Justin Larose capped a two-goal, one-assist effort at 3:10 of overtime and the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3 in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs on Friday.
Maxime Pellerin, with a goal and two assists, and Tommy Cormier also scored for Victoriaville, which took a 1-0 lead. Nathan Darveau made 27 saves.
Vince Élie, Jordan Forget and Éli Baillargeon each scored a goal for Shawinigan. Félix Hamel shot 31 of 35 shots.
Trailing 3-1 early in the third period, Pellerin scored 2:16 into the semifinal to reduce the deficit. A minute later, Larose scored the winning goal before finally scoring the winning goal.
TITAN 2 MOOSEHEADS 1 (OT)
(Titan leads series 1-0)
HALIFAX – Milo Roelens scored the game-winning goal at 2:57 of overtime as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated the Halifax Mooseheads in Game 1 of their playoff series.
Dylan Andrews scored the lead at 8:40 of the first period for Acadie-Bathurst, while Antoine Keller made 26 saves.
Braeden MacPhee tied the game with 58 seconds left in the second period for Halifax, which got 35 stops from Mathis Rousseau.
PHOENIX 4 ARMADA 3 (OT)
(Phoenix leads the series 1-0)
SHERBROOKE, Que. – Etienne Tremblay-Mathieu scored the game-winning goal 33 seconds into overtime as the Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.
Lewis Gendron, Olivier Dubois and Olivier Lampron also scored for Sherbrooke, which led 3-1 after Lampron’s goal 4:24 into the third period.
Justin Carbonneau with two goals and Mathis Cloutier responded for Blainville-Boisbriand.
DRAKKAR 4 ISLANDS 1
(Drakkar leads the series 1-0)
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Justin Poirier scored a goal and an assist as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar earned a 4-1 win over the Charlottetown Islanders to open the series.
Jules Boilard, Justin Gill and Isaac Dufort also contributed goals for Baie-Comeau, the top seed in the Eastern Conference regular season standings.
Alexis Michaud scored for Charlottetown, which got 40 saves from Carter Bickle.
VOLTIGEURS 7 SEA DOGS 3
(Voltigeurs lead the series 1-0)
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Sam Oliver and Justin Coté each scored two goals as the Drummondville Voltigeurs comfortably defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-3.
Ethan Gauthier provided the rest of the offense for Drummondville, the top seed in the Western Conference, with a goal and three assists, Mikael Huchette and Luke Woodworth.
Pavel Simek, Drew Elliott and Nicolas Bilodeau responded for Saint John.
HUSKIES 4 OLYMPIQUES 0
(Huskies lead the series 1-0)
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – Bill Zonnon scored two goals and an assist, William Rousseau posted a 22-save shutout and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Gatineau Olympiques 4-0.
Antonin Verreault and Andrei Loshko also scored for Rouyn-Noranda.
Zach Pelletier stopped 38 of 42 shots.
EAGLES 6 OCEANIC 2
(Eagles lead the series 1-0)
SYDNEY, NS – Cam MacDonald had two goals and an assist, Cam Squires had a goal and three assists and the Cape Breton Eagles defeated Rimouski Océanic.
Cole Burbidge, with two goals, and Olivier Houde also scored for Cape Breton, which held a 4-0 lead through two periods.
Dominic Pilote and Mael St-Denis responded for Rimouski.
SAGUENÉENS 3 WILDCATS 0
(Sagueneens lead the series 1-0)
MONCTON – Rémi Delafontaine posted a 39-save shutout as the Chicoutimi Sagueneens defeated the Moncton Wildcats 3-0.
Émile Duquet scored two goals and Craig Armstrong scored for Chicoutimi.
Jacob Steinman shot 26 of 28 shots for Moncton.
