The Baie-Comeau Drakkar were close to a major upset Sunday afternoon, but not close enough.
Joel Champagne scored in overtime as the Quebec Remparts narrowly escaped defeat against Baie-Comeau to pull out the 3-2 win in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Marc-Olivier Mimar and Alexandre Larouche had two quick goals in the middle of the third period to give the Drakkar a 2-1 lead with 9:58 left in regulation time.
Ryan Bourque, son of National Hockey League great Ray Bourque, tied the game for Quebec.
The Remparts are not just the top-ranked team in the QMJHL, but in the entire Canadian Hockey League, according to weekly polls of NHL scouts.
Baie-Comeau has the worst record in the entire CHL, with a single win in 19 games.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL it was: P.E.I. at Acadie-Bathurst; Victoriaville at Chicoutimi; Rimouski at Drummondville and Saint John at Rouyn-Noranda.
At Baie-Comeau, Que., Vincent Barnard opened scoring for Quebec (15-1-1), while Louis Domingue made 17 saves for the win.
Jason Missiaen stopped 23 shots for the Drakkar (1-14-4).
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Titan 3 Rocket 2 (SO)
At Bathurst, N.B., Sebastien Trudeau and Zach O'Brien scored in the shootout as the Titan downed P.E.I.
Jonathan Lessard and Christophe Losier scored in regulation time for Acadie-Bathurst (13-6-0).
Felipe Corbo and Philippe Paradis replied for the Rocket (10-8-1).
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Tigres 4 Sagueneens 1
At Chicoutimi, Que., Philip-Michael Devos scored on a penalty shot to cap Victoriaville's victory over Chicoutimi.
Guillaume Goulet, Carl-Antoine Delisle and Yanni Gourde also tallied for the Tigres (10-9-1).
Guillaume Asselin was the lone scorer for the Sagueneens (6-9-4).
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Voltigeurs 5 Oceanic 1
At Drummondville, Que., Nicolas Dionne, Ondrej Palat and Marc-Olivier Vachon had power-play goals as the Voltigeurs knocked around Rimouski.
Sean Couturier and Mathieu Guertin also scored for Drummondville (13-6-2).
Charles-Antoine Roy provided all the offence for the Oceanic (9-12-0).
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Sea Dogs 7 Huskies 0
At Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Stanislav Galiev and Michael Kirkpatrick each had two goals and an assist as Saint John rocked the Huskies.
Mike Thomas had a goal and two assists for the Sea Dogs (15-3-1), while Gabriel Bourret and Danick Gauthier added singles. Frederic Piche made 28 saves for the shutout.
Mickael Audette stopped 29 of 35 shots in net for Rouyn-Noranda (4-13-2), while Jeffrey Noonan turned aside 8 of 9 in relief.
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