Road to Memorial Cup daily: Drakkar and Voltigeurs one win away from QMJHL finals
Photo credit: Alexandre Garneau
CHL Three Stars
Justin Poirier‘s incredible season saw another chapter written Tuesday as he had four goals and an assist as Baie-Comeau won 8-2 over Cape Breton. Poirier’s 16 goals and 24 points leads all CHL players this postseason while in the regular season, the 2024 NHL Draft prospect had 51 goals.
Baie-Comeau captain Isaac Dufort had three points (2G, 1A) during their Game 4 win against the Eagles. Dufort has six goals and 12 points in 12 postseason games this year.
Jackson Unger turned aside 31 of the 32 shots he faced as Moose Jaw beat Saskatoon 3-1 in Game 3. Unger, whose 35 wins were tied for the CHL lead in the regular season, has a .910 save percentage and 2.94 GAA in the postseason.
QMJHL
Eastern Conference
(1) Baie-Comeau vs. (4) Cape Breton — Drakkar lead series 3-1
Game 4: Drakkar 8-2 Eagles
- Poirier’s four-goal performance led Baie-Comeau to a 3-1 series lead against Cape Breton
- The 2024 NHL Draft prospect completed a first period hat-trick at 19:01 as the Drakkar scored four times in both the first and second period
- In addition to Dufort’s two goals, Justin Gill (NYI) and Donovan Arsenault also scored. Matyas Melovsky had two assists
- Cam MacDonald and Angelo Fullerton scored for Cape Breton
- Game 5 is May 2 at 7pm ET
Western Conference
(1) Drummondville vs. (3) Victoriaville — Voltigeurs lead series 3-0
Game 3: Voltigeurs 3-2 Tigres
- Justin Cote scored the game-winner at 10:25 of the third as Drummondville took a commanding 3-0 series lead over Victoriaville
- Alexis Gendron (PHI) had the Volts’ other two goals while Maxime Pellerin had both goals for the Tigres who held a 2-1 lead in the second
- Riley Mercer made 32 saves for the Voltigeurs
- Game 4 is May 1 at 7pm ET
WHL
Eastern Conference
(1) Saskatoon vs. (3) Moose Jaw — Warriors lead series 2-1
Game 3: Warriors 3-1 Blades
- Martin Rysavy (CBJ) buried the game-winner 7:14 into the third period as the Warriors took a 2-1 series lead
- After Grayden Siepmann had given Saskatoon the lead, the Warriors rattled off three straight goals thanks to Atley Calvert, Rysvay and Denton Mateychuk (CBJ)
- Unger’s 31-save performance gave him his 10th win of the WHL playoffs
- Game 4 is May 1 at 9pm ET
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