COLISÉE FINANCIÈRE SUN LIFE, RIMOUSKI, QC — Alexis Lafrenière netted a hat trick leading the Rimouski Océanic to a 7-3 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres in QMJHL action. Zachary Bolduc added a goal and three assists for the Océanic.
The Tigres took an early 2-1 lead in the first period after goals from Jérémy Michaud and Vincent Sévigny. Cédric Paré scored for Rimouski.
Rimouski took a 5-3 lead in the second period led by goals from Lafrenière, Justin Bergeron, Dmitry Zavgorodniy and Bolduc. Mikhail Abramov scored for the Tigres.
In the third period Rimouski padded their lead to 7-3 after two goals from Lafrenière.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Océanic scored once in their lone opportunity while the Tigres scored once in four opportunities.
MAJOR PENALTIES: Adam Raska (RIM, Checking from behind, 5-minute major), Raska (RIM, Checking from behind game misconduct)
STARS OF THE GAME: 1. Alexis Lafrenière (Rimouski), 2. Zachary Bolduc (Rimouski) and 3. Justin Bergeron (Rimouski).
This article was automatically generated by the AI tool Wordsmith. Data was provided by the QMJHL via HockeyTech and no human has reviewed this before publication. To provide feedback on this article email: communities@metroland.com.
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