Music: {allcanada} QMJHL: MOOSEHEADS AVOID ELIMINATION BY BEATING REMPARTS

Friday, April 13, 2012

{allcanada} QMJHL: MOOSEHEADS AVOID ELIMINATION BY BEATING REMPARTS

The Halifax Mooseheads aren't going down as easily as the Quebec Remparts may have thought.

Facing elimination, Nathan MacKinnon scored the winning goal at 8:02 of the third period as the Mooseheads defeated the visiting Remparts 3-2 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action.

Halifax has now won back-to-back contests against Quebec, both by one goal, after dropping the first three games of the series.

For MacKinnon, it was just his first goal in three outings but it does give him a total of 10 goals in nine post-season contests, which leads his club.

Cameron Critchlow and Trey Lewis also scored for the Mooseheads while Jonathan Drouin chipped in with two assists.

MacKinnon also picked up an assist to earn the game's first star.

Martin Lefebvre and Gabriel Desjardins each scored for the Remparts, who have mustered only three goals in their two losses after scoring 13 goals in their three victories.

Zachary Fucale stopped 24 shots for the win while Louis Domingue turned away 34 shots in a losing effort.

Halifax failed to score on the power play, going 0 for 4, as Quebec scored once on five opportunities with the man advantage.

The Remparts now lead the quarter-final series 3-2 with Game 6 scheduled to take place on Monday in Quebec City at the Colisee Pepsi.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL, it was: Shawinigan 7, Chicoutmi 3 and Blainville-Boisbriand 3, Rimouski 2.

At Halifax, N.S, Critchlow opened the scoring at 17:27 of the first period to give the Mooseheads a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.

Lefebvre tied it up for Quebec with a power-play goal 3:13 into the second period.

Halifax fired 19 shots at Domingue in the middle period and they were able to regain a one-goal lead at 11:43 when Lewis scored his first goal of the post season.

1:21 into the third period Desjardins made it 2-2 but MacKinnon put away the eventual winner at 8:02.

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Cataractes 7 Sagueneens 3

At Shawinigan, Que., Pierre-Olivier Morin and Loik Poudrier scored 1:38 apart in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and Alex Dubeau turned away 24 shots as the Cataractes downed Chicoutimi for a 3-2 series lead.

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Armada 3 Oceanic 2

At Boisbriand, Que., the Armada scored three straight goals, erasing a 2-0 defecit, including Tommy Giroux's winner at 18:06 of the third period, to take a 3-2 series lead against Rimouski.