DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Joey Ratelle scored twice and added an assist as the Drummondville Voltigeurs beat the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 7-3 on Saturday night in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Kristian Afanasyev, Alex Barre-Boulet, Charley Graaskamp, Matthew Newbury and William Poirier supplied the rest of the offence for Drummondville (4-1-1).
Jordan Maher, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel and Jonathan Bourcier had goals for the Titan (2-3-2).
Olivier Rodrigue made 29 saves for the win in net. Reilly Pickard started for the visitors but was pulled after allowing two goals on four shots in 5:19. Danil Timchenko took the loss in relief, kicking out 29-of-34 shots in 54:41.
The Voltigeurs were 3 for 8 on the power play while Acadie-Bathurst scored once on six chances.
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DRAKKAR 4 TIGRES 3
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Ivan Chekhovich scored the winner late in the third period and Matt Jones chipped in with three assists as the Drakkar edged Victoriaville.
Vincent Deslauriers and D’Artagnan Joly had goals in the third to tie the game 3-3. Jordan Martel had the other for Baie-Comeau (2-3-2), which got 21 saves from Antoine Samuel.
Pascal Laberge, James Phelan, shorthanded, and Maxime Comtois found the back of the net for the Tigres (4-3-0). Olivier Tremblay turned aside 28-of-32 shots.
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MOOSEHEADS 5 ISLANDERS 2
HALIFAX — Connor Moynihan struck twice and Alexis Gravel stopped 35 shots as the Mooseheads downed Charlottetown.
Nico Hischier, Anthony Sorrentino and Barrett Dachyshyn also chipped in for Halifax (4-2-0).
Shawn Boudrias and Jake Coughler scored for the Islanders (4-3-0) with Blade Mann-Dixon making 21 saves in net.
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WILDCATS 5 OCEANIC 0
MONCTON, N.B. — Cameron Askew scored twice and added an assist and Matthew Waite stopped all 28 shots he faced as the Wildcats shut out Rimouski.
Manuel Wiederer, Jeremy McKenna and Kelly Klima rounded out the attack for Moncton (4-2-0).
Gabriel Morency took the loss after turning away 10-of-14 shots in 27:19 for the Oceanic (3-4-0). Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo made 11 saves in relief.
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FOREURS 5 REMPARTS 2
QUEBEC CITY — Ivan Kozlov scored a hat trick and Maxim Mizyurin tacked on four helpers to lead Val-d’Or over the Remparts.
Adam Cheezo had a goal and two assists with David Henley adding the other for the Foreurs (5-2-0). Dereck Baribeau stopped 26 shots in net.
Jeremy Laframboise and Olivier Garneau chipped in for Quebec (3-4-0), which got 23 saves from Evgeny Kiselev.
Val-d’Or’s Jack Van Boekel was ejected in the third period after receiving a major penalty for checking to the head.
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HUSKIES 6 SAGUENEENS 2
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Martins Dzierkals had a goal and two assists and Charles-Antoine Poirier-Turcot turned aside 19 shots as the Huskies got past Chicoutimi.
Jeremy Lauzon, William Cyr, Anthony Wojcik, Jean-Christophe Beaudin and Mathieu Boucher also scored for Rouyn-Noranda (6-0-1).
Nicolas Roy and Vincent Tremblay-Lapalme found the back of the net for the Sagueneens (1-6-0). Alexis Shank made 29 saves.
