The Rimouski Oceanic used some late-game heroics to nab their
second win of the season Saturday.
The Oceanic scored five goals in the third period _ three coming
in the final five minutes _ to earn a 7-5 victory over the
Baie-Comeau Drakkar in QMJHL action.
Marc-Andre Laroche tied the game at 15:04 in the final period,
Michael Frolik scored the winner at 16:33 and Maxime Gratchev
cemented the victory with 40 seconds left.
Rimouski's last victory came on Sept. 17, a 6-5 decision over the
Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
Elsewhere in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Saturday,
it was: Shawinigan 4, Chicoutimi 3 (OT); Halifax 3, St. John's 2;
Acadie-Bathurst 5, Cape Breton 4 (OT); Quebec 3, Victoriaville 2;
and Rouyn-Noranda 5, Drummondville 4 (SO).
At Baie-Comeau, Que., Gratchev finished with two goals, while
Olivier Fortier also scored twice for the Oceanic (2-10-3-0), who
trailed 2-0 after the first and 3-2 after the second. Kevin Cormier
also scored for Rimouski.
Etienne Morier, Alexandre Picard-Hooper, Joakim Jensen,
Charles-Antoine Messier and Pierre-Cedrick Labrie had one apiece for
the Drakkar (9-4-0-1).
Cataractes 4, Sagueneens 3 (OT)
At Chicoutimi, Que., Simon Lacroix scored the game winner at 1:45
of overtime as Shawinigan slipped by the Sagueneens.
Tommy Gauthier scored twice for the Cataractes (10-3-0-3), while
Danick Bouchard had one.
Antoine Roussel, David Desharnais and Jeff Christison scored one
goal each for Chicoutimi (4-9-2-1).
Mooseheads 3, Fog Devils 2
At Halifax, Jakub Voracek scored with 15 seconds left in the
third period to lead the Mooseheads over St. John's.
Ryan Seymour and Luciano Lomanno added one each for Halifax
(7-5-1-1), which trailed 2-0 after the second period.
Matt Fillier and Luke Gallant put away one apiece for the Fog
Devils (5-8-0-1).
Titan 5, Screaming Eagles 4 (OT)
At Bathurst, N.B., Maxime Pomerleau put away the winner 53
seconds into overtime as the Titan downed Cape Breton.
Kevin Gadoury, Thomas Beauregard, Mathieu Perreault and Mathieu
Labrie added for Acadie-Bathurst (6-7-0-0).
James Sheppard, Chris Culligan, Oskars Bartulis and Cam Fergus
scored for the Screaming Eagles (8-7-1-0).
Remparts 3, Tigres 2
At Quebec City, Ruslan Bashkirov's goal at 16:35 of the first
period stood as the winner as the Remparts defeated Victoriaville.
Brent Aubin and Todd Chinova added for the Remparts (9-6-0-0).
Maxim Noreau scored the Tigres' (6-6-0-0) first goal midway
through the third and Adam Ross scored 10 minutes later.
Huskies 5, Voltigeurs 4 (SO)
At Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Jeff Desjardins scored three goals,
including the shootout winner, as the Huskies eked by Drummondville.
Michael Dubuc and Dylan Quaile added one each for Rouyn-Noranda
(9-6-0-1).
Tomas Zohorna, Etienne Bellavance-Martin, Tomas Svoboda and
Jonathan Duchesneau replied for the Voltigeurs (6-7-0-2).
