Émile Guité scored the shootout winner as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens held off a rally from the Cape Breton Eagles to win 3-2 on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.
Maxim Massé and Guité scored in regulation for Chicoutimi (3-1-0-1). Raphael Précourt made 26 saves.
Lucas Romeo and Eliot Litalien replied for Cape Breton (1-1-1-2). Félix Hamel stopped 24 shots.
Guité’s goal at 14:53 of the third period made it a 2-0 game for the Saguenéens.
However, Romeo made it a one-goal game on the power play with 2:31 remaining in regulation. Litalien added another power-play marker with 1:57 left to send the game to overtime.
GATINEAU, Que. — Nathan Leek capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker with 5:05 remaining in the third period as the Charlottetown Islanders edged the Gatineau Olympiques 4-3.
CJ Watroba and Tyler Peddle also scored for Charlottetown (5-0-0-1), which held a 3-1 lead before the Olympiques rallied to tie the game in the third period. Donald Hickey made 24 saves.
Simon-Xavier Cyr, Maxime Coté and Justin Boisselle provided the offence for Gatineau (3-2-0). Danai Shaiikov stopped 19-of-22 shots in 49:37 of action, with Nathan St-Pierre turning away 5-of-6 shots in relief.
HALIFAX — Quinn Kennedy scored twice as the Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-1.
Connor MacPherson and Daniel Walters added the others for Halifax (3-2-0), which got 25 saves from Owen Bresson.
Justin Gendron replied for Baie-Comeau (0-4-0-1). Lucas Beckman stopped 25-of-28 shots.
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