- Alex Mercier capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning goal 4:17 into overtime as the Moncton Wildcats edged the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4-3 to complete the sweep in their QMJHL semifinal series Caleb Desnoyers and Juraj Pekarcik added the other scores for Moncton Rémi Gélinas and Alexis Lemire replied for Rouyn-Noranda Isaac Ménard scored two minutes into double overtime and the Shawinigan Cataractes earned a 3-2 win over the Rimouski Océanic on Wednesday to even their best-of-seven series at 2-2 in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinals Brogan McNeil and Kody Dupuis contributed to the scoring in regulation for Shawinigan which has won two in a row at home in the series with the game-tying goal with 1:14 left in the third period This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30 Les Huskies annoncent avoir signé l’attaquant de 19 ans, Rémi Gélinas Ce dernier avait commencé la saison avec les Hawks de Hawkesbury dans la CCHL Il fera ses débuts dans la LHJMQ en fin de semaine face aux Cataractes de Shawinigan et aux Tigres de Victoriaville At least the introductions are out of the way now The Halifax Mooseheads and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies got a sense of each other in Game 1 of their second-round series on Friday but the first impression wasn’t as favourable for the Mooseheads as their last playoff opponent The Huskies won the opener 4-1 in front of a 2,531 fans at the Glencore Arena in Rouyn-Noranda compared to the first round when the Mooseheads got the jump on the Drummondville Voltigeurs Subscribe now to access this story and more: Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience “They’re an elite team,” Mooseheads head coach Andrew Lord said “They play at one of the fastest paces in the league they forecheck and they’re four lines deep and they’re super relentless so they made it hard on us tonight It is a different style (than Drummondville) and I think there was certainly a learning curve with that tonight and now we’ve got to be able to apply that to tomorrow’s game We’re all going to need to be a notch better.” The turnaround time between the first and second round was also as brief as it gets for the Mooseheads Their series with the Voltigeurs only ended on Tuesday so they travelled straight to Rouyn-Noranda from Drummondville where they did their best to cram in their preparation for a new team while also refuelling emotionally and physically “I don’t think that’s an excuse,” Lord said you’d prefer to win a series in less than seven games but we had to fight and claw to get here and that’s where we’re at right now We still had two days and it’s easy travel in this league in playoffs We’re flying so we just need to be better – all of us – and I really believe we will be tomorrow.” Getting into holes early in games is something the Mooseheads try to avoid as much as possible but the Huskies brought their notorious firepower in the first period to take control They went ahead 2-0 in the opening 15 minutes and then stretched it to 4-1 in the second period so the Mooseheads couldn’t quite get their footing because they had to chase the game virtually all night “One of our first chances against was a breakaway so that’s a problem,” Lord said “We obviously talked about their fast break and how they send guys long but it’s easy to watch it in video I’m really hopeful we’re going to adjust to the pace tomorrow and play a little bit of a smarter harder game and make it more difficult on them from the opening puck drop.” Benjamin Brunelle and Alexis Lemire were the Rouyn-Noranda scorers and Samuel Meloche stopped 19 shots Quinn Kennedy had Halifax’s goal and Jacob Steinman made 36 saves 4 and 5 (if necessary) in Halifax on Tuesday Games 6 and 7 are scheduled for the following Monday and Tuesday back in Rouyn-Noranda Eddy Doyle and Caylen Blake did not play for the Mooseheads because of injuries Defenceman Ryan Fletcher and forward Cole MacLeod were added to the lineup Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page The British Virgin Islands is an explorer's dream with more than 60 isles and cays to discover Expert-backed tips and a step-by-step breakdown to ward off these pests We tried it: Filtrete Smart Tower and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool Formaldehyde HP09 transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy ON native is in his THIRD season in the CCHL with the Hawks It’s a statement that can be made almost every year; facing the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies is no easy feat the dogs of the north are on their way to finishing above .500 for the third straight campaign and 17th time in the past 22 seasons Helping keeping this record of consistency intact is a solid mix of players representing various age groups providing support on both sides of the puck the club which scored 301 goals last campaign keeps finding the back of the net finds himself in the top five of this year’s derby entering the final stretch of the regular season He’s teamed up alongside the electrifying Bill Zonnon who’s stayed with his veteran teammate every step of the way on the scoresheet in his all-important NHL Draft year Lars Steiner made his way over from hockey-crazed Davos Switzerland to make a statement in an impressive rookie season This impressive group was further enhanced with the signing of Rémi Gélinas from the CCHL Hawkesbury Hawks Through his first month and a half in Rouyn-Noranda the 2026 Clarkson University commit has averaged more than one goal per game With a gameplan that tends to lean on the offensive there has probably been more high-scoring affairs than Steve Hartley and his coaching staff would prefer puck moving blueliner Ty Higgins has proven that sometimes the best defense is to simply keep advancing the puck into the attacking zone 20-year-old Alex Carr and sophomore Alexis Lemire have done a valiant effort of patrolling their own zone Samuel Meloche took over the reins to start his first full season of QMJHL action and hasn’t looked back A trade period deal to bolster the situation in nets led to 6’4’’ goaltender Zach Pelletier making his way from the Gatineau Olympiques a dangerous attack and the ability to compete – and beat – their fellow contenders Make no mistake; the Huskies are once again aiming to finish atop the pack this spring which of these skaters has had the best playoffs so far nous utilisons des technologies telles que les cookies pour stocker et/ou accéder aux informations sur l'appareil Le consentement à ces technologies nous permettra de traiter des données telles que le comportement de navigation ou des identifiants uniques sur ce site Le fait de ne pas consentir ou de retirer son consentement peut affecter négativement certaines caractéristiques et fonctions - Remi Gelinas scored twice on the power play as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 6-2 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Arena Glencore Lucas Veilleux and Bill Zonnon also scored for the Huskies (30-18-3-5) who led 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third Ty Higgins and Zonnon each chipped in with two assists Maxim Masse and Thomas Desruisseaux scored for the Sagueneens (33-14-3-7) The Huskies went 3-for-4 on the power play and the visiting Rimouski Oceanic rolled past the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-1 Lou Levesque also scored for the East Division-leading Oceanic (41-12-2-2) Justin Gendron scored for the Drakkar (31-22-3-1) who were tied 1-1 after the opening period but trailed 3-1 heading into the third — Renaud Poulin's first-period goal stood up as the winner as the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs beat the Charlottetown Islanders 1-0 in a battle of superb goaltenders Riley Mercer stopped 37 shots for the Central Division-leading Voltigeurs (35-16-3-3) to record the shutout while Nicolas Ruccia stopped 27 of 28 shots for the Islanders (27-26-2-1) — Romain Litalien and Joseph Henneberry each scored twice and the Cape Breton Eagles beat the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs 6-3 Tomas Lavoie and Joseph Henneberry also scored for the Eagles (29-19-4-3) Tyler Peddle and Olivier scored for the Sea Dogs (20-37-0-0) — Markus Vidicek scored at 4:15 of overtime as the Moncton Wildcats rallied from a three-goal deficit to post a 4-3 win over the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Preston Lounsbury and Julius Sumpf also scored for the Maritimes Division-leading Wildcats (45-9-2-0) who trailed 3-1 heading into the third period Loke Johansson chipped in with two assists Matt Gosselin and Mateo Nobert scored for the West Division-leading Armada (32-17-5-2) Brandon Delarosbil had a goal and two assists and the Sherbrooke Phoenix whipped the visiting Victoriaville Tigres 8-2 Alexis Doucet and Hugo Primeau also scored for the Phoenix (31-19-2-4) Florent Houle and Olivier Lampron each chipped in with three assists while Hugo Marcil and Mavrick