Vidicek hattrick leads Wildcats to victory over Titan
The Wildcats offense kicked back into gear Friday night at the Avenir Centre with a 7-1 romp over the Acadie-Bathust Titan before 4,500 fans.
First star Markus Vidicek scored three goals and added an assist to reach 23 tallies on the season. Caleb Desnoyers added a brace (26th, 27th) with singles to Julius Sumpf (18th) and Gabe Smith (12th). Smith put up a pair of assists for a 3-point night.
Honorable mention to Dyllan Gill, Maxime Cote and Alex Mercier — all with two assists each.
Mathis Rousseau got the win with 24 saves as the Cats improve to 34-7-2-0.
Three Stars:
⭐#6 MARKUS VIDICEK
⭐⭐#9 GABE SMITH
⭐⭐⭐#19 MAXIME COTE
The long anticipated matchup with Rimouski is Saturday night at 7pm and features four Riverview-born defensemen — Dyllan and brother Spencer Gill, Dylan MacKinnon and Rimouski’s Jack Martin.
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Article by Marty Kingston
Photo: Daniel St. Louis