SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Félix Lacerte scored a hat trick as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-1 on Thursday night in the Quebec Maritimes Hockey League.
Lacerte scored twice in the first period before adding an empty-net goal at 17:17 of the third for his 20th of the season.
Jordan Tourigny had a goal and two assists, Jiri Klima produced a goal and an assist, and Noah McKinnon also scored for Shawinigan (18-21-3). Vince Élie pitched in with two assists.
Cataractes goaltender Félix Hamel kicked out 25 shots.
Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal for Saint John (15-22-6), which lost its second game on back-to-back nights.
Sea Dogs netminder Justin Robinson made 22 saves.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL:
EAGLES 3 SAGUENÉENS 0
CAPE BRETON, N.S. — Nicolas Ruccia earned a 29-save shutout as the Cape Breton Eagles beat the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.
Charles-Antoine Lavallée, Lucas Romeo and Antoine Roy scored for Cape Breton (23-18-2).
Saguenéens goaltender Rémi Delafontaine stopped 22 shots (17-20-7).
TITAN 2 MOOSEHEADS 1 (OT)
HALIFAX — Robert Orr knocked in the game-winning goal 29 seconds into overtime as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Halifax Mooseheads.
Mathieu St-Onge also scored for Acadie-Bathurst (19-20-4). Titan netminder Joshua Fleming saved 26 shots.
Jan Sprynar scored for Halifax (26-11-7). Mooseheads netminder Jack Milner kicked out 27 shots.
DRAKKAR 6 HUSKIES 2
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Justin Poirier had a goal and an assist as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar downed the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
Félix Gagnon, Isaac Dufort, Anthony Lavoie, Matyas Melovsky and Justin Gill also scored for Baie-Comeau (35-6-2). Drakkar netminder Charles-Édward Gravel stopped 28 shots.
Thomas Verdon and Leighton Carruthers replied for Rouyn-Noranda (28-10-5). Huskies netminder William Rousseau stopped 34 shots.
OLYMPIQUES 4 PHOENIX 3 (SO)
SHERBROOKE, Que. — Mathis Gauthier scored in regulation and the shootout as the Gatineau Olympiques defeated the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
Nathan Lévesque and Nolan Ling also scored for Gatineau (28-10-5). Olympiques netminder Zach Pelletier kicked out 27 shots.
Olivier Lampron, Lewis Gendron and Mavrick Lachance scored for Sherbrooke (19-17-5). Phoenix netminder Samuel St-Hilaire stopped 22 shots.
TIGRES 4 WILDCATS 3
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Maxime Pellerin knocked in the game-winning goal at 18:11 of the third period as the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Moncton Wildcats.
Justin Larose, Egor Goriunov and Maël Lavigne also scored for Victoriaville (27-11-3). Tigres netminder Nathan Darveau stopped 23 shots.
Vincent Collard, Thomas Auger and Adam Fortier-Gendron replied for Moncton (26-9-6). Wildcats netminder Jacob Steinman kicked out 46 shots.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2024.
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