CHARLOTTETOWN – Cedric Desruisseaux scored a short-handed goal and added two assists to lift the Charlottetown Islanders to a 5-3 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Wednesday in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Brett Budgell, Liam Peyton, Noah Laaouan and Xavier Bernard also scored for Charlottetown (14-7-4).
Nathan Legare, Gabriel Proulx and Thomas Ethier replied for the Drakkar (10-11-4).
Islanders goaltender Matthew Welsh made 37 saves.
Dakota Lund-Cornish started in net for Baie-Comeau, allowing five goals on 20 shots through 29:59. Lukas Fitzpatrick turned aside all 15 attempts he faced the rest of the way.
HUSKIES 4 TIGRES 3 (OT)
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Vincent Marleau scored 4:05 into overtime and Zachary Emond made 29 saves to lift the Huskies (12-9-3) over Victoriaville (6-14-4).
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CATARACTES 6 VOLTIGEURS 3
SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Kirill Nizhnikov scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Cataractes (11-12-0) rallied from a three-goal deficit to hand Drummondville (14-11-0) its fourth straight loss.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 20, 2019.