Lyons, Keiran Gallant and Marcus Kearsey notched singles. — WILDCATS 9 EAGLES 2 MONCTON, N.B. – Yoan Loshing scored three goals and added an assist as the Moncton Wildcats crushed the visiting Cape Breton Eagles 9-2. Charles Beaudoin scored twice for the Wildcats (35-29-2-2) and added two assists, while Thomas Auger, Alexis Daniel, Gabe Smith and Maxim Barbashev netted singles. Etienne Morin chipped in with three assists. Jacob Newcombe scored twice for the Eagles (30-34-3-1), who were outshot 50-18. — TITAN 7 SEA DOGS 4 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Cole Larkin scored twice as the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-4. Ty Higgins, Donovan Arsenault, Dominik Godin, Robert Orr and Matthew McRae also scored for the Titan (20-40-5-3), who were outshot 41-32. Vince Elie, Alexis Cournoyer, Alex Drover and Peter Reynolds scored for the Sea Dogs (24-38-5-1), who trailed 2-1 after the first period and 4-3 heading into the third. — REMPARTS 1 OCEANIC 0 (SO) RIMOUSKI, Que. – Jeremy Langlois scored the only goal of a three-round shootout as the visiting Quebec Remparts defeated the Rimouski Oceanic 1-0. Quentin Miller stopped all 15 shots he faced in the Remparts’ (53-12-1-2) net to record the shutout. Patrik Hamrla stopped 19 shots in the Oceanic’s (32-31-3-2) net. — DRAKKAR 3 SAGUENEENS 1 CHICOUTIMI, Que. – Justin Poirier scored a goal and an assist as the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 3-1. Marc-Antoine Seguin and Louis-Charles Plourde also scored for the Drakkar (30-32-4-2). Samuel Vachon scored for the Sagueneens (33-31-3-1). — HUSKIES 5 FOREURS 2 VAL-D’OR, Que. – Francois-James Buteau scored a goal and an assist as the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Val-d’Or Foreurs 5-2. Thomas Verdon, Louis-Philippe Fontaine, Jeremie Minville and Daniil Bourash also scored for the Huskies (37-24-4-3). David Doucet and Alexandre Guy scored for the Foreurs (24-40-2-2). — CATARACTES 4 VOLTIGEURS 2 SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Lou-Felix Denis scored at 4:56 of the third period to put the game out of reach as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs 4-2. Jacob Lafontaine, Thomas Hebert and Leo Braillard also scored for the Cataractes (29-34-2-3). Xavier Fortin and Sam Oliver scored for the Voltigeurs (29-34-4-1). — OLYMPIQUES 6 ARMADA 5 (SO) BOISBRIAND, Que. – Olivier Nadeau scored in the seventh round of a shutout as the visiting Gatineau Olympiques edged the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6-5. Zachary Dean and Antonin Verreault scored twice for the Olympiques (49-12-5-2), while Cristiano Spadafora scored once. James Swan and Anri Ravinskis scored twice for the Armada (22-37-6-3), while Xavier Sarrasin netted a single. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2023. 47-46
