QMJHL Roundup: Woodworth OT winner sends Voltigeurs to third straight victory

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Charlie Da Fonseca sent the game to overtime and Luke Woodworth netted the winner as the Drummondville Voltigeurs defeated the Victoriaville Tigres 5-4 for their third straight victory in the QMJHL on Sunday.

Da Fonseca tied the game with 2:23 left in the third and Woodworth scored 1:07 into OT for the Voltigeurs (11-7-4).

Jacob Dion, Justin Cote and Charles-Antoine Dumont also scored, and Maveric Lamoureux had three assists. Francesco Lapenna made 19 saves.

Joey Vetrano, Jeremy Michaud, Egor Goriunov and Tommy Cormier scored for the Tigres (8-11-4), which got 32 saves from Nikolas Hurtubise. Maxime Pellerin and Nikita Prishchepov contributed two assists apiece.

Drummondville outshot Victoriaville 37-23.

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TITAN 8 DRAKKAR 3

BATHURST, N.B. –Jacob Melanson and Joseph Henneberry each scored twice and Jaxon Bellamy registered three assists for Acadie-Bathurst (10-10-2), which scored six times in the first period. Benjamin Corbeil, Alexandre Lamarre and Jacob Gaucher replied for Baie-Comeau (6-10-5).

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HUSKIES 6 EAGLES 4

SYDNEY, N.S. –Mathieu Gagnon scored a hat trick and Daniil Bourash added another two goals to lead Rouyn-Noranda (11-8-3) to victory. Dawson Stairs had a goal and two assists for Cape Breton (6-14-4), which suffered a fourth consecutive defeat.

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ISLANDERS 5 ARMADA 2

CHARLOTTETOWN –The division-leading Islanders (15-6-1) defeated Blainville-Boisbriand (11-9-2) on Patrick Guay’s hat trick. Two of Guay’s goals came on the power play.

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SAGUENEENS 5 CATARACTES 1

SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Kevyn Brassard led the way with 39 saves for Chicoutimi (11-9-3). Matej Kaslik and William Rouleau each scored one and had two helpers. Olivier Nadeau, with his 14th of the season, netted the lone goal for Shawinigan (13-8-2).

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FOREURS 7 PHOENIX 3

SHERBROOKE, Que. – Last-place Val-d’Or (8-12-2) scored four goals in the second and three in third to stun division leaders Sherbrooke (15-5-1) and snap an eight-game losing skid.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 28, 2021.