Lachance each added a pair of helpers Eliott Simard and Olivier Houde scored for the Tigres (15-38-1-3) * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1 The Halifax Mooseheads made history in Drummondville on Tuesday night Their 2-0 win over the Voltigeurs in Game 7 of their first round best-of-seven clinched a 4-3 victory 16 seed in the QMJHL’s long existence to win a playoff series The massive upset moves the Mooseheads into the second round where they’ll face the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies “It was just a really fun series,” Mooseheads head coach Andrew Lord said “We had a lot of belief and we could see improvement all through the regular season … We had a lot of close games and lost a few one-goal games that we probably should’ve won but we really found our consistency in the playoffs They all played hard and we got great leadership from our three 20-year-olds – Jacob Steinman This has been such a fun couple of weeks.” In what’s become typical Mooseheads fashion committed to tight team defence and then waited patiently for scoring opportunities That chance finally came after more than 38 minutes of scoreless hockey when defenceman Carlos Handel threaded a wrist shot through a crowd from the point and into the Drummondville net it was nearly an entire third period of tension as the Mooseheads desperately hung on to that slim lead finally exhaling when Liam Kilfoil clinched it with an empty-netter in the final minute “That was obviously a huge goal and it was nice to see him put it in and give us that cushion,” Lord said They push themselves every day and they show up ready to get better There’s great camaraderie in our group and we have a lot of character Those are things that make a difference in the playoffs.” The other familiar element in the script was incredible goaltending from Steinman It’s impossible to overstate just how good he’s been since coming to the Mooseheads in a January 6 trade from the Moncton Wildcats and this was another demonstration of perfection He turned aside 38 shots for the shutout to earn the game’s first star “He made a bunch of highlight-reel saves and he’s our rock back there And he’s just an awesome guy to have around The guys also defended really well tonight in front of him They had good sticks and blocked a lot of shots so that part of our game was also really good.” The Mooseheads managed to pull off the improbable victory without four of their regulars and now face the No 6 overall Huskies in a series that will start on the road on Friday That doesn’t give the Mooseheads much time to reset but they already proved they can do that after they rebounded from a 6-0 loss to the Voltigeurs in Game 6 on Monday “We’ll have a couple of days so we want to get some rest and it would be nice to get healthy and maybe get a couple of guys back,” Lord said “We’re going to enjoy this right now and then we’ll get right back to it.” One of two teams to surpass the 300-goal mark in 2023-24 the Huskies now deal with the inevitable roster turnover that is part of the major junior cycle But they’ll be doing so with last year’s scoring champion One of the players who should best benefit from Verreault’s puck distribution skills is electrifying third-year winger Bill Zonnon He joins center Thomas Verdon and winger Benjamin Brunelle as returning forwards who will be relied upon to be difference makers on a Huskies squad that features a reduction in depth but some impressive parts at the top of the lineup nonetheless Winger Lars Steiner comes to Rouyn-Noranda from Switzerland where he was regarded as a driver on offense at all levels it’s more like his 11th after spending parts of ten campaigns with the Halifax Mooseheads and Drummondville Voltigeurs A Memorial Cup Champion as an Assistant Coach with the 2013 Mooseheads and an accomplished Head Coach with the Voltigeurs who arrived in Rouyn-Noranda as a mid-season replacement behind the bench last season has already developed a reputation for maximizing the potential of the teams he has led most notably a Voltigeurs squad which stunned the league with a seventh-place finish in 2019-20 a season which was supposed to usher in a rebuild in Drummondville This year’s Huskies pose a similar challenge And with a relatively level playing field in the Western Conference all bets should be off regarding what this group might be capable of with Hartley behind the bench This might be not only the most intriguing question surrounding the Huskies but the one that most greatly decides their final placement in the standings come March the focus will shift to a pair of returnees in Ty Higgins and Alex Carr to both stabilize matters in their own zone while launching the counterattack once in possession of the puck Among those making their debuts on the blue line are Antoine St-Laurent a reliable presence with last year’s Telus Cup Champion Magog Cantonniers and Harijs Cjunskis a Latvian-born blueliner with offensive touch and leadership abilities who has spent the past five seasons developing in Switzerland with the Lugano program who takes over starting goaltender duties from William Rousseau He’ll be backed up by 2023 second-rounder Samuel Meloche HALIFAX — Liam Kilfoil scored the shootout winner to lead the Halifax Mooseheads to a 2-1 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Friday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Daniel Walters scored the game's opening goal at 10:09 of the second period for Halifax (8-6-2) Mathis Rousseau made 48 saves between regulation and overtime in the win Bill Zonnon netted the game-tying goal at 6:38 of the third period to eventually send it to extra time for Rouyn-Noranda (8-3-2-3) Samuel Meloche stopped 17 shots in the loss — Korney Korneyev knocked in the game-winning goal 37 seconds into overtime as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens edged the Drummondville Voltigeurs 3-2 with the game-tying score at 6:06 of the third period Marc-Olivier Beaudry and Luke Woodworth netted goals for Drummondville (12-3-1-1) CHARLOTTETOWN — Egor Goriunov capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning score as four seconds remained in the contest and the Charlottetown Islanders narrowly edged the Cape Breton Eagles 4-3 Mathis Valente and Alexis Michaud added a goal apiece for Charlottetown (4-10-1-1) which outshot the Eagles 11-2 in the final frame Cam Squires and Jacob Newcombe replied for Cape Breton (7-7-0-1) BAIE-COMEAU — Justin Poirier had four goals and two assists as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar crushed the Gatineau Olympiques 8-2 Jérémy Leroux and Louis-Charles Plourde provided the rest of the offence for Baie-Comeau (9-5-1) Isaiah Parent and Lukas Landry scored for Gatineau (2-12-1) ACADIE-BATHURST — Blake Pilgrim-Edwards had a goal and two assists in helping the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 6-4 win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs Maddex Marmulak and David-Alexandre Coulombe also scored for Acadie-Bathurst (11-5-0) Alexandre Guy and Philippe Veilleux replied for Val-d'Or (4-10-1) — Louis-Antoine Denault earned a 24-save shutout as the Québec Remparts downed the Sherbrooke Phoenix 5-0 Loic Goyette and Nathan Quinn provided the offence for Québec (7-9-1) Jacob Brochu stopped 20-of-25 shots for Sherbrooke (9-6-0) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov The playoff road came to an end for the Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday They left everything they had on the ice but couldn’t extend their second-round series with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies The Huskies won 5-1 in front of 7,251 fans at the Scotiabank Centre to complete a 4-0 sweep of the best-of-seven we would’ve loved to have a better performance in the second round but you learn a lot with the losses and that’s what you want with a young team,” Mooseheads centre Braeden MacPhee said Round one was such a success and that was the next step with this group We learned how to have success and I’m so proud of how we battled even though the score might not have shown it “I think we really put our hearts out there and that’s why we’re maybe a little more upbeat right now because we know we gave it our all.” There was no denying the Mooseheads’ willingness to keep their underdog run going but their bodies had other ideas After a draining seven-game series against the Drummondville Voltigeurs in the first round and relentless pressure from the Huskies in this round there just wasn’t much left in the tank by the end “It was a quick turnaround and it’s something you can’t even train and prepare for They have a great group over there and they played their game really well.” It didn’t help that injuries kept piling up Defenceman Carlos Handel left Game 3 on Tuesday and couldn’t go on Wednesday leaving the Mooseheads without five regulars Eddy Doyle and Caylen Blake didn’t play all series so the depth was put to an extreme test Halifax only had four regular defencemen still standing – Brady