QMJHL roundup: Plourde paces Drakkar in 5-0 win over Armada
By The Canadian Press on December 2, 2023.
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Louis-Charles Plourde scored twice, Olivier Ciarlo made 22 saves and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar blitzed the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-0 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday. Felix Gagnon, Raoul Boilard and Julien Paille also scored for the East Division-leading Drakkar (25-3-2-0), who outshot the Armada 33-22. Charles-Edward Gravel stopped 16 of 18 shots in the Armada (14-13-2-0) net, while Edouard Gautheir stopped 12 of 15 shots for the Armada. Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Saturday: — REMPARTS 6 ISLANDERS 5 QUEBEC CITY, Que. – Mikael Huchette scored with 51 seconds left in the third period to lift the Quebec Remparts to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Charlottetown Islanders. Zachary Marquis-Laflamme scored three goals for the Remparts (11-15-0-0), while Vsevolod Komarov and Charles Savoie chipped in with single markers. Lucas Romeo scored twice for the Islanders (11-15-1-1), with singles netted by Marcus Kearsey, Giovanni Morneau and Cole Huckins. — FOREURS 4 TIGRES 2 VAL-D’OR, Que. – Alexandre Guy scored a goal and an assist as the Val-d’Or Foreurs topped the visiting Victoriaville Tigres 4-2. Nathan Brisson, David Doucet and Emile Desjardins all scored once for the Foreurs (9-17-0-1). Tommy Cormier and Emerick Bussières scored once for the Tigres (16-7-3-0). — PHOENIX 4 CATARACTES 3 SHERBROOKE, Que. – Louis-Alex Tremblay scored once and added an assist as the Sherbrooke Phoenix edged the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3. Coen Miller, Israel Mianscum and Hugo Primeau also scored for the Phoenix (15-10-1-2), who were outshot 41-22 on home ice. Eli Baillargeon scored twice for the Cataractes (8-17-2-0), while Natan Ethier added a single. — OCEANIC 8 OLYMPIQUES 0 GATINEAU, Que. – Vincent Filion kicked out 16 shots to post the shutout as the visiting Rimouski Oceanic blitzed the Gatineau Olympiques 8-0. Jacob Mathieu and Maxim Barbashev scored twice for the Oceanic (15-12-2-0), while Dominic Pilote, Lyam Jacques, Julien Béland and Maël St-Denis netted singles. Olympiques netminder Kian Hodgins kicked out 15 of 18 shots, while Olympiques (9-17-1-2) netminder Zach Pelletier kicked out 20 of 25 shots. — WILDCATS 8 SAGUENEENS 2 MONCTON, N.B. – Yoan Loshing and Preston Lounsbury each scored twice as the Moncton Wildcats downed the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 8-2. Thomas Auger, Olivier Boutin, Vincent Collard and Julius Sumpf each scored once for the Wildcats (18-7-1-1). Emmanuel Vermette and Jonathan Prud’homme scored for the Sagueneens (13-12-2-2). — SEA DOGS 6 EAGLES 3 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Noah Reinhart scored a goal and added three assists as the Saint John Sea Dogs tipped the visiting Cape Breton Eagles 6-3. Reid Calder, Eriks Mateiko, Mathis Gauthier, Kency Pierre-Noël and Matteo Mann also scored for the Sea Dogs (11-13-1-2). Émile Ricard, Angelo Fullerton and Cam Squires scored for the Eagles (14-14-0-0). — HUSKIES 2 MOOSEHEADS 0 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – First period goals by Louis-Philippe Fontaine and Thomas Verdon was all the offence the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies needed to beat the visiting Halifax Mooseheads 2-0. William Rousseau made 24 saves to post the shutout for the West Division-leading Huskies (15-7-1-3). Mathis Rousseau stopped 38 of 40 shots for the Maritimes Division-leading Mooseheads (19-7-3-0). * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 2, 2023. 42-41
