Feb 10, 2017
QMJHL: Olympiques ease past Wildcats in shutout
Zack MacEwen had two goals and two assists while Tristan Berube stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Gatineau Olympiques shut out the Moncton Wildcats 5-0 on Friday night for their fifth straight win in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
The Canadian Press
GATINEAU, Que. — Zack MacEwen had two goals and two assists while Tristan Berube stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Gatineau Olympiques shut out the Moncton Wildcats 5-0 on Friday night for their fifth straight win in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Matthew Thorpe, Mitchell Balmas and Shawn Boudrias also scored for Gatineau (24-26-4).
Matthew Waite stopped 40 shots for the Wildcats (13-35-3), who had their franchise-record winless streak extended to 18 games (0-15-3). Moncton's longest winless streak had been 13 games from the 1995-96 season.
The Olympiques were 1 for 4 on the power play while Moncton was scoreless on three attempts.
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TITAN 8 CATARACTES 2
BATHURST, N.B. — Vladimir Kuznetsov and Antoine Morand had a goal and three assists apiece as the Titan routed Shawinigan.
Daniil Miromanov, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel, Cole Rafuse, Jordan Maher, Adam Holwell and Christophe Boivin supplied the rest of the offence for Acadie-Bathurst (28-20-5).
Dennis Yan and Tommy Cardinal scored for the Cataractes (33-14-4).
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ISLANDERS 4 MOOSEHEADS 3
CHARLOTTETOWN — Daniel Sprong struck twice as the Islanders edged Halifax for their fifth straight win.
Nicolas Meloche scored the winner and Filip Chlapik had a power-play goal for Charlottetown (34-15-3).
Cooper Jones, Connor Moynihan and Ben Higgins, on the power play, found the back of the net for the Mooseheads (24-24-5).
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SEA DOGS 4 VOLTIGEURS 1
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Simon Bourque had a goal and two assists to lift the Sea Dogs over Drummondville for their ninth straight win.
Joe Veleno, Spencer Smallman and David Comeau also chipped in for Saint John (35-12-4).
Andrew Shewfelt opened the scoring for the Voltigeurs (21-26-5), who dropped their seventh in a row.
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SCREAMING EAGLES 4 PHOENIX 1
SHERBROOKE, Que. — Giovanni Fiore scored once and added two assists as Cape Breton toppled the Phoenix.
Ross MacDougall, Phelix Martineau and Tyler Hylland rounded out the attack for the Screaming Eagles (30-19-4).
Nicolas Poulin replied on the power play for Sherbrooke (20-30-3), which dropped its sixth straight.
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ARMADA 4 HUSKIES 3
BOISBRIAND, Que. — Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists to lead the Armada over Rouyn-Noranda for their third straight win.
Alexandre Alain, Connor Bramwell and TJ Melancon rounded out the attack for Blainville-Boisbriand (31-15-6).
Mathieu Boucher, Antoine Waked and Alexandre Fortin scored for the Huskies (32-14-7).
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SAGUENEENS 6 FOREURS 1
CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Olivier Galipeau had a pair of goals as the Sagueneens downed Val-d'Or.
Joey Ratelle, Frederic Allard, Zachary Lavigne and Brendan Hamelin supplied the rest of the offence for Chicoutimi (30-19-6).
Tyler Higgins scored the lone goal for the Foreurs (22-27-5), who dropped their eighth straight.
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TIGRES 4 OCEANIC 3
RIMOUSKI, Que. — Alexandre Goulet and Ivan Kosorenkov had a goal and an assist apiece for Victoriaville as it snapped the Oceanic's four-game winning streak.
Jimmy Huntington and Felix Lauzon also scored for the Tigres (28-19-6).
Denis Mikhnin, Samuel Laberge and Daniel Hardie found the back of the net for Rimouski (23-27-4).
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