SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Charles Beaudoin put away the winner with 2:32 left to play as the Shawinigan Cataractes edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Vasily Ponomarev and Xavier Bourgault also scored for the Cataractes (25-27-0), while Antoine Coulombe made 26 saves for the win.
Alexandre Parent and Antoine Rochon replied for the Drakkar (20-22-10).
Ventsislav Shingarov turned away 32 shots for Baie-Comeau.
Shawinigan was 1 for 4 on the power play and the Drakkar could not score on their two man advantages.
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VOLTIGEURS 4 ISLANDERS 2
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Thimo Nickl’s goal early in the third period was the winner as the Voltigeurs doubled Charlottetown.
Jeremy Lapointe, Jacob Dion and William Dufour rounded out the attack Drummondville (30-23-2).
Nikita Alexandrov had a pair of goals for the Islanders (27-24-5).
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EAGLES 7 OLYMPIQUES 3
GATINEAU, Que. — Ryan Francis and Shawn Element had two goals apiece as Cape Breton routed the Olympiques.
Mathias Laferriere, Shawn Boudrias and Felix Lafrance also scored for the Eagles (35-16-3).
Emile Hegarty-Aubin, Adam Capannelli and Jeremy Rainville supplied the offence for Gatineau (20-31-4).
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SAGUENEENS 3 HUSKIES 1
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Rafael Harvey-Pinard’s power-play winner came at the 3:43 mark of the third period as Chicoutimi beat the Huskies.
Karl Boudrias and Raphael Lavoie chipped in for the Sagueneens (37-10-5).
Olivier-Luc Hache scored for the Huskies (25-25-4).
