QMJHL Roundup: King scores winner as Islanders edge Sagueneens

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CHARLOTTETOWN — Sam King scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as the Charlottetown Islanders rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Derek Gentile and Daniel Hardie also scored for Charlottetown (29-20-4), which was down 2-1 heading into the third.

Samuel Houde and Vincent Tremblay-Lapalme had goals for the Sagueneens (22-25-4).

Islanders goaltender Dakota Lund-Cornish turned aside 22 shots. Chicoutimi’s Alexis Shank made 35 saves.

Charlottetown went 1 for 3 on the power play. The Sagueneens were 2 for 5 with the man advantage.

TIGRES 2 VOLTIGEURS 0

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Tristan Cote-Cazenave stopped all 37 shots he faced as Victoriaville beat the Voltigeurs in an outdoor Winter Classic game.

Vitalii Abramov had the winner for the Tigres (30-18-6) at 13:55 of the second period and Maxime Comtois also scored.

Olivier Rodrigue turned away 18 shots for Drummondville (36-15-2).

REMPARTS 4 DRAKKAR 3 (OT)

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Jesse Sutton’s second goal came at 3:33 of overtime to lift Quebec over the Drakkar.

Philipp Kurashev and Olivier Garneau also scored for the Remparts (30-20-5). Antoine Samuel made 18 saves for the win.

Jordan Martel had a pair of goals and Luke Kirwan also scored for Baie-Comeau (22-26-5). Francis Leclerc turned away 36 shots in defeat.

Quebec’s Sam Dunn was given a game misconduct for a helmet violation at 5:50 of the second period.

OCEANIC 6 FOREURS 0

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice and Colten Ellis 19 saves as the Oceanic blanked Val-d’Or.

Samuel Dove-McFalls, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Dmitry Zavgorodniy and Louis-Philippe Denis also scored for Rimouski (33-14-6).

Mathieu Marquis stopped 40 shots for the Foreurs (18-31-4).

SCREAMING EAGLES 5 WILDCATS 2

SYDNEY, N.S. — Phelix Martineau scored the eventual winner at 14:11 of the third period as Cape Breton downed Moncton.

Isiah Campbell, Adam McCormick, Peyton Hoyt and Jordan Ty Fournier also scored for the Screaming Eagles (25-22-6). Kevin Mandolese made 27 saves for the win.

Jakob Pelletier and Jonathan Aspirot scored for the Wildcats (23-24-8). Matthew Waite turned away 24 shots in a losing cause.

CATARACTES 8 SEA DOGS 5

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Alex Plamondon and Anthony Imbeault each scored twice as Shawinigan toppled the Sea Dogs.

Gabriel Denis, Simon Dubois-Tiberghen, Jason Horvath and Frederik Theoret also scored for the Cataractes (16-33-4), which got 20 saves from Mathieu Bellemare.

Ostap Safin, Radim Salda, Anthony Boucher, Robbie Burt and Kevin Gursoy replied for Saint John (13-31-9). Tommy DaSilva made 32 saves in a losing effort.

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