QMJHL Roundup: Straka's two goals leads Drakkar past Sea Dogs 6-2

Petr Straka scored twice as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs 6-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

The 20-year-old forward now has four goals and seven points in his last three games.

Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau scored once and set up two more for the Drakkar (7-4-1), who have won three of their last four outings, while Samuel Noreau and Valentin Zykov each had a goal and an assist.

Frederic Gamelin and Francis Turbide had two assists apiece and Carl Gelinas scored a single goal to round out Baie-Comeau's offence.

Jakub Izacky and Ryan Tesink scored for the Sea Dogs (6-7-0).

Philippe Cadorette stopped 19 shots for the win as Alex Fournier turned away 24-of-30 shots in a losing cause.

Baie Comeau was successful on the power play, going 3-for-8, while Saint John failed to score on its only opportunity with the man advantage.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL, it was: Blainville-Boisbriand 2, Chicoutmi 1; P.E.I. 2, Sherbrooke 0 and Rouyn-Noranda 7, Gatineau 6 (OT).

At Baie-Comeau, Que., Izacky opened the scoring for Saint John 7:40 into the first period, however Zykov and Straka scored three minutes apart to give the Drakkar a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes of play.

Noreau scored the only goal of the second period and it came by way of the power play at 19:20.

Tesink brought the Sea Dogs within a goal at 7:15 of the third period, but Paquin-Boudreau restored a two-goal lead for Baie-Comeau at 10:38.

Gelinas and Straka added on a power-play goal each, only 18 seconds, apart late in the third period to secure the victory.

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Armada 2 Sagueneens 1

At Chicoutimi, Que., Nikita Jevpalovs scored both of his club's goals and Storm Phaeuf stopped 22 shots as Blainville-Boisbriand (9-2-0) edged the Sagueneens(6-6-2) to move into second overall in the QMJHL standings.

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Rocket 2 Phoenix 0

At Charlottetown, Antoine Bibeau stopped all 23 shots he faced and Victor Provencher's first period goal stood up as the winner as P.E.I (9-4-0) blanked Sherbrooke (2-10-6), which sits last in league standings.

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Huskies 7 Olympiques 6 (OT)

At Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Justin Guenette forced overtime by scoring at 18:49 of the third period and Gabriel Desjardins followed by scoring the overtime winner as the Huskies (8-3-1) came from behind to defeat Gatineau (4-7-1).