Road to Memorial Cup daily: Voltigeurs book spot in Q finals
Photo credit: Ghyslain Bergeron
CHL Three Stars
Hunter Haight (MIN) found the back of the net three times as Saginaw won Game 5 in London. Haight’s nine goals leads all Spirit skaters in the postseason while during the regular season, he found the back of the net a career high 25 times.
Ty Nelson (SEA) had the double overtime winner to complete a three-point (2G, 1A) showing as North Bay won its second straight over Oshawa. Nelson’s 13 points are the second most among OHL d-men this postseason.
Fraser Minten’s (TOR) second goal of the game was the OT winner as Saskatoon took a 3-2 series lead over Moose Jaw. Minten, acquired from Kamloops in November, has eight goals in 14 playoff games.
OHL
Eastern Conference
(1) Oshawa vs. (2) North Bay — Generals lead series 3-2
Game 5: Battalion 5-4 Generals (OT)
- Nelson’s (SEA) second goal of the game kept North Bay alive as he had the Game 5 double overtime winner at 4:53 in a 5-4 victory
- Nelson had sent the game to double OT after he scored the equalizer with 8:41 left in regulation
- Anthony Romani had a pair of goals for North Bay while Justin Ertel (DAL) also found the back of the net. Mike McIvor stopped 41 shots.
- Lucas Rodriguez, Luca Marrelli, Luca D’Amato and Luke Torrance scored for Oshawa
- Game 6 is May 5 at 2pm ET
Game 6 needed! 🫡#SeaKraken prospect Ty Nelson drives to the net and buries the 2OT winner for the @OHLBattalion! #RoadtoMemorialCup
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) May 4, 2024
Western Conference
(1) London vs. (2) Saginaw — Knights lead series 3-2
Game 5: Spirit 4-2 Knights
- Haight’s (MIN) hat-trick led Saginaw to a 4-2 Game 5 victory over London
- Josh Bloom (VAN) also scored for the Spirit while Nolan Lalonde (CBJ) made 28 saves
- Oliver Bonk (PHI) and Easton Cowan (TOR) scored for London who will return home with a chance to clinch
- Game 6 is May 5 at 2pm ET
QMJHL
Western Conference
(1) Drummondville vs. (3) Victoriaville — Voltigeurs win series 4-1
Game 5: Voltigeurs 3-2 Tigres (OT)
- Alexis Gendron (PHI) had the game-winner 11 seconds into overtime as Volts returned to the QMJHL finals for the first time since 2009
- Gendron had forced overtime after he levelled the score at 2-2 with just 49 seconds left in regulation
- Mikael Huchette had the Volts’ other goal either side of tallies from the Tigres’ Alexis Bourque and Benjamin Vigneault
- Nathan Darveau stopped 42 shots in defeat for Victoriaville
- Drummondville will face Baie-Comeau in the Gilles Courteau Trophy finals.
11 seconds into overtime, #LetsGoFlyers prospect Alexis Gendron tips in the game-winner to send the @VoltigeursDRU to the @QMJHL finals! #RoadtoMemorialCup
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) May 4, 2024
WHL
Eastern Conference
(1) Saskatoon vs. (3) Moose Jaw — Blades lead series 3-2
Game 5: Blades 5-4 Warriors (OT)
- Minten buried the game-winning goal 18:15 into overtime to give Saskatoon a 3-2 series lead
- The goal saved the Blades’ blushes after they had built a 4-0 lead through 40 minutes thanks to goals from Minten, Egor Sidorov (ANA), Charlie Wright and Brandon Lisowsky (TOR)
- However, Moose Jaw scored four unanswered in the third period as goals from Brayden Schuurman, Jagger Firkus (SEA) and a pair from Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) forced overtime
- Game 6 is May 5 at 4pm ET
Fraser Minten loves overtime! 🚨
The #LeafsForever prospect's second OT winner of the series clinches a 5-4 victory for @bladeshockey over Moose Jaw! #RoadtoMemorialCup
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) May 4, 2024
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