By The Canadian Press on November 30, 2023.
SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Egor Goriunov had two goals and one assist, Nathan Darveau made 38 saves and the Victoriaville Tigres used a two-goal third period to defeat the Shawinigan Cataractes 5-3 on Thursday. Mael Lavigne, Tommy Cormier and Nikita Prishchepov also scored for Victoriaville (16-6-3), which sits atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Western Conference. Félix Lacerte, with two goals, and Éli Baillargeon replied for Shawinigan (8-15-2), which dropped its fifth in a row. Mathis Langevin stopped 26-of-30 shots. Lacerte scored back-to-back goals at 7:44, then 13:51, of the second period to knot the game at 3-3 going into the third. But Prishchepov scored the go-ahead marker at 5:39 of the final frame before Goriunov added an empty-netter with 1:06 left to seal the win. — VOLTIGEURS 6 OLYMPIQUES 2 DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Peter Repcik had two goals and one assist in leading the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 6-2 win over the Gatineau Olympiques. Drew Elliott, William Dumont, Maxime-Olivier Drolet and Tyler Peddle each chipped in with a goal for Drummondville (15-8-3-1). Joey Vetrano and Justin Dumais scored for Gatineau (8-16-1-2). — SEA DOGS 7 WILDCATS 4 MONCTON – Peter Reynolds scored a hat trick in powering the Saint John Sea Dogs past the Moncton Wildcats 7-4. Noah Reinhart and Vince Élie each had a goal and two assists for Saint John (10-13-1-2). Eriks Mateiko and Kency Pierre-Noel also scored. Julius Sumpf, Alex Mercier, Thomas Auger and Oscar Plandowski replied for Moncton (17-7-1-1). — PHOENIX 4 ISLANDERS 1 SHERBROOKE, Que. – Andrew Belchamber had a goal and an assist as the Sherbrooke Phoenix cruised past the Charlottetown Islanders 4-1. Olivier Dubois, Israel Mianscum and Mavrick Lachance also scored for Sherbrooke (14-9-1-2). Carl-Etienne Michel had the lone goal for Charlottetown (10-14-1-1), which dropped its sixth in a row. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 30, 2023. 23