HALIFAX – Justin Bergeron scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the first period, and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies doubled up the Halifax Mooseheads 5-2 on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championship series.
Joel Teasdale also had two goals with an empty-netter sealing the win 19:17 into the third and Tyler Hinam also scored for Rouyn-Noranda.
Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Samuel Asselin responded for the Mooseheads.
Huskies goaltender Samuel Harvey made 31 saves. Halifax’s Alexis Gravel stopped 30 shots.
The Mooseheads host Game 4 Tuesday. The winner of the best-of-seven series advances to the Memorial Cup.