Colby Huggan had a hat trick and two assists to lead the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 7-2 drubbing of the Halifax Mooseheads on Tuesday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action.

Dawson Sharkey, Louis-François Bélanger, Milo Roelens, with a goal and three assists, and Robert Orr also scored for Acadie-Bathurst, which has taken a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series.

Antoine Keller made 23 saves.

Liam Kilfoil scored twice for Halifax, which got 30 stops from Mathis Rousseau.

The Mooseheads are the second seed in the Eastern Conference, while the Titan are seventh.

ARMADA 4 PHOENIX 3

(Phoenix lead best-of-seven series 2-1)

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Jonathan Fauchon completed his hat trick with the game-winning goal at 10:22 of the third period as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the Sherbrooke Phoenix 4-3.

Justin Carbonneau scored the game's opening goal for Blainville-Boisbriand, which avoided a 3-0 deficit.

Mavrick Lachance, Andrew Belchamber and Lewis Gendron replied for Sherbrooke.

DRAKKAR 5 ISLANDERS 3

(Drakkar lead best-of-seven series 3-0)

CHARLOTTETOWN — Raoul Boilard had one goal and one assist to help lift the Baie-Comeau Drakkar to a 5-3 win over the Charlottetown Islanders.

Anthony Lavoie, Matyas Melovsky, Niks Fenenko and Alexis Bernier also scored for Baie-Comeau, which scored four unanswered goals in the second period after being tied 1-1 entering the frame.

Simon Hughes, Alexis Michaud and William Shields scored for Charlottetown, which has been outscored 13-5 in its three losses in the series.

VOLTIGEURS 4 SEA DOGS 2

(Voltigeurs lead best-of-seven series 3-0)

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Justin Coté scored twice as the Drummondville Voltigeurs jumped out to a 4-0 second-period lead and held on to defeat the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-2.

Maxime Lafond and Peter Repcik also scored for Drummondville, which will look to sweep the Sea Dogs on Wednesday.

Drew Elliott and Pavel Simek replied for Saint John, which got 45 saves from Patrick Leaver.

TIGRES 3 CATARACTES 0

(Tigres lead best-of-seven series 3-0)

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Nathan Darveau earned a 22-save shutout and the Victoriaville Tigres downed the Shawinigan 3-0 to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.

Maxime Pellerin, Maël Lavigne and Eliott Simard scored for Victoriaville.

Mathys Fernandez stopped 23 of 25 shots for Shawinigan, which will look to avoid getting swept on home ice on Wednesday.

OLYMPIQUES 5 HUSKIES 2

(Huskies lead best-of-seven series 2-1)

GATINEAU, Que. — Jérémie Minville and Mathis Gauthier each had two goals as the Gatineau Olympiques topped the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-2.

Justin Boisselle also scored for Gatineau, which was outscored 6-1 in the first two games of the series, both losses.

Andrei Loshko and Thomas Verdon scored for Rouyn-Noranda.

SAGUENÉENS 4 WILDCATS 2

(Saguenéens lead best-of-seven series 3-0)

CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Maxim Massé scored twice as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens came back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Moncton Wildcats 4-2.

Jacob Lafontaine and Craig Armstrong also netted goals for Chicoutimi, which can sweep the series at home on Wednesday.

Natan Grenier and Miles Mueller scored for Moncton, which has been outscored 12-6 in its three losses in the series.

EAGLES 3 OCÉANIC 1

(Eagles lead best-of-seven series 3-0)

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Cam Squires scored twice as Cape Breton Eagles defeated Rimouski Océanic.

Cam MacDonald added the other for Cape Breton, which can sweep the series on Wednesday.

Maël St-Denis had the lone goal for Rimouski, which got 38 saves from William Lacelle.

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