Schultz Lincoln Waugh and Mathieu Taillefer – and affiliate players Logan Trewin and Ryan Fletcher needed to fill in just to give them six bodies “Injuries definitely played a part,” Schultz said “We didn’t have one d-man who was healthy out there it sucks but that’s playoff hockey and every single guy was battling through something the Huskies swarmed the Mooseheads every chance they got They pursued them non-stop in their own zone and didn’t give them any room to breathe anywhere else on the ice It was enough to overwhelm the Mooseheads early as the Huskies outshot them 20-3 in the first period on their way to taking a 3-0 lead it was just a matter of keeping that rolling and letting the clock run out “That’s a great team with a great forecheck and I think that’s what our team’s going to look like in another year or two,” Schultz said “They’re relentless so I’ve got to hand it to them it wasn’t the first period we wanted but I think we gave it all we had we were just so out of gas from that first round Samuel Rousseau and Remi Gelinas had the goals for Rouyn-Noranda and Samuel Meloche stopped 11 shots Quinn Kennedy scored for Halifax and Jacob Steinman made 35 saves it stings for the Mooseheads but they see it as much as a beginning as an end Steinman and MacPhee – are aging out of the league so the vast majority of the roster will be back next season The experience the young players gained in this run will be invaluable by this time next year “You could even see it this year,” Schultz said this was their first playoff taste and they completely blew away any expectations anyone had This team is set up for some really good success especially with (Andrew Lord) as the head coach He’s awesome and this team’s going to be really special.” There is no doubt that Mathis Rousseau is the best goaltender in the QMJHL and it was case in point on Friday night at Scotiabank Centre where he was serenaded by 8000+ fans chanting his name in a 2-1 shootout victory over Rouyn-Noranda The overage netminder was nearly unbeatable with 48 saves through regulation and overtime while going a perfect three-for-three in the shootout to earn the first star of the game especially in the first 40 minutes of action that saw the home team outshot 33-5 but it was the stellar play of Rousseau that allowed Halifax to take a 1-0 lead into the final period of regulation Box Score Rookie Danny Walters scored his first home-ice goal in his hometown when he buried the perfect feed from fellow rookie Amelio Santini midway through the middle stanza That stood as the only offense for either side until the Huskies finally cracked Rousseau on their 41st shot of the game when Bill Zonnon posted up at the top of the crease and deflected a point shot to tie the game 1-1 at the 6:38 mark of the third period Rouyn-Noranda chose to play a cautious overtime frame and did not put much pressure on the Herd despite having a dominant amount of puck possession time That poor strategy played into the hands of the Moose who were more than happy to take their chances in the shootout with Rousseau at his best between the pipes The goalie was perfect on the three Rouyn-Noranda attempts and Liam Kilfoil played the role of hero by sniping a beautiful goal to end it on the third Halifax shot Final shots in the game were 49-18 Huskies and the crowd took over with the Rousseau chants once again as they anxiously predicted his name to be called as the first star The game saw the return to the lineup of both Captain Brady Schultz and forward Shawn Carrier from the injured list Carrier suffered an upper body during the second period and played sparingly the rest of the night He will have his upper body injury reassessed prior to the next game and is considered day-to-day The win snapped a three-game slide by the Moose who were coming off an unfavourable road trip from last weekend and improved their record to 8-6-2-0 with another tough matchup on the way this Sunday at Scotiabank Centre. The CHL’s #1 ranked Moncton Wildcats will visit at 3pm for Kids Day in Moose Country. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.ca There’s barely time for the Halifax Mooseheads to catch their breath at the moment but you won’t catch anyone complaining The Mooseheads pulled off one of the biggest upsets in league history by beating the Drummondville Voltigeurs in seven games in the first round It’s well-known by now it was the first time ever a No 16 seed won a QMJHL playoff series and Halifax’s reward is another Goliath in the second round which will include travel to Northern Quebec before going at it again with another team that was miles ahead of them in the regular season standings The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies finished in a tie for fifth place overall with a 37-19-3-5 record and 82 points giving them a 34-point advantage over the 16th-place Mooseheads (19-35-8-2) But that was the same script in the opening round against the third-overall Voltigeurs and the Mooseheads did not flinch The players and head coach Andrew Lord beat the drum all series about the confidence they have in themselves and they didn’t fold even after losing several regulars to injuries “I don’t think we’ve blinked once,” Halifax captain Brady Schultz said during the Drummondville series “There’s been belief in this group from the start no matter who we got we could give anybody a run for their money if we play hard and buy in.” So with the brief interlude rapidly coming to a close here’s what to expect leading up to Game 1 in Rouyn-Noranda on Friday: Offence: This is the most pronounced mismatch heading into the series The Huskies produced the second-most goals in the league during the regular season (258) while the Mooseheads were second-to-last (155) Rouyn-Noranda overager Antonin Verreault (85 points) and Bill Zonnon (83) both finished in the top seven in the Q scoring race and Lars Steiner was the second highest-scoring rookie (60) The Huskies had 12 players with double digit goal totals so there is also depth Halifax’s top scorer was Quinn Kennedy with 47 points Liam Kilfoil (46) and Shawn Carrier (44) both hit the 40-point plateau but the next highest-scoring forward was Braeden MacPhee with 28 points low-scoring games was the Mooseheads’ bread and butter against the Voltigeurs so they’ll need to execute that same formula in round two Defence: This is where the statistical comparison is almost a wash Rouyn-Noranda gave up the 11th-most goals (210) during the regular season finishing just slightly ahead of Halifax (231 And if you remove the Mooseheads’ 6-0 loss in Game 6 in the first round they only surrendered 13 goals the rest of the series for a per-game average of 2.17 The kingpins on the Huskies blueline are overagers Ty Higgins and Alex Carr Higgins led all Q defencemen with 67 points and Middle Sackville’s Carr had 45 points and was plus-29 Carr is also the team captain and originally played for the Mooseheads after they took him in the fourth round of the 2020 draft Halifax traded him to Rouyn-Noranda for a fourth-round pick during training camp in 2021 Schultz leads his team in playoff scoring with six points and holds the franchise record for career points by a defenceman Mathieu Taillefer and Carlos Handel all raised their game in the first round while Lincoln Waugh and affiliate Ryan Fletcher were outstanding in expanded roles after replacing Eddy Doyle and Justin Chiras because of injuries Goaltending: Jacob Steinman was the first star three times and the second star once for the Mooseheads against the Voltigeurs which speaks to his importance to the team He faced an average of 38 shots per game in the first round and finished with a .943 save percentage and 2.43 goals against average the 20-year-old is universally respected inside the dressing room and is a tremendous leader There is no debate about who the Mooseheads’ playoff MVP is so far Samuel Meloche is only 17 years old but was the third goalie drafted in 2023 so he has a sterling pedigree He appeared in 51 of 64 regular season games and won 30 of them then lowered his goals against average to 1.93 in the playoffs and has a .917 save percentage so he shouldn’t be an issue for the Huskies the numbers favour the Huskies on paper so discipline will be critical for the Mooseheads Rouyn-Noranda had the third-best power play during the regular season (27.2 per cent) and the sixth-best penalty kill (79.5) Halifax was 15th with the man advantage (17.4) and 13th while shorthanded (76.9) there is an ex-Mooseheads coach running the opposing team’s bench Steve Hartley was an assistant in Halifax for three years including with the 2012-13 QMJHL and Memorial Cup champions Like Dominique Ducharme and Sylvain Favreau he went on to coach the Voltigeurs for several seasons and is now in his second year at the helm in Rouyn-Noranda Andrew Lord is off to a phenomenal start in his first year in Halifax Guiding the Mooseheads to the epic first-round win was icing on the cake after transforming the league’s youngest roster into a competitive