The Drummondville Voltigeurs grabbed a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series on Saturday night by taming the visiting Victoriaville Tigres 5-1 at Centre Marcel Dionne.
Noah Reinhart, Mikael Huchette, Luke Woodworth, Peter Repcik and Mikael Diotte scored for the Voltigeurs, who won Friday's series opener 2-1. Sam Oliver chipped in with two assists.
Justin Larose scored for the Tigres, who were outshot 35-21.
The Voltigeurs led 2-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third.
The Voltigeurs went 2-for-7 on the power play, while the Tigres were 1-for-4.
Game 3 is Tuesday in Victoriaville, Que.
POKE CHECKS: The Baie-Comeau Drakkar, who won the first two games of their best-of-seven semifinal series against the visiting Cape Breton Eagles by 4-0 and 5-3 scores, play Game 3 on Monday night at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. … Drakkar bench boss Jean-Francois Gregoire was named winner of the Ron-Lapointe Trophy that goes to the QMJHL's head coach of the year. Sylvain Favreau of the Voltigeurs and Gilles Bouchard of the Sherbrooke Phoenix were finalists.
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