QMJHL Roundup: Colten Ellis makes 23 saves as Islanders blank Mooseheads, 3-0

HALIFAX — Charlottetown Islanders goalie Colten Ellis made 23 saves as his team earned a 3-0 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax Saturday. 

Brett Budgell, Noah Laaouan and Drew Elliott each scored a goal to give the Islanders (16-4-0-0) the win.

Mooseheads goalie Alexis Gravel fought off more rubber than Ellis, but lost. Gravel made 36 saves for Halifax (8-11-2-3).

PHOENIX 4 CATARACTES 2

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Milo Roelens scored twice in a 4-2 Sherbrooke Phoenix win over the Shawinigan Cataractes at the Centre Gervais Auto in Sherbrooke Saturday. Samuel Hlavaj made 31 saves for the Phoenix while Charles-Antoine Lavallee made 33 saves in a losing effort for the Cataractes. 

HUSKIES 3 VOLTIGUEURS 2 (OT)

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que.— Edouard St-Laurent scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies a 3-2 overtime win over the Drummondville Voltigueurs Saturday night. William Dufour scored two goals for Drummondville, giving them a 2-0 lead. But the Voltigueurs allowed three unanswered goals, including the overtime goal, en route to a loss. 

REMPARTS 5 OLYMPIQUES 2

QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Cole Cormier and Mikael Huchette each scored twice to give the Quebec Remparts a 5-2 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in Quebec City Saturday. Thomas Caron also scored for Quebec. Metis Roelens and Andrew Coxhead scored for Gatineau.

FOREURS 6 ARMADA 4 

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Justin Robidas scored a pair of goals to give the Val D’Or Foreurs a 6-4 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Saturday night. The Foreurs raced out a to 3-1 lead before the Armada scored three unanswered goals to lead 4-3. The Armada then allowed three goals from the Foreurs in the third period. Simon Pinard also scored twice for the Armada. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 13, 2021.

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