By The Canadian Press on May 3, 2023.
GATINEAU, Que. – William Rousseau had 30 saves and the Quebec Remparts topped the Gatineau Olympiques 3-1 on Wednesday to book their trip to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League finals. Justin Robidas, Charle Truchon, Vsevolod Komarov, with an empty-net goal, scored for Quebec, which swept the best-of-seven semifinal series. Alexis Gendron had the lone marker for Gatineau, opening the scoring just nine seconds into the contest. Francesco Lapenna stopped 29-of-31 shots in the loss. The Remparts will next face the winner of the other semifinal series between the Sherbrooke Phoenix and Halifax Mooseheads. Sherbrooke is up 2-1 in that series with Game 4 set to be played on Thursday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2023. 8