Road to Memorial Cup daily: Remparts and ICE build 3-0 series leads
CHL Three Stars
James Malatesta (CBJ) had the overtime winner for Quebec to earn Tuesday’s first star. Malatesta also scored in regulation for the Remparts who lead their series 3-0 over Gatineau. The 19-year-old has 14 points (eight goals) in 11 postseason games this year.
Sasha Pastujov (ANA) had three points (1G, 2A) to claim the second star as Sarnia took down London in Game 3. Pastujov, who had 98 points in the regular season, has recorded 14 postseason points thus far.
A three-point (1G, 2A) effort from Matthew Savoie (BUF) saw him claim the third star as Winnipeg took a commanding 3-0 series lead over Saskatoon. Savoie’s 25 postseason points lead the ICE.
OHL
Eastern Conference
(2) North Bay vs. (4) Peterborough — Petes lead series 2-1
Game 3: Petes 3-2 Battalion
- Samuel Mayer’s first career postseason goal with 2:05 left in regulation was the game-winner as Peterborough took a 2-1 series lead
- Brennan Othmann (NYR) and Avery Hayes also scored for the Petes while Michael Simpson made 32 saves. Othmann extended his point streak to 10 games in the progress
- North Bay’s Dom DiVincentiis (WPG) made 40 saves while Pasquale Zito (DET) and Matvey Petrov (EDM) had goals
- Game 4 is May 3 at 7:05pm ET
What a time to score your first playoff goal! 😱@PetesOHLhockey defenceman Sam Mayer nets the game-winner with two minutes on the clock to give Peterborough a 2-1 series lead 🎥#OHLPlayoffs | #NBvsPBO pic.twitter.com/4BzfzgeNpn
— Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) May 3, 2023
Western Conference
(2) London vs. (3) Sarnia – Knights lead series 2-1
Game 3: Sting 5-3 Knights
- Sarnia collected its first ever win in an Eastern Conference Championship Series as they got back into their series with London with a pivotal 5-3 win on home ice
- Luca Del Bel Belluz (CBJ), Ty Voit (TOR), Marcus Limpar-Lantz and Ethan Ritchie also had goals for the Sting
- Nolan Dillingham recorded three assists for Sarnia while Ben Gaudreau (SJ) made 25 saves
- Ryan Winterton (SEA) scored for the third consecutive game for London
- Game 4 is May 3 at 7:05pm ET
Sasha serves up our 3rd of the game 🍝#LikeNoOther pic.twitter.com/UEmtuCCg93
— Sarnia Sting (@StingHockey) May 3, 2023
QMJHL
(1) Quebec vs. (2) Gatineau — Remparts lead series 3-0
Game 3: Remparts 5-4 Olympiques (OT)
- The Remparts pushed the Olympiques to the brink with an overtime victory courtesy of Malatesta’s winner at 5:59
- Quebec had built a 3-1 lead as Nathan Gaucher, Kassim Gaudet and Malatesta scored but Gatineau took a 4-3 lead at the midway point of the third thanks to Antonin Verreault’s go-ahead goal. Zachary Bolduc (STL) forced overtime with 3:57 to play in regulation
- Remparts captain Theo Rochette had two assists while William Rousseau made 36 saves. Gatineau’s Tristan Luneau (ANA) had three helpers
- Game 4 is May 3 at 7pm ET
JAMES MALATESTA EN PROLONGATION!!
Les @quebec_remparts mènent la série 3-0#CBJ prospect James Malatesta's second of the night puts the #Remparts up 3-0 in the series. #RoadtoMemorialCup pic.twitter.com/lcHShX1GUY
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) May 3, 2023
(1) Sherbrooke vs. (2) Halifax — Phoenix lead series 2-1
Game 3: Mooseheads 5-2 Phoenix
- Halifax got a much needed victory as they got back into their series with Sherbrooke after a 5-2 road win
- Alexandre Doucet (DET), Markus Vidicek, Zachary L’Heureux (NSH) and Evan Boucher built Halifax a 4-0 lead. Cole Huckins and ethan Gauthier scored for Sherbrooke before Josh Lawrence found the empty-net
- The Mooseheads announced pre-game that star forward Jordan Dumais (CBJ) is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury
- Game 4 is May 4 at 7pm ET
Mr. PK got us going shorthanded
🚨 Doucet (8) SH 5:57 1st period
🍎 Furlong | #GoMooseGo🫎 pic.twitter.com/wBzPaAbnBP— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) May 2, 2023
WHL
Eastern Conference
(1) Winnipeg vs. (3) Saskatoon — ICE lead series 3-0
Game 3: ICE 5-1 Blades
- The ICE have pushed Saskatoon to the brink after a 5-1 Game 3 win
- After Savoie opened the scoring, Zach Benson and Evan Friesman also scored in the first period to build a 3-0 lead
- Connor McClennon and Owen Pederson had goals in the second and third period respectively while Ben Zloty tallied three assists
- Daniel Hauser made 17 saves as Justin Lies was the only Blades skater to beat him
- Game 4 is May 3 at 9pm ET
no loose puck is safe when sav is around #RallyTheStorm | #FeedingTheFuture pic.twitter.com/6yDW7xqIuy
— Winnipeg ICE (@WHLWpgICE) May 3, 2023
(1) Seattle vs. (2) Kamloops – Thunderbirds lead series 2-1
Game 3: Blazers 4-1 Thunderbirds
- Kamloops cut the series deficit in half against Seattle after a 4-1 win in Game 3
- Daylan Kueffler (NYI), Jakub Demek (VGK), Ryan Hofer (MIN) and Matthew Seminoff (DAL) scored for Kamloops while Olen Zellweger (ANA) had three assists
- Nolan Allan (CHI) had Seattle’s lone goal as Thomas Milic made 35 saves
- Game 4 is May 4 at 10pm ET
Scratch our last tweet, make THIS the cherry on top 🔥🔥🔥#WHLPlayoffs #FeedingTheFuture pic.twitter.com/WJm4Cqk62L
— Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) May 3, 2023
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