Miscellaneous: Neither of the teams’ regular season meetings ended in regulation time The Mooseheads won 2-1 in a shootout on Nov 11 and the Huskies responded with a 4-3 overtime victory in their rink two weeks later … Rouyn-Noranda’s Glencore Arena has the smallest ice surface in the league – 190 by 85 feet Standard rink dimensions in North America are 200 by 85 feet … Game 2 is in Rouyn-Noranda on Saturday at 5 p.m and the next three are scheduled for Halifax on Tuesday Games 6 and 7 are back in Rouyn-Noranda on April 21 and 22 … The Huskies are 12-1-1-0 in their past 14 games Their only loss in the first round was in overtime They eliminated the Gatineau Olympiques in five games … The current injured Mooseheads are Doyle … It’s worth noting Drummondville captain Luke Woodworth is the league scoring leader after the first round with 13 points The Bridgewater native was a 20-year-old this season so he’s out of junior eligibility but he’ll continue his hockey career in the NCAA with the University of Nebraska-Omaha The dam sprung a bit of a leak for the Halifax Mooseheads in Rouyn-Noranda on Saturday The Huskies leaned hard on them in Game 2 of their QMJHL second-round series and the weight was a bit too much to bear The Huskies won 5-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven “The guys will put their best foot forward tomorrow and regroup They’re great that way,” Mooseheads head coach Andrew Lord said “We’ll respond accordingly and that’s all we can do We’ve got to keep going and we’ve got to keep grinding.” There was nothing subtle about the Huskies’ game plan They jumped all over the Mooseheads right from the opening face-off and did not let up even for a single shift They pumped 38 shots at Jacob Steinman in the first two periods on their way to building a 3-0 lead and eventually chased him from the Halifax net midway through the third period when it got to 5-0 It was all about overwhelming the underdog Mooseheads and the Huskies are now in the driver’s seat after accomplishing what every home team sets out to do to open a series “It was another good learning lesson,” Lord said “I thought we mucked it up and grinded in the first (period) so they upped the ante in the first 10 minutes of the second and they were wave after wave all four lines They had us hemmed in for pretty much that whole 10 and then got a couple of goals as a result “It was unfortunate we couldn’t really get our footing back after that we have a couple of days to regroup and get home and go at it again.” the Mooseheads have the benefit of recent experience and a change of scenery working in their favour The Drummondville Voltigeurs gave the Mooseheads all they could handle at different points of the first round but couldn’t break them And the Mooseheads will finally return home after spending the better part of a full week immersed in four intense make-or-break games in Quebec 4 and 5 (if necessary) are scheduled for Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at the Scotiabank Centre “It’s a best-of-seven and there’s still a long way to go,” Lord said Bill Zonnon and Ty Higgins each scored twice for the Huskies and Remi Gelinas had their other goal Samuel Meloche finished with a 19-save shutout and Steinman and Nick Cirka combined to stop 41 shots Caylen Blake and Eddy Doyle remain sidelined for Halifax … Defenceman Ryan Fletcher and forward Cole MacLeod got the call to fill the open spots for the second time in the series MontrealNewsHorne smelter lowered arsenic levels, but locals say it’s not enoughBy The Canadian PressPublished: April 17, 2025 at 4:52PM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved QC – The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped the second game of a three-game Quebec road trip Friday night this time against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6-1 Rouyn-Noranda had six different goal scorers in Benjamin Brunelle Dylan Rozzi scored the lone goal and recorded the only point for Saint John Sea Dogs goaltender Justin Robinson made the initial save on Benjamin Brunelle but Brunelle regained control and lifted it into the top corner at 14:37 in the first period A clean passing play between Alexis Poirier and Antonin Verreault set up Remi Gelinas for a goal three minutes later Ty Higgins blasted a one-timer past Robinson on a feed from Verreault at 13:00 to extend the Huskies lead to 3-0 Huskies goaltender Samuel Meloche mishandled the puck leading to a turnover that Dylan Rozzi capitalized on for his 11th of the season Samuel Rousseau got the puck to Lars Steiner in front of the Sea Dogs net at 16:15 The Huskies continued to pull away early in the third when Nathan Langlois set up Harijs Cjunskis who tucked the puck under Robinson’s arm just two minutes in Langlois broke in shorthanded and found Thomas Verdon who patiently waited out Robinson before sliding the puck around him Box Score Saint John finish up the three-game trip Saturday at the Centre Agnico Eagle against the Val-d’Or Foreurs at 5:00 pm or follow the team on Facebook (Facebook.com/sjseadogs) GAME TICKETS › SCHEDULE › TEAM STORE › SEA DOGS AUCTIONS › 50/50 TICKETS › ROSTER › PLAYER STATS › SYDNEY — The Cape Breton Eagles and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will wrap up their regular season series on Wednesday night Cape Breton will host Rouyn-Noranda for the final time this season when the teams hit the ice at Centre 200 at 7 p.m The Eagles are coming off a 2-0 loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan last Friday while the Huskies picked up a 2-1 win over the Val-d’Or Foreurs on Sunday afternoon in Val-d’Or the Eagles and Huskies met in Rouyn-Noranda with Cape Breton earning a 3-2 shootout victory on Oct Cape Breton has won six of their last seven games dating back to Oct Rouyn-Noranda is 7-2-0-1 in the last 10 games The Eagles (6-6-0-1) are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference while the Huskies are in second place in the Western Conference (8-3-1-2) Cape Breton is led offensively by Joseph Henneberry with seven goals and 12 points followed by Tomas Lavoie with two goals and 12 points and Cole Burbidge with seven goals and 11 points the club is powered by Antonin Verreault with 11 goals and 23 points while Lars Steiner has seven goals and 22 points and Bill Zonnon has six goals and 19 points – all three are in the top 15 in league scoring Rouyn-Noranda enters the game with the best power play in the league The Eagles have the fewest penalty minutes (86) in the league The game will mark the first visit to Cape Breton for former Eagles assistant equipment manager Justin Gagné who left the Sydney-based organization during the offseason to be the Huskies’ full-time equipment manager the Eagles will hit the road for a two-game weekend set with the Charlottetown Islanders Cape Breton will return to home ice on Nov 7 when they host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in a rematch of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series last spring It will be the Drakkar’s only regular season visit to Sydney QUEBEC — Zach Pelletier made 25 saves and the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies got goals from four different players to blank the Quebec Remparts 4-0 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Centre Videotron Antoine St-Laurent and Thomas Verdon scored for the West Division-leading Huskies (19-9-2-5) Netminder Louis-Antoine Denault stopped 30 of 34 shots directed at the Remparts' (15-18-1-2) net The Huskies led 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 heading into the third The Huskies went 1-for-4 on the power play — Donovan Arsenault scored twice and Alix Durocher chipped in with two assists as the visiting Val-d'Or Foreurs defeated the Gatineau Olympiques 3-1 Noah Reinhart also scored for the Foreurs (12-18-3-1) William-Alexis Tremblay scored for the Olympiques (9-19-5-3) who trailed 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 heading into the third — Matyas Melovsky had two goals and an assist and the Baie-Comeau beat the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-2 Louis-Charles Plourde and Anthony Lavoie also scored for the Drakkar (19-14-2-1) Jules Boilard and Alexis Bernier each chipped in with two assists Eliot Ogonowski and Mateo Nobert scored for the Armada (19-15-2-0) Maxwell Jardine and Nathan Leek each had a goal and assist as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs 4-1 Marcus Kearsey and Jabez Seymour also scored for the Islanders (14-19-2-1) Benjamin Amyot scored for the Sea Dogs (16-20-0-0) who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third — Jacob Newcome had a goal and assist and Cam Squires pitched in with three assists as the Cape Breton Eagles toppled the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5-1 Joseph Henneberry and Ales Zielinski also scored for the Eagles (18-14-3-1) Colby Huggan scored for the Titan (20-13-1-1) who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan BY Scott SimpsonPublished Sep 3 There