QMJHL roundup: Fontaine lifts Huskies to a win

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ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Gabriel Fontaine scored 3:05 into overtime to lift the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to a 2-1 victory over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Louis-Filip Cote opened the scoring for Rouyn-Noranda (29-5-4) early in the second period.

The Voltigeurs (18-20-1) tied the game midway through the third period on Michael Carcone’s 28th goal of the season.

Huskies goaltender Chase Marchand made 17 saves for the win. Drummondville’s Anthony Dumont-Bouchard kicked out 31 shots in defeat.

Neither team scored on the power play. The Voltigeurs were 0 for 4 while Rouyn-Noranda went 0 for 2.

TITAN 5 WILDCATS 4 (SO)

MONCTON, N.B. — Daniil Miromanov and Christophe Boivin scored in the shootout as Acadie-Bathurst edged the Wildcats.

Vladimir Kuznetsov scored twice and assisted on another for the Titan (15-19-4), and Nicholas Blanchard and Mark Trickett rounded out the attack.

Stephen Johnson struck twice, including the tying goal with two seconds left in regulation, and Cameron Askew and Manuel Wiederer also scored for Moncton (26-10-5). Conor Garland had three assists.

OCEANIC 2 REMPARTS 1 (OT)

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Samuel Laberge set up the first goal then added the winner 2:28 into overtime as the Oceanic slipped past Quebec.

Dylan Montcalm gave Rimouski (22-11-4) a 1-0 lead with his goal midway through the first period.

Ross MacDougall had the lone goal for the Remparts (22-13-4).

CATARACTES 7 PHOENIX 4

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Alexis D’Aoust and Gabriel Slight had a goal and two assists apiece to help power the Cataractes over Sherbrooke.

Gabriel Sylvestre, Dennis Yan, Mathieu Olivier and Samuel Girard had a goal and an assist each for Shawinigan (23-11-3) and Giovanni Fiore had three helpers. Alex Pawelczyk added the other.

Kevin Gilbert, Guillaume Gauthier, Nicolas Poulin and Skylar Strumas scored for the Phoenix (15-18-5).

OLYMPIQUES 6 TIGRES 5 (OT)

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Nicolas Meloche scored 15 seconds into overtime to lead Gatineau over the Tigres.

Vitalii Abramov had a goal and three assists for the Olympiques (24-11-2) while Alex Dostie chipped in with four helpers. Guillaume McSween, Yan Pavel Laplante, Joey Richard and Yakov Trenin also scored.

Alexandre Goulet struck twice for Victoriaville (16-14-7). Carl Marois, Mathieu Ayotte and Mario Huber had the others.

FOREURS 4 ARMADA 0

VAL-D’OR, Que. — Etienne Montpetit was perfect on all 21 shots he faced as the Foreurs blanked Blainville-Boisbriand.

Shawn Ouellette-St-Amant and Mathieu Nadeau had a goal and an assist apiece for Val-d’Or (28-8-3) and Carl Tremblay and Francois Beauchemin also scored.

Mark Grametbauer made 21 saves for the Armada (13-20-6).

SAGUENEENS 4 DRAKKAR 3 (SO)

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Jake Smith scored twice in regulation, then added the deciding goal in the shootout as Chicoutimi got past the Drakkar.

Dmitry Zhukenov also scored in the tiebreaker for the Sagueneens (18-16-4). Marc-Andre Gauvreau added a goal and an assist in regulation.

Fabrizio Ricci had a goal and a helper for Baie-Comeau (5-27-3). Joly D’Artagnan and Eric Leger also scored.

SCREAMING EAGLES 5 MOOSEHEADS 4 (OT)

HALIFAX — Otto Somppi scored his second of the game on a power play 1:18 into overtime to lift the Mooseheads over Cape Breton.

Jean-Sebastien Taillefer, Taylor Ford and Jocktan Chainey also scored for Halifax (13-20-5).

Anthony Sorrentino had two goals for the Screaming Eagles (20-16-4). Phelix Martineau and Clark Bishop supplied the rest of the offence.

SEA DOGS 3 ISLANDERS 2

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Matt Murphy’s power-play goal 16:24 into the second period stood as the winner as the Sea Dogs topped Charlottetown.

Mathieu Joseph and Spencer Smallman scored first-period goals for Saint John (22-13-3).

Daniel Sprong and Mitchell Balmas supplied the offence for the Islanders (14-20-4).

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