QMJHL roundup: Oliver scores four goals as Voltigeurs edge Wildcats 8-6
By The Canadian Press on February 10, 2024.
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Sam Oliver scored four goals and added an assist as the Drummondville Voltigeurs outlasted the visiting Moncton Wildcats 8-6 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Centre Marcel Dionne. Kassim Gaudet, Luke Woodworth, Justin Cote and Marc-Olivier Beaudry also scored for the Voltigeurs (36-10-4-1), who outshot the Wildcats 41-31. Vsevolod Komarov and Gaudet each chipped in with three assists. Preston Lounsbury, Alex Mercier, Olivier Boutin, Shawn Carrier, Yoan Loshing and Caleb Desnoyers scored for the Wildcats (28-16-3-3), who were tied 1-1 with the Volts after the first period and 3-3 heading into the third. Natan Grenier chipped in with two assists. Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Saturday: — TIGRES 7 FOREURS 0 VAL-D’OR, Que. – Nikita Prishchepov had a goal and two assists, Nathan Darveau made 16 saves and the visiting Victoriaville Tigres torched the Val-d’Or Foreurs 7-0. Eliott Simard, Thomas Gagnon, Pier-Olivier Roy, Francesco Iasenza, Maxime Pellerin and Joseph Henneberry also scored for the Tigres (32-15-3-0), who led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 heading into the third. Goaltender Emile Beaunoyer stopped 20 of 27 shots for the Foreurs (14-31-3-2). — OLYMPIQUES 5 OCEANIC 2 RIMOUSKI, Que. – Justin Boisselle scored a goal and added two assists as the visiting Gatineau Olympiques defeated the Rimouski Oceanic 5-2. Nathan Levesque, Charles Boutin, Jeremie Minville and Nolan Ling also scored for the Olympiques (19-28-3-3). Mael St-Denis and Dominic Pilote scored for the Oceanic (27-22-3-0). — SAGUENEENS 5 EAGLES 2 CHICOUTIMI, Que. – Maxim Masse scored twice and added an assist as the Chicoutimi Sagueneens defeated the visiting Cape Breton Eagles 5-2. Jonathan Desrosiers, Thomas Desruisseaux and Emmanuel Vermette also scored for the Sagueneens (23-22-4-3). Olivier Houde and Charles-Antoine LavallĂ©e scored for the Eagles (27-21-1-1). — PHOENIX 6 ARMADA 2 BOISBRIAND, Que. – Charles-Antoine Beauregard scored twice and added an assist as the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6-2. Hugo Primeau, Andrew Belchamber, Lewis Gendron and Mavrick Lachance also scored for the Phoenix (25-21-1-4), who led 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third. Olivier Lemieux and Matt Gosselin scored for the Armada (22-23-4-1). — MOOSEHEADS 7 ISLANDERS 0 HALIFAX, N.S. – The Halifax Mooseheads scored three times in the first period and then coasted to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Charlottetown Islanders. Dylan MacKinnon, Peter Reynolds, Lou Levesque, Mathieu Cataford, Liam Welsh, Jake Furlong and Jan Sprynar scored for the Maritimes Division-leading Mooseheads (33-12-7-1), who led 3-0 after the first period and 4-0 after 40 minutes. Mathis Rousseau only needed to make 13 saves to post the shutout. Aksels Ozols stopped four of seven shots for the Islanders (20-26-3-2) before being replaced by Carter Bickle, who stopped 26 of 30 shots. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2024. 33-32
