MONCTON - Caleb Desnoyers had two goals and an assist to help the Moncton Wildcats crush the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 7-0 to open their second-round series in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs Friday.
Desnoyers — a top prospect for this June's NHL draft — now has four goals and seven assists in five games these playoffs.
Mathis Rousseau stopped 26 shots to earn a shutout for Moncton, which led the QMJHL with a 53-9-2 regular-season record before sweeping the Quebec Remparts in the first round.
Baie-Comeau advanced to the second round by beating the Cape Breton Eagles in six games.
Markus Vidicek and Julius Sumpf had a goal and an assist apiece for the Wildcats, while Riley Sampson, Natan Grenier and Preston Lounsbury also scored.
Etienne Morin and Alex Mercier added two assists each.
Drakkar goaltender Lucas Beckman allowed six goals on 40 shots before getting the hook 4:54 into the third period. Mathys Routhier stopped three of four shots the rest of the way.
The two teams return to Moncton's Avenir Centre on Sunday for Game 2.
OCÉANIC 5 SAGUENÉENS 2
(Oceanic lead best-of-seven series 1-0)
RIMOUSKI, Que. — Pier-Olivier Roy had a goal and an assist as the Rimouski Océanic defeated the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in Game 1 of their second-round series.
Alexandre Blais, Jacob Mathieu, Eriks Mateiko and Lou Lévesque also scored for Rimouski. Océanic goaltender Mathis Langevin stopped 29 of 31 shots.
Peteris Bulans and Émile Duquet replied for Chicoutimi. Saguenéens goaltender Raphaël Précourt stopped 32 of 37 shots.
HUSKIES 4 MOOSEHEADS 1
(Huskies lead best-of-seven series 1-0)
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Benjamin Brunelle's first-period goal held on as the winner, and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies downed the Halifax Mooseheads.
Samuel Beauchemin, Alexis Lemire and Bill Zonnon also scored for Rouyn-Noranda. Huskies netminder Samuel Meloche stopped 19 of 20 shots.
Quinn Kennedy replied for Halifax. Mooseheads netminder Jacob Steinman stopped 36 of 40 shots.
CATARACTES 5 PHOENIX 4
(Cataractes lead best-of-seven series 1-0)
SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Jordan Tourigny scored the game-winning goal at 19:41 in the third period as the Shawinigan Cataractes edged the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
Félix Lacerte had two goals while Chad Lygitsakos and Jiri Klima also scored for Shawinigan. Cataractes netminder Mathys Fernandez stopped 12 of 16 shots.
Félix Ouellet scored twice while Chad Bellemare and Thomas Rousseau also scored for Sherbrooke. Phoenix goaltender Linards Feldbergs stopped 29 of 34 shots.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2025.
