QMJHL roundup: Cataford nets winner, Oceanic edge Mooseheads 4-3
By The Canadian Press on October 6, 2024.
HALIFAX – Mathieu Cataford’s goal at 16:18 of the third period snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the visiting Rimouski Oceanic to a 4-3 win over the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday. The Oceanic, who trailed 3-1 early in the third period, also got goals from Alexandre Blais, Pavel Simek and Mathys Dube to improve to 3-3. Logan Crosby, Antoine Fontaine and Owen Phillips scored for the Mooseheads, who slipped to 5-2. The Mooseheads led 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third. The hosts went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Oceanic were 0-for-2. The visitors outshot the Mooseheads 38-21, including 19-6 in the final period. Elsewhere in the QMJHL: — TITAN 3 SEA DOGS 2 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Dawson Sharkey’s goal at 19:55 of the second period held up as the winner as the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 3-2. David-Alexandre Coulombe and Liam Arsenault also scored for the Titan (4-3), who were outshot 28-25. Darien Reynolds and Olivier Duhamel scored once for the Sea Dogs (4-3), who trailed 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third. — REMPARTS 5 EAGLES 0 SYDNEY, N.S. – Louis-Antoine Denault stopped 27 shots as the visiting Quebec Remparts blanked the Cape Breton Eagles 5-0. Justin Côté, Mavrick Rousseau-Hamel, Nathan Plouffe, Antoine Dorion and Xavier Lebel all scored for the Remparts (4-2-1-0). Netminder Jakub Milota saved 24 of 29 shots for the winless Eagles (0-5-0-1). — WILDCATS 4 ISLANDERS 1 MONCTON, N.B. – Markus Vidicek had a goal and assist as the Moncton Wildcats beat the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 4-1. Gabe Smith, Vincent Collard and Julius Sumpf also scored for the Wildcats (4-1-1-0), who led 2-1 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third. Egor Goriunov scored for the Islanders (2-5-0-1), who were outshot 35-25. — CATARACTES 4 TIGRES 2 SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Felix Lacerte had a goal and assist and netminder Felix Hamel made 27 saves as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the visiting Victoriaville Tigres 4-2. Matvei Gridin, Jiri Klima and Louis-Philippe Fontaine also scored for the Cataractes (3-3), who led 1-0 after the first period but were tied 2-2 heading into the third. Vince Elie had two assists for the hosts. Justin Larose and Samuel Kingsley scored for the Tigres (2-4). Justin Gendron chipped in with two assists. — SAGUENEENS 6 VOLTIGEURS 3 CHICOUTIMI, Que. – Felix Gagnon scored twice and added an assist as the Chicoutimi Sageuneens defeated the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs 6-3. Maxim Masse, Emmanuel Vermette, Jonathan Prud’homme and Kassim Gaudet also scored for the Sagueneens (4-1-1-0), who trailed 1-0 after the first period but led 4-3 heading into the third. Hugo Dufour, Maxime-Olivier Drolet and Marc-Olivier Beaudry scored for the Voltigeurs (4-1-0-1), who were outshot 38-30. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 6, 2024. 33-32
