The Voltigeurs saw five different players hit the target in a convincing 5-1 victory against the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday in Drummondville.
The Voltigeurs take a 2-0 lead in their semi-final series, which moves to Victoriaville for the next two games.
Mikael Huchette scored and had an assist in the victory. Noah Reinhart, Luke Woodworth, Peter Repcik and Mikaël Diotte also found the back of the net.
Sam Oliver collected two assists and goaltender Riley Mercer stopped 20 shots for the Voltigeurs.
Justin Larose scored the only goal for his team in the defeat. Nathan Darveau blocked 28 of 33 shots aimed at him.
Darveau was punished late in the match and Gabriel D’Aigle played the last 1:22 of the game, making two saves in front of the Tigres cage.
The Voltigeurs opened the scoring when Reinhart scored his fifth goal of the series, after 3:58 of play.
Midway through the first period, Huchette doubled his team’s lead with his third goal of the series. Scoring against the Tigres, Huchette has found the back of the net in every series so far for his team. He scored once against the Saint-Jean Sea Dogs and once against the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
At 8:57 of the second period, Woodworth made it 3-0 on a power play for the Voltigeurs.
Larose gave his team hope with a goal early in the third period. The Tigers winger made Woodworth, who had been punished in the previous minute for a stick carried too high, pay.
Repcik gave the Voltigeurs a three-goal lead with nine minutes left in regulation. Huchette and Alexis Gendron were accomplices on the goal.
Diotte then came to seal the outcome of the match with a power play. The defender scored his third goal of the playoffs and his team’s fifth in the game, with less than five minutes to go.
