QMJHL Roundup: Elliot Desnoyers with hat trick, Mooseheads beat Eagles 6-1

HALIFAX – Elliot Desnoyers scored three times to reach the 20-goal mark, and the Halifax Mooseheads downed the Cape Breton Eagles 6-1 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play.

Zachary L’Heureux scored once and set up two more while Jordan Dumais tacked on three assists for the Mooseheads (13-15-7), who also got goals from Landon Miron and Cameron Whynot.

Emile Hegarty-Aubin was the lone scorer for the Eagles (12-22-1), who entered the night 1-8-1 in their last 10 games.

Alexis Gravel made 22 saves for Halifax as Nicolas Ruccia stopped 32-of-38 shots for Cape Breton.

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PHOENIX 5 DRAKKAR 1

SHEBROOKE, Que. — Xavier Parent struck twice, Anthony Munroe-Boucher had three assists and Samuel Hlavaj made 26 saves as the Phoenix (8-17-2) handed Baie-Comeau (8-24-2) its eighth loss in a row.

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CATARACTES 4 OCEANIC 2

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Charles-Antoine Lavallee turned away 30-of-32 shots and Olivier Nadeau scored twice in the third period as Shawinigan (20-9-3) doubled up Rimouski (11-22-4).

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FOREURS 5 REMPARTS 1

VAL-D’OR, Que. — Alexandre Doucet had a pair of goals and Jonathan Lemieux made 27 saves as the Foreurs (27-3-4) won their sixth consecutive game by toppling Quebec (16-9-5), which has lost three straight.

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VOLTIGEURS 5 OLYMPIQUES 2

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Justin Cote had a pair of goals and Francesco Lapenna made 26 saves as the Voltigeurs (18-9-5) halted Gatineau’s (15-10-4) point streak at eight games (7-0-1.)