were some light grumblings when Karkwa were announced as headliners for the 2024 edition of the Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FME) this year's edition was high on the "E" of FME meaning the programming skewed strongly toward the emerging and light on the big names as Louis-Jean Cormier and his band of merry men — including François Lafontaine on keys Julien Sagot on guitar and percussion and Stéphane Bergeron on drums — took to the main stage just after 10 p.m it was clear that the choice was a judicious As such, this latest string of dates feels like a victory lap for a band leaning toward legacy status. As noted in Bruno Coulombe's review of Karkwa's last album, it's impossible to overstate the importance of the group in the Québec musical landscape. To date the only francophone winners of the Polaris Music Prize, they've managed to build a discography that's both experimental and accessible and established themselves as one of the province's favourite bands of all time. Their earlier tour dates focused strongly on material off Dans la seconde, and when the band kicked off their set with "Parfaite à l'écran", the first single off what may now be their final album, one feared that this show would follow suit. Those fears were quickly assuaged with a selection of songs from their Polaris-winning 2011 album Les Chemins de verre, including rousing renditions of "Le Pyromane" and "L'acouphène." Be the first to get our biggest stories delivered to your inbox. Sign in Join now, it's FREE! ROUYN-NORANDA - A Quebec author’s newest novel is shedding light on the rich and tumultuous history of Northern Ontario and Quebec during the 1960s and '70s exploring the intertwined narratives of crime Through archival research and real-life stories author Nicole Lemay’s book Rouyn: Going through the 60’s and the 70’s Volume 1 paints a vivid portrait of life in the region’s mining and logging towns and the impact of social and economic challenges on residents “The book talks about how morals and customs were in those days How it was hard for women to survive when their husbands were gone to hotels but also how hard men were working,” she said the one that’s the subject of my book she was married to a man that was a logger One day he didn't come back home and she didn't have money and back then A lot of women had to do that to survive and to feed their families.” Lemay said she went through the archives in Rouyn-Noranda a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region about 30 minutes from the Ontario border “I went through every paper that I could find during the year of 1960 and 1978 and I wrote it down And then I spoke with people who were about 80 to 85 years old who talked about their life during that time Then I created a story around all of it,” she said a Canadian businessman and prospector who headed to Northern Ontario following the discovery of copper and gold on the shores of Lake Osisko so a syndicate of New Liskeard financed the initial mining development And it was in 1923 that Noranda Mines Ltd was born,” Lemay said 66 per cent of prospectors from all over Canada arrived in the area The book also highlights crime and poverty in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Northern Ontario Rouyn was pretty much like a little Montreal I believe it might have had something to do with the Parti Québécois of René Lévesque who wanted the separation of Quebec.” who began writing in 2016 and has since published seven novels said that this English version was requested by members of a Rouyn-Noranda Facebook group as well as by her children and grandchildren so they could learn more about the eras highlighted in her book Writing in English also fulfills a personal goal of connecting with the English-speaking community reflecting her own journey of learning the language later in life Lemay was 26 when she moved to Ontario to learn English and don't bother about the others that say I wanted to do this to show them that you can do something that you want to do,” she said “My goal was to freeze a perfect moment when I was doing photography it's to make the past relived,” she said “Our generation is on the verge of disappearing completely Although times were pretty rough in both cities it goes without saying that they were the best years of my life Lemay's book can be purchased here the exceptional collaboration between the MUHC and the CISSS de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CIUSSSAT) as part of the RUISSS McGill was showered with praise and a prestigious award from the Programme québécois de cancérologie in the category « Organisation des services » (Organisation of Services) entitled Collaborating to better serve the regions: a radiation oncology centre in Abitibi-Témiscamingue lasting ties with the Rouyn-Noranda Hospital’s radio-oncology centre The MUHC played a leading role in the clinical design an essential service corridor has also been set up to compensate for any disruption to radiotherapy services With a population of 150,000 in a remote region of Quebec the need for specialised healthcare was acute patients had to travel long distances to Gatineau or Montreal to access vital treatments This unprecedented collaboration has resulted in the Rouyn-Noranda centre becoming a model of success Featuring the most advanced technologies including a linear accelerator (LINAC) and a CT scanner supported by a state-of-the-art treatment planning system as well as integrated information interfaces the centre can treat up to 600 patients each year 658 patients were treated from 2023 to 2024 “Many thanks to the entire MUHC team for all their support Thank you to everyone who helped make this project a reality Let’s keep up the good work that makes all the difference in the lives of our patients and their families,” said Georges Makdessi Chief Medical Physicist of the Regional Radiation Oncology Centre also expressed how pleased he was with this project: “It gives the people of Abitibi-Témiscamingue local access to radiotherapy this has increased the rate of radiotherapy use because it was difficult for people to travel outside the region for treatment.” Chief of Medical Physics in the MUHC Cancer Care Mission who was involved in the project from its beginnings confided that he was very proud of the collaborative efforts between the MUHC and the CIUSSSAT: “I’ve been personally involved in the project since 2018 and I’m very happy to see this community have access to radiation oncology services The collaboration is complete — from conceptualisation Associate Director of the MUHC Cancer Care Mission “this project places the region’s oncology patients at the heart of our concerns We need to continue our efforts to make access to specialized care more equitable Congratulations to the entire MUHC radiation oncology team who continues to play a leading role in cancer treatment and the transformation of healthcare in Quebec The wear and tear of their Cinderella playoff run may be catching up to the Halifax Mooseheads It took seven gruelling games to get past the heavily favoured Drummondville Voltigeurs in the first round only to earn a date with the equally tough Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the second round The Mooseheads continue to leave everything they have on the ice but the deeper more experienced Huskies are pushing them to their limits high-pace brand of hockey in Game 3 at the Scotiabank Centre on Tuesday securing a 4-1 win and 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven “We’ve had a lot of injuries and I think that Drummondville series took a lot out of us,” Mooseheads centre Liam Kilfoil said “With a younger team with not much experience beating a team like that took a lot out of us But we’re here now and we’re going to keep fighting.” The Huskies are relentless on the forecheck and bombard the Halifax net with shots so it’s hard for the Mooseheads to get any time or space to establish their counter-attack The Mooseheads only have two goals so far in the series and have been outshot 120-59 over three games Rouyn-Noranda finished with a 40-20 edge in Game 1 It’s all the Mooseheads can do to get themselves stabilized under the constant attack “We’re hanging in there but they’re obviously a very good team,” Kilfoil said “They forecheck very hard and they’re on you the whole time We didn’t have much time at all up there so it’s been a little bit tough that way the Mooseheads lost another huge piece from their back end in Game 3 Key defenceman Carlos Handel exited the game in the second period with an injury leaving Halifax with just four regulars and affiliate player Ryan Fletcher on their blueline Mathieu Taillefer and Lincoln Waugh are the only regulars still standing now that Handel has joined Eddy Doyle and Justin Chiras on the sidelines it’s always hard but we were already down a couple so it’s tough to play even more minutes,” Kilfoil said We’ve lost guys up there and everyone’s working hard to make up for it.” Lars Steiner and Alex Carr scored for