Shawinigan wins in OT after a wild finish vs. Islanders
Xavier Bourgault scored at 2:50 of extra time to raise the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 4-3 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders in a recreation that featured a wild end.
The victory offers the Cataractes a 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven Quebec Main Junior Hockey League President Cup last.
With the groups tied 2-2, Dawson Stairs scored with 1:17 remaining in regulation time to offer the Islanders a 3-2 lead.
However much more drama was to comply with. With 1:11 remaining, after a dialog by the officers, the Islanders’ Xavier Simoneau was assessed a minor penalty for what was listed as a faceoff infraction on the official recreation abstract on the league web site. The penalty, which gave the impression to be known as by a linesman, got here off a draw at centre ice as Simoneau tried to regulate a puck within the air.
That decision drew a loud refrain of boos from the sellout crowd of three,641 followers, which solely received louder after Pierrick Dubé scored with six seconds remaining in regulation time to tie the sport. Followers continued to indicate their displeasure with the officiating by throwing rubbish on the ice after the Cataractes scored the game-winning objective.
The Cataractes opened the scoring at 5:49 of the primary interval as Dallas Stars’ draft decide Mavrik Bourque beat left-handed Islanders goaltender Franky Lapenna to the stick facet.
Shawinigan took a 1-0 lead into the primary interval; regardless of being outshot 16-5 within the opening 20 minutes. The Islanders had a first-period objective disallowed due to goaltender interference.
The Islanders continued to press within the second interval, and at last broke by way of at 9:53 when defenceman Lukas Cormier blasted the puck previous Charles-Antoine Lavallée from the left-wing boards.
Then at 11:42, Cormier blasted the puck from the purpose previous a crowd in entrance Lavallée to offer the Islanders their first lead of the collection, 2-1. Cormier’s second objective additionally marked the primary power-play marker within the collection for the Islanders.
The Cataractes tied the sport with 9:47 remaining within the third interval as Bourque deposited a rebound into an open web to set the stage for a nail-biting end.
Video games 3 and 4 are in Shawinigan, Que., on June 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., Atlantic Time (Max 93.1 FM and The Sports activities Community).
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