Music: {allcanada} COUTURIER NETS TWO AS VOLTIGEURS WIN AGAIN

Sunday, February 27, 2011

{allcanada} COUTURIER NETS TWO AS VOLTIGEURS WIN AGAIN

Top prospect Sean Couturier kept the Drummondville Voltigeurs win streak going on Sunday afternoon.

Couturier scored twice, including in overtime, as the Voltigeurs rallied past the Lewiston Maineiacs 5-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

The 18-year-old centre's power-play goal put the game away for Drummondville with just 17 seconds left in the extra period.

Couturier's game-winning goal capped the Voltigeurs' five-goal rally.

Drummondville has now won seven consecutive games, the longest active streak in the QMJHL after the Montreal Juniors and Saint John Sea Dogs saw their lengthy rolls come to an end on Friday and Saturday respectively.

The streak has put the Voltigeurs into third place in the QMJHL's overall standings, one point ahead of the idle Quebec Remparts.

Couturier is currently ranked second in the NHL Central Scouting bureau's rankings of North American draft-eligible skaters.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL it was: Chicoutimi 4 Baie-Comeau 2; Gatineau 6 Rouyn-Noranda 1; Saint John 6 Shawinigan 3 and Montreal 6 Moncton 5 (SO). At Lewiston, Maine, Andre Bouvet-Morrissette's second goal forced overtime for Drummondville (40-14-7). Simon Tardif-Richard also scored.

Antoine Houde-Caron had a pair of goals as Lewiston (36-22-3) jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the midway point of the game. Olivier Dame-Malka and Stefan Fournier chipped in as well.

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Sagueneens 4 Drakkar 2

At Chicoutimi, Que., Dominic Poulin had the eventual winner as the Sagueneens raced past Baie-Comeau.

Nicolas Therrien had a power-play goal for Chicoutimi (27-23-11), while Alexandre Lavoie and Gabriel Vermette also scored as the Sagueneens had a 4-0 lead by the 15:34 point of the second period.

Jean-Philippe Caron struck twice for the Drakkar (10-42-9).

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Olympiques 6 Huskies 1

At Gatineau, Que., Hubert Labrie and Tommy Tremblay both scored twice as the Olympiques handled Rouyn-Noranda.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a short-handed goal for Gatineau (36-17-8) and Philip-Michael Devos put away his 42nd of the season.

Anthony Verret was the lone scorer for the Huskies (9-46-5).

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Sea Dogs 6 Cataractes 3

At Shawinigan, Que., Zack Phillips had a pair of goals and a pair of assists as Saint John rebounded with a win over Shawinigan.

Stanislav Galiev struck twice for the Sea Dogs (51-6-3), who saw their 22-game point streak come to an end Saturday night. Eric Gelinas and Tomas Jurco also scored.

Loik Poudrier's two goals led the Cataractes (37-20-3) and Jean-Francois Plante had a marker of his own.

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Juniors 6 Wildcats 5 (SO)

At Verdun, Que., Viktor Hertzberg and Jeremy Gouchie scored in the shootout as Montreal topped Moncton.

Hertzberg also scored for the Juniors (43-10-8) on a penalty shot in the second period. Montreal Canadiens prospect Louis Leblanc had a hat trick, with all three goals coming on the power play, and added a single. Trevor Parkes also found the back of the net.

Marek Hrivik and Brandon Gormley both scored twice for the Wildcats (30-22-8), while Allain Saulnier added a single.