the Huskies who led 2-0 after the first period and 3-1 after 40 minutes Callum Aucoin’s goal in the second period was the Mooseheads’ first scoring play since the opening period of Game 1 “It’s tight out there and there’s not much room,” Kilfoil said they’re good defensively and every line works very hard They’re always on you hitting and everything.” The Mooseheads will look to extend the series in Game 4 on Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Centre Game 5 will be in Halifax on Friday and Games 6 and 7 will be back in Rouyn-Noranda on Monday and Tuesday next week “It’s do or die tomorrow so we might as well lay it all out there,” Kilfoil said Kilfoil and Mooseheads teammate Shawn Carrier all received a ranking on Tuesday’s final NHL Central Scouting Service’s list Handel was 73rd among North American skaters Four Nova Scotians made the rankings – Antigonish’s Brady Peddle (86th) Drew Allison (127th) and Cole Chandler (172nd) Cape Breton Eagles defenceman Will Murphy was 97th and teammate Alexis Cournoyer was 16th among North American goalies Notes: Forwards Will Bent and Caylen Blake are also still hurt for Halifax Cole MacLeod was added to the lineup up front - Matyas Melovsky put away the game-winning goal at 14:38 of the third period as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar edged the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2-1 on Friday in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Raoul Boilard had the other goal for Baie-Comeau (28-19-4) as goaltender Lucas Beckman made 38 saves Samuel Rousseau scored for Rouyn-Noranda (28-14-8) — Philippe Veilleux and Noah Reinhart had two goals apiece as Val-d'Or routed the Tigres Nathan Brisson and Hemrick Carbonneau rounded out the attack for the Foreurs (21-25-5) Thomas Gagnon and Thomas Paquet replied for Victoriaville (12-35-4) — Dawson Sharkey had a hat trick as the Titan sank Shawinigan Colby Huggan and Emile Perron chipped in for Acadie-Bathurst (26-22-2) Kody Dupuis and Brogan McNeil scored for the Cataractes (28-18-5) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb MontrealNewsCopper smelting plant launches voluntary arsenic biomonitoring program in Quebec townBy The Canadian PressPublished: February 20, 2025 at 1:04PM EST The Charlottetown Islanders surprised a lot of people and most of their fans winning two of three in Quebec last weekend including a tight 4-2 loss to Drummondville The goaltending of Nicolas Ruccia and talented rookie Don Hickey has been stellar Charlottetown received timely scoring from Egor Goriunov Alexis Michaud and solid contributions from defencemen Owen Conrad and Thomas Sirman The Islanders beat Shawinigan and Victoriaville and have jumped right back into middle-of-the-pack contention in the Eastern Conference with 23 points five back of sixth-place Saint John following play Dec The Islanders face a good test against a top Quebec club the world junior hockey championship makes a stop here at Eastlink Centre when Germany plays Slovakia Dec This game features some of the best junior U20 players in the world the Para Cup four-team tournament runs from Dec The Toronto Maple Leafs are smiling these days as the club is tops in the Eastern Conference with 34 points (16-7-2) two more than Florida (15-9-2) with Boston and Tampa Bay in the chase Clearly Toronto and Florida are a notch ahead of the others in a division of mediocre clubs and top goaltending in Anthony Stolarz (2.13 GAA) and Joseph Woll (2.23) who are also in the top four in save percentage at .923 and .924 Toronto has allowed just 63 goals-against – lowest in the Eastern Conference I’ll eat this column in the Red Shores’ dining room in May if Toronto does not make it to the Eastern Conference final Great goaltending has elevated the New Jersey Devils and Washington into a group of legit Stanley Cup contenders Jersey’s Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen both sport miniscule goals-against averages while Washington’s Logan Thompson has been impressive and is one of the reasons they’re in first place The New Jersey Devils pounded the Rangers 5-1 the other night at Madison Square Garden in a game where the Rangers looked like a slow old hockey club as the Devils dominated from start to finish The NFL schedule this week looks like a lot of mismatches New York Jets (3-7) at Miami (5-7): The Jets find a way to lose every week The team can’t stop anybody and meets Miami and a hot QB in Tua Tagovailoa Giants (2-10): Saints lost a toughie to the L.A Las Vegas (2-10) at Tampa Bay (6-6): I love Bucs QB Baker Mayfield and they’re in the playoff hunt Chicago Bears (4-8) at San Francisco (5-7): Chicago has literally given away three or four games in the last month or so The most glaring was letting the time run out in a strange and whacky loss to Denver last week Bengals (4-8) at Dallas (5-7): Here’s two clubs that couldn’t stop Mitchell Tweel on a two-yard plunge The Bengals can score 35-40 points; the Cowboys can’t featuring four divisions of the Joe and Steven MacRae Memorial for fillies and mares the Mo McCabe and Angus and John Birt-owned Jm Sportsfan hooks onto the tigers in the preferred mares with the likes of Tobins Brownie The feature on Charlottetown’s 12-dash afternoon card on Dec 8 is a $4,500 event in Race 11 with Bee Too Bee from Post 5 and inside Blood Money Local trotters Gettin Tipsy and Getting Lit are in to go at Flamboro on Dec Saulsbrook Ian and American History are in the $24,000 class at Mohawk on Dec Batterup Hanover is in the $12,000 class with JMac driving Don Ling and Wayne MacDougall’s TH Boomtown has been sent to Ontario under the care of trainer Tyler Moore The plan is a start at Flamboro and then over to Mohawk Fred MacDonald’s column appears every Saturday in The Guardian He can be reached at fiddlersfacts@hotmail.com  The red-hot Charlottetown Islanders are back in action tonight as they visit the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Aréna Glencore as the Isles look to extend their winning ways in 2025 Charlottetown enters the matchup as the hottest team in the QMJHL where they defeated the Gatineau Olympiques and this year’s Memorial Cup hosts Tonight’s game is just the beginning of a challenging road trip for the Islanders They’ll be back in action tomorrow night in Val-d’Or to take on the Foreurs at 8 p.m before wrapping up the trip on Sunday at 4 p.m The Islanders are playing their best hockey of the season at the right time making a serious push up the standings as the regular season nears its final stretch A big part of the Islanders’ success has come from the firepower of their top line and Simon Hughes have been leading the charge offensively while newcomers Ethan Montroy and Johnathan Lanza have been game-changing additions to the roster The Isles have also benefited from elite goaltending with the tandem of Nicolas Ruccia and Donald Hickey proving to be one of the strongest duos in the CHL the Isles continue to be underestimated across the league they’ll look to prove once again that they’re a serious contender as they take on a strong Rouyn-Noranda team that currently sits second in the Western Conference The Huskies enter the game on a hot streak of their own including a thrilling 6-5 victory over the league-leading Drummondville Voltigeurs and another 6-5 win against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar Rouyn-Noranda boasts one of the league’s top offensive threats in Bill Zonnon who has racked up an impressive 62 points (23 goals is a likely NHL draft pick in the near future and will be a key player to watch in tonight’s game It’s shaping up to be a thrilling showdown between two of the league’s hottest teams The Islanders will look to keep their momentum rolling while the Huskies aim to defend home ice in what promises to be an exciting battle Catch all the action tonight at 8 p.m. at watch.chl.ca as the Isles continue their push up the standings – It was a game with multiple lead changes- the Eagles struck first A goal in the five minute from Rouyn-Noranda’s Ty Higgins sent the game to overtime – Lucas Romeo helped pace the attack with two goals for the Eagles and Dylan Andrews also scored for Cape Breton in regulation Patterson & Andrews each registered assists along with their goals while Joey Henneberry picked up two assists while Kyle Hagen allowed five goals on 19 shots prior to being pulled for Meloche – With the victory the Eagles sweep the two game season series with Rouyn-Noranda The first period didn’t offer many signs of a chaotic game although there were scoring chances with Rouyn-Noranda outshooting the Eagles 13-6 The period was played entirely five on five until the dying seconds with a delayed penalty against the Eagles The penalty wouldn’t begin until the second period with Henneberry was in the box and Newcombe caught up to the puck coming out of the box down the left wing and put it through Hagen to give the Eagles the first goal Rouyn-Noranda would make their next power play count though as Lars Steiner blasted a shot from the