QMJHL roundup: Shilov scores late winner as Tigres top Wildcats 5-3

By Canadian Press on October 17, 2025.

MONCTON — Egor Shilov’s power-play goal at 17:26 of the third period snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the visiting Victoriaville Tigres to a 5-3 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League victory over the Moncton Wildcats on Friday.

Alexis Bourque scored twice for the Tigres (5-5-0-0), while Thomas Paquet had a goal and two assists and Shilov added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left in the game at the Avenir Centre.

Niko Tournas scored twice for the Wildcats (5-3-2-0), while Simon Binkley netted a single.

The Tigers led 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third.

The Wildcats outshot the Tigres 48-23 but couldn’t solve netminder Anthony Catanzariti, who stopped 45 of 48 shots.

The Tigres went 3-for-4 on the power play, while the Wildcats were 0-for-4.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Friday:

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FOREURS 5 ISLANDERS 4 (SO)

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Evan Sercerchi scored in the seventh round of a shootout to lift the visiting Val-d’Or Foreurs to a 5-4 win over the Charlottetown Islanders.

Maxime Coursol, Mathias Bourque, Hemrick Carbonneau and Benjamin Olivier scored in regulation time for the Foreurs (4-5-1-1). Eduard Bondar chipped in with two assists.

William Shields scored three times for the Islanders (9-1-1-2), while Antoine Provencher netted a single. Matthew Butler chipped in with two assists.

The Foreurs led 2-1 after the first period and 3-2 after the second.

The Foreurs outshot the Islanders 35-22.

Foreurs’ goalie Emile Beaunoyer stopped 18 of 22 shots, while Islanders netminder Donald Hickey stopped 31 of 35 shots.

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OCEANIC 5 PHOENIX 2

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Evan Depatie had two goals and an assist as the Rimouski Oceanic beat the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix 5-2.

Liam Lefebvre and Mathys Dube had a goal and two assists each for the Oceanic (5-4-0-1), while Jack Martin netted a single.

Florent Houle and Mavrick Lachance scored for the Phoenix (6-3-0-0), who were outshot 34-31.

The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and the Oceanic led 3-1 heading into the third.

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MOOSEHEADS 3 REGIMENT 0

HALIFAX, N.S. — Nicolas Gillham-Cirka stopped 32 shots to earn the shutout as the Halifax Mooseheads blanked the Newfoundland Regiment 3-0.

Daniel Walters, Caylen Blake and Antoine Fontaine scored for the Mooseheads (7-3-0-0).

Goaltender Antoine Proulx stopped 28 of 30 shots for the Regiment (5-6-0-0-).

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SAGUENEENS 3 REMPARTS 0

CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Raphael Précourt stopped 19 shots to earn the shutout and lead the Chicoutimi Sagueneens to a 3-0 win over the visiting Quebec Remparts.

Emile Guite, Christophe Berthelot and Alonso Gosselin scored for the Sagueneens (6-2-0-1).

Goaltender Benjamin Lelievre stopped 28 of 31 shots for the Remparts (4-6-1-0).

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EAGLES 4 DRAKKAR 3 (SO)

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — The visiting Cape Breton Eagles defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-3 via the shootout.

Samuel Rocca, Maxime Sauthier and Lucas Romeo all scored once the Eagles (4-3-1-2) in regulation time.

Eagles netminder Connor Towle stopped 24 of 27 shots.

Alexis Mathieu, Kyle Powers and Drew Allison scored for the winless Drakkar (0-8-2-2).

Drakkar netminder Lucas Beckman kicked out 40 of 43 shots.

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OLYMPIQUES 3 CATARACTES 2 (SO)

GATINEAU, Que. — Simon-Xavier Cyr scored the winning goal in the fourth round of a shootout as the Gatineau Olympiques edged the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 3-2.

Gabriel Seguin and Alex Dagenais scored in regulation for the Olympiques (7-5-0-0), who were outshot 29-28.

Mathieu Plante and Jacob Lachance scored for the Cataractes (4-2-1-2).

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ARMADA 8 VOLTIGEURS 3

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Justin Carbonneau scored three times, Xavier Villeneuve had a goal and three assists, and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada shelled the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs 8-2.

Olivier Filaj, Mateo Nobert, Olivier Lemieux and Zackary Plamondon also scored for the Armada (8-0-2-0).

William Dumont and Dylan Dumont scored for the Voltigeurs (4-4-1-1), who were outshot 41-37.