QMJHL Roundup: Boland has hat trick in Rimouski win

Rimouski Oceanic forward Tyler Boland. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty)

QUEBEC — Tyler Boland scored a hat trick to lead the Rimouski Oceanic past the Quebec Remparts 5-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

The game marks the end of the QMJHL regular season with the playoffs starting next week.

Deven St-Hilaire and Dylan Montcalm also had goals for the Oceanic (36-25-7), who got 18 saves from Louis-Philip Guindon.

Zachery Moody found the back of the net in the first period for Quebec (28-33-7). Evgeny Kiselev kicked out 35-of-40 shots in defeat.

Rimouski failed to score on six power plays while the Remparts were 0 for 3.

TIGRES 5 PHOENIX 2

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Alexandre Goulet had a goal and an assist as Victoriaville got past the Phoenix.

Bradley Lalonde, James Phelan, Felix Lauzon and Mario Huber rounded out the attack for the Tigres (33-28-7), who won their third in a row.

Nicolas Poulin and Daniel Audette scored for Sherbrooke (24-35-9).

ARMADA 7 CATARACTES 6 (SO)

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Philippe Sanche and Jan Dufek both scored in the shootout as Blainville-Boisbriand topped the Cataractes.

Sanche led the Armada (26-32-10) in regulation with two goals and an assist. Connor Bramwell, Dufek, Morgan Adams-Moisan and Samuel Hunter supplied the rest of the offence.

Brandon Gignac replied with a hat trick for Shawinigan (44-19-5). Samuel Girard added a goal and four assists while Cavan Fitzgerald and Justin Bernier also chipped in.

HUSKIES 4 OLYMPIQUES 0

GATINEAU, Que. — Anthony-John Greer had a pair of goals and Chase Marchand stopped all 15 shots he faced through two periods as Rouyn-Noranda shut out the Olympiques for its 14th straight win.

Julien Nantel and Timo Meier also scored for the Huskies (54-9-5), with Samuel Harvey making eight saves in relief during the third period.

Mark Grametbauer turned away 24-of-28 shots for Gatineau (46-19-3).

DRAKKAR 5 SAGUENEENS 4 (OT)

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Raphael Santerre scored 1:58 into overtime as the Drakkar edged Chicoutimi.

Vincent Deslauriers struck twice in regulation for Baie-Comeau (14-49-5). Alexandre Dufour, on the power play, and Vincent Lavoie also chipped in as the Drakkar recovered from a 4-0 deficit.

Baie-Comeau finished the season on a four-game winning streak despite missing the playoffs.

Taylor Cooper, Nicolas Roy, on the power play, Julien Carignan-Labbe and Elie Berube opened the scoring for the Sagueneens (32-25-11).

TITAN 5 WILDCATS 4 (SO)

MONCTON, N.B. — Cole Rafuse had the only goal in the shootout as Acadie-Bathurst slipped past the Wildcats.

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Jeffrey Truchon-Viel scored power-play goals for the Titan (27-35-6), who also got goals from Samuel L’Italien and Cole Rafuse.

Will Smith, Vaclav Karabacek, Cameron Askew and Manuel Wiederer chipped in for Moncton (36-21-11).

FOREURS 7 VOLTIGEURS 2

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored twice and added an assist as Val-d’Or routed the Voltigeurs.

Mathieu Nadeau had a goal and two assists while Alexis Pepin tacked on three helpers for the Foreurs (49-15-4). Tyler Higgins, Francois Beauchemin, Anthony Beauregard and Simon Lafrance supplied the rest of the offence.

Kristian Afanasyev and Gabriel Slight found the back of the net for Drummondville (27-39-2).

ISLANDERS 5 MOOSEHEADS 2

CHARLOTTETOWN — Keith Getson scored twice to lead the Islanders over Halifax for their seventh straight win.

Bradley Kennedy, Kameron Kielly and Daniel Sprong rounded out the attack for Charlottetown (35-26-7).

Morgan Nauss and Joel Bishop had goals for the Mooseheads (21-39-8).

SCREAMING EAGLES 4 SEA DOGS 3

SYDNEY, N.S. — Phelix Martineau’s short-handed goal was the first of three straight in the second period as the Screaming Eagles won their seventh in a row by edging Saint John.

Declan Smith and Peyton Hoyt also chipped in during the second for Cape Breton (38-24-6). Massimo Carozza added a power-play goal in the third.

Matt Murphy struck twice for the Sea Dogs (42-20-6), including once on the power play. Daniel Del Paggio also had a power-play goal for Saint John.

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