right faceoff circle past Milota to equalize The Huskies pulled ahead before the half mark of regulation and further ahead by the 15 minute mark of the period: a shot by Antoine St-Laurent redirected off of Charles-Éric Tremblay’s leg went by Milota Nathan Langlois zipped up the wing and cut in to beat Milota and give the Huskies a two goal edge a tripping penalty was called to Langlois and the Eagles appeared to be going on their first power play- until a scrum ensued that gave multiple penalties to each team including ten minute misconducts to Newcombe & Higgins Playing five on five and undaunted by the non-power play the Eagles pulled within a goal as Patterson set up Romeo from behind the net the Eagles’ comeback hopes didn’t get off to a great start when Brunelle pushed the puck over the goal line But after the Eagles killed off the bulk of the Romeo penalty Axel Dufresne was given a high sticking minor Burbidge’s goal came just 18 seconds into an abbreviated Cape Breton power play A shot from Henneberry bounced off Andrews’s leg and he was able to slide the puck over the goal line to tie the game at at the 6:15 mark Romeo blasted a shot that rung off iron and went over the goal line to give the Eagles their second lead of the night The fifth Eagles goal spelled the end of the evening for Hagen but the activity wasn’t limited to a goaltending change as the aftermath saw St-Laurent assessed double minor for spearing Romeo Having killed off most of the first half of the double minor the Huskies found themselves in more trouble when Axel Dufresne was whistled for boarding given the Eagles a full two minute five on three and drew their own power play due to a Newcombe minor but the Eagles killed off that penalty off to keep a 5-4 lead Regulation had one more twist in the road as in the final five minutes when Higgins jumped into the open space and ripped the tying goal by Milota Neither team could find one more breakthrough and the game headed to overtime locked at five There was only one Eagles shot on goal in the opening two minutes of overtime Andrews came up the right wing on a two on one and found Patterson on the other side and he beat Meloche to give the Eagles an overtime victory The Eagles are next in action on Friday night for their first meeting this season against the Islanders in Charlottetown The game will be televised on Eastlink and is also available for purchase on https://shorturl.at/c1Hbr You can also hear all the action on 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Scratches For Cape Breton: Angelo Fullerton (injury) Scratches For Rouyn-Noranda: Charlie Benigno Final Shots On Goal: 44-30 in favour of Cape Breton Falco Resources (TSX.V: FPC) has published the results of an independent survey of the population of Rouyn-Noranda and Abitibi-Témiscamingue conducted by Léger regarding the Falco Horne 5 underground mine project The results show Falco enjoys strong majority support in Rouyn-Noranda where 72% of respondents are in favour of the Horne 5 project These results demonstrate the population’s significant support for the project particularly given its economic spin-offs and positive impact on employment The survey showed that respondents recognized the benefits the project will bring to the region emphasizing its key role in local and regional economic growth and job creation Despite some concerns about environmental impacts a strong majority of respondents (73%) are confident Falco will work with civil society actors to ensure responsible implementation of the project Falco also highlighted that the poll showed that a high proportion of respondents (74%) felt the project should proceed for the community's benefit strengthening the legitimacy and social acceptability of the Falco Horne 5 project in the region the company’s vice president of environment sustainable development and community relations stated: “As demonstrated by the numerous briefs submitted to BAPE these results confirm the population’s strong support for our Project and our commitment to act responsibly We will continue our concerted efforts with all stakeholders to ensure a mutually beneficial development We believe this strong support justifies our request to the Québec government to deem the project acceptable.” Falco Resources CEO Luc Lessard added: “These results are a testament to the broad support for the Project among Rouyn-Noranda residents consistent with what we have been seeing for several years now Falco has submitted to the authorities at the Québec government a mining development project that will be of great benefit to the city the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and all of Québec the government has yet to recognize the Project’s conformity.” The company will continue its discussions with the Ministère de l'Environnement de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques de la Faune et des Parcs to have the project’s compliance recognized and complete the environmental analysis The Falco Horne 5 project features a state-of-the-art mining operation that maximizes the use and rehabilitation of previously disturbed sites such as Quemont and Norbec The company has estimated that the project will generate significant economic benefits contributing about $3.8 billion to Québec’s GDP including $2.2 billion to the regional GDP notably through the creation of 900 jobs during construction and 500 jobs during operations Falco Resources is one of the largest mineral claim holders in the province of Quebec with an extensive portfolio of properties in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt Falco holds rights to approximately 67,000 ha of land in the Noranda mining camp which represents 67% of the camp and includes 13 former gold and base metal mining sites Falco’s main asset is the Horne 5 project located beneath the former Horne mine which was operated by Noranda from 1927 to 1976 and produced 11.6 million ounces of gold and 2.5 billion pounds of copper Osisko Development is Falco's largest shareholder More information is posted on www.Falcores.com and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Canadian Mining Journal provides information on new Canadian mining and exploration trends corporate developments and industry events Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed This week’s headlines include a Canadian company selected for BHP’s Xplor accelerator program Northern Graphite’s plans to double its flake graphite production and Barrick Gold’s threats to suspend operations in Mali Quebec’s public consultation agency has declared Ressources Falco’s proposed Horne 5 gold-silver-copper-zinc project, which would be located beneath the city of Rouyn-Noranda, to be “unacceptable,” citing a lack of sufficient data on risks and impacts, as reported by CBC News The agency’s report highlighted concerns about blasting and seismic activity risks which it said could affect the local population and the city’s radiation oncology centre which is aiming to start production by 2030 which includes forming a committee tasked with ensuring that the project’s operations would not impact the radiation oncology centre Each participating company will receive an equity-free grant of up to US$500,000 Among the recipients is Canadian company Viridian Metals which owns two critical metals deposits in Labrador Quebec is bumping up its funding for the Quebec Mining Institute (INMQ) from $1 million to $1.5 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, as reported by The Canadian Press The institute manages the training of workers in the mining industry and also provides guidance to the Quebec government The INMQ offers three training programs that it said are especially sought after in the industry: the Diploma of Vocational Studies in Construction Equipment Mechanics the Diploma of College Studies in Mineral Technology and the Bachelor of Mining Engineering Looking ahead to the commodity landscape in 2025 uranium prices are expected to range between US$80 and US$85 per pound supported by increasing demand from nuclear power plants artificial intelligence data centres and the commissioning of new reactors as reported by Trish Saywell for the December/January issue of CIM Magazine gold prices are forecasted to average around US$2,575 per ounce driven by geopolitical instability and central bank purchases in 2024 Copper prices are predicted to hover around US$9,000 per tonne fuelled by demand from the energy transition Lithium carbonate prices are expected to decline even further stemming from oversupply and plateauing electric vehicle demand By identifying low-cost energy-saving opportunities and encouraging a culture of conservation, mining operations can significantly reduce their energy use and associated costs as reported by Christopher Pollon for the November issue of CIM Magazine Turning to technologies like digital twins as well as innovations like waste heat recovery and trolley-assist trucks Collaboration across all levels of the organization is essential for achieving long-term decarbonization goals and overcoming challenges in energy management and efficiency Chad Sorba, vice-president of technical services at Denison Mines, spoke with Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco for the November issue of CIM Magazine about developing Canada’s first in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium mining project at its Wheeler River project in Saskatchewan Denison plans to utilize this recovery method for the Phoenix deposit at Wheeler River and has completed successful tests and feasibility studies Sorba highlighted ISR’s sustainability and the potential for this method to help unlock the value from other uranium deposits in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin That’s all for this week. 