The top-ranked Saint John Sea Dogs swept their way into the second round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs Wednesday with a 4-0 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on a night where five teams were eliminated from the post-season.
Stanislav Galiev, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nathan Beaulieu had a goal and an assist each as the Sea Dogs completed the four-game sweep on the road. Zack Phillips added three assists and Michael Kirkpatrick also scored to round out the scoring.
Mathieu Corbeil earned the win in his first start of the playoffs while Andrew Hayes suffered the loss for Cape Breton.
The Sea Dogs will open the QMJHL quarter-finals at home, with Games 1 scheduled for April 8.
The second-ranked Montreal Juniors, third-ranked Quebec Remparts and fourth-ranked Drummondville Voltigeurs also completed first-round sweeps. Montreal beat Halifax 4-2, Quebec downed Val-d'Or 5-2 and Drummondville edged Chicoutimi 5-4 to advance to the next round.
In the only upset so far in the first round, 11th-ranked Victoriaville completed a sweep of sixth-ranked Acadie-Bathurst with a 4-3 overtime win. The Tigres were the only home team to win on Wednesday's eight-game schedule.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL it was: Shawinigan 4 P.E.I. 2; Lewiston 4 Moncton 3 (OT); and Gatineau 4 Rimouski 3 (OT).
At Sydney, N.S., after a scoreless 20 minutes the Sea Dogs began to open things up in the second period, outshooting the Eagles 19-6.
Galiev opened the scoring at the five-minute mark of the second, backhanding a rebound past Hayes after the goalie was handcuffed by a Phillips shot. It was the fifth goal of the playoffs for Galiev, who has scored in all four post-season games.
Huberdeau scored the first short-handed at 9:44 of the second. Eric Gelinas attempted to send a high clearance around the glass in the defensive end only to have the puck take a wild bounce out front. Phillips collected the puck and sent Huberdeau on a breakaway, and he beat Hayes for his fifth goal of the playoffs.
Kirkpatrick scored another short-handed goal at 6:07 of the third period. The North Sydney, N.S., native chased down a puck at top speed, picked it up near the offensive blue-line, deked to his forehand and slipped it between the legs of Hayes.
Beaulieu rounded out the scoring at 9:11 of the third, finishing a pretty passing play with Galiev and Phillips.
Juniors 4 Mooseheads 2
At Halifax, Jeremy Gouchie had a goal and two assists as Montreal swept the Mooseheads.
Trevor Parkes had a goal and an assist while Louis Leblanc and Philippe Lefebvre also scored for the Juniors.
Konrad Abeltshauser and Gabriel Desjardins replied for Halifax.
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Remparts 5 Foreurs 2
At Val-d'Or, Que., Jonathan Audy-Marchessault had a goal and four assists as Quebec eliminated the Foreurs.
Joel Champagne had a goal and two assists while Ryan Bourque, Frederick Roy and Tomas Filippi also scored for the Remparts.
Olivier Archambault and Alexandre Carrier scored for Val-d'Or, while Connor Gagnon had two assists.
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Voltigeurs 5 Sagueneens 4
At Chicoutimi, Que., Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist as Drummondville advanced to the next round with a win over the Sagueneens.
Pier-Antoine Dion, Charles-David Beaudoin and Marc-Olivier Vachon also scored for Drummondville, while Sean Couturier added two assists.
Nicolas Therrien had a goal and two assists for Chicoutimi. Alexandre Lavoie, Steve Lebel and Gabriel Vermette also scored and Charles Hudon had two assists.
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Tigres 4 Titan 3 (OT)
At Victoriaville, Que., Yannick Dube scored in overtime as the Tigres completed a sweep of Acadie-Bathurst.
Phillip Danault, Carl-Antoine Delisle and Brandon Hynes also scored for the Tigres.
Sebastien Trudeau, Gabriel Levesque and Marc-Olivier Mimar scored for the Titan.
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Cataractes 4 Rocket 2
At Charlottetown, Dave Labrecque, Peter Sakaris and Michael Bournival each had a goal and an assist as Shawinigan beat P.E.I.
Maximilien Le Sieur also scored for the Cataractes.
Ben Duffy and Philippe Paradis scored for the Rocket.
Shawinigan leads the series 3-1. Game 5 is Friday in Charlottetown.
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Maineiacs 4 Wildcats 3 (OT)
At Moncton, N.B., Etienne Brodeur scored his second goal of the game in overtime and added an assist as Lewiston beat the Wildcats.
Pierre-Olivier Morin and Kirill Kabanov each had a goal and two assists for Lewiston.
Allain Saulnier, Devon MacAusland and Alex Saulnier scored for Moncton, while Marek Hrivik assisted on all three Wildcat goals.
The Maineiacs lead the series 3-1. Game 5 is Friday in Lewiston, Maine.
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Olympiques 4 Oceanic 3 (OT)
At Rimouski, Que., Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored in overtime to lead Gatineau over the Oceanic.
Hubert Labrie, Raphael Lafontaine and Philip-Michael Devos also scored for the Olympiques.
Felix Lefrancois, Jarrad Struthers and Petr Straka scored for Rimouski.
Gatineau leads the series 3-1 and hosts Game 5 on Friday.
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