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If you’ve got something to add, why not join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram pages The CIM Magazine Weekly Mining News Recap for March 14  The CIM Magazine Weekly Mining News Recap for February 14 – If you like goals and drama than Centre 200 was the place to be on Wednesday night The Cape Breton Eagles and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies combined for 11 goals and 32 minutes in penalties in an eventful back-and-forth game which saw the Eagles skate away with a 6-5 win in overtime Luke Patterson scored the overtime winner off a feed from Dylan Andrews at 2:14 of the extra frame to give the hometown Eagles the two points in front of 2,317 fans at the Sydney venue Jacob Newcombe and Cole Burbidge also found the back of the net for the Eagles in regulation time Benjamin Brunelle and Ty Higgins buried goals for the Huskies Rouyn-Noranda’s Kyle Hagen stopped 14 of 19 shots before being replaced by Samuel Meloche who turned aside 10 of 11 shots in his 15:38 of relief the Eagles would get on the board early in the second period with Newcombe jamming a shot past Hagen for his fifth goal of the season at the 2:35 mark of the second period With the Eagles serving a too many men on the ice penalty scoring his eighth goal of the season on the power play to tie the game at 4:40 of the middle stanza Rouyn-Noranda took the lead shortly after with an Antoine St-Laurent point shot hitting off the leg of Tremblay and fooling Milota for his second goal of the season at 8:01 of the second period Langlois added to the Huskies lead with his fourth of the campaign at 14:25 a scrum after a whistle in the Huskies corner would result in Cape Breton’s Newcombe and Squires picking up penalties as well as Rouyn-Noranda’s Hagen Cape Breton would cut the Huskies lead to one before the end of the second period with Romeo notching his fourth goal of the season at the 15:10 mark The Huskies regained the two-goal lead at 1:24 of the third period with Brunelle scoring his first goal of the season but the Eagles responded with a pair of power play markers by Burbidge and Andrews to tie the game 4-4 Cape Breton took the lead 21 seconds after Andrew tied the game at 6:36 to make the score 5-4 but Higgins responded in the final five minutes of play with his eighth goal of the campaign to even the score and send the game to overtime The Eagles controlled the puck for much of overtime Cape Breton wins the season series with Rouyn-Noranda 2-0 Rouyn-Noranda outshot Cape Breton 44-30 while going 1-for-6 on the power play The Eagles went 2-for-5 with the man-advantage Cape Breton will return to the ice for a two-game set with the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday and Saturday GAME NOTES: Romain Litalien (U17 Challenge) Brayden Schmitt (injured) and Carson Griffin (healthy) were not in the lineup for Cape Breton.; Charlie Benigno (healthy) Alexis Lemire (injured/sick) and Tristan Venne (injured/sick) were not dressed for the Huskies Please enter your email and we'll send you a new password request code Please complete your profile to unlock commenting and other important features Multiple cities in Quebec are currently competing with some of the coldest places on Earth grab your warmest coats — it's outrageously cold outside According to figures from WX-Now, a site that tracks the world's most extreme weather five spots in Quebec were competing with some of the coldest places on Earth as of Tuesday morning With Arctic air blanketing the province on January 21 temperatures have plummeted to shocking lows Here's a closer look at these freezing spots Chamouchouane takes the cake (or popsicle) for the world's third-coldest place today with temperatures dropping to a bone-chilling -40 C Rouyn-Noranda is in a deep freeze with temperatures hitting -38 C Calm winds might make it feel slightly less brutal but don't let that fool you — it's dangerously cold out there residents face -37 C with scattered clouds and brisk winds adding to the chill This level of cold makes staying outside for too long seriously risky This part of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean area matches Chapais with equally icy temperatures of -37 C conditions have been listed as "calm." 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Resend email verification from Millla — Justin (Thunder) Gagne has found a new position in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League who served as the Cape Breton Eagles assistant equipment manager last October has accepted the head equipment manager position with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies next season He joined the Eagles after spending time with the Châteauguay Grenadiers of the Quebec Under-18 ‘AAA’ Hockey League Gagne worked closely with Aiden Rafuse in the day-to-day duties This week’s Videotron Player of the Week is Antonin Verreault of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Quebec scored five times and added three assists as the Huskies went 3-0-0-0 on the week Verreault scored twice and added a pair of helpers including an assist on the eventual game-winning goal The fifth-year veteran also ended the game with a +2 rating and was named the second star of the contest His sixth goal of the young season came just 38 seconds into the contest setting the tone for a 4-1 triumph for the Huskies over the Cataractes Verreault put on a show against his former team in Gatineau In what would prove to be a back-and-forth affair the veteran forward scored twice and added an assist in Rouyn-Noranda’s 6-5 win over the Olympiques After leading the QMJHL in scoring with 104 points last season Verreault finds himself tied for third on the leaderboard to this point in the campaign with 19 points in 11 games The second overall selection at the 2020 QMJHL Draft Verreault now boasts 230 career regular season points in 204 games The Charlottetown Islanders opened a three-game road trip in Quebec in impressive fashion on Jan The Islanders built period leads of 2-0 and 5-1 en route to a 6-3 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) The Islanders have now earned wins against two of the top-four overall teams in the 18-team league in their last two games which improved to 21-21-2-1 (won-lost-overtime losses-shootout losses) defeated the Memorial Cup-host Rimouski Oceanic (31-11-1-2) at Eastlink Centre on Jan Who's next? 😤 pic.twitter.com/JmhIQGTPd0 Rimouski and the Drummondville Voltigeurs (30-11-2-3) were tied for second overall with 65 points following league play on Jan The Huskies sit fourth overall with a record of 24-12-3-5 The Islanders are scheduled to visit the Val-d’Or Foeurs (17-22-4-1) on Jan and the Gatineau Olympiques (11-24-6-4) on Feb rookie forward Jude Herron and veteran forward Simon Hughes of Stratford each scored two goals to pace the Islanders’ offence Defencemen Max Jardine and Owen Conrad added single tallies while Marcus Kearsey Ross Campbell and Thomas Sirman all contributed a pair of helpers Thomas Verdon and Samuel Rousseau replied for the Huskies Winning goaltender Nicolas Ruccia made 30 saves while the Huskies’ Zach Pelletier turned away 21 of 26 shots The Islanders scored their sixth goal into an empty net The Islanders’ next home game is against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar (25-17-3-1) on Feb recently spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about the censorship his band suffered earlier this spring a small industrial town in northwestern Quebec After a multi-year battle with an aggressive form of cancer diagnosed when he was 26 The formation of the group coincided with the revelation of new information about the deadly consequences of the Horne Foundry’s emissions of arsenic and other heavy metals for the health of the population These revelations fueled popular anger against the multinational which has the full support of the current government of Premier François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec and his predecessors in the Parti Québécois and the Liberal Party It was at this point that Simon and the other band members decided to turn Guhn Twei into a socially critical band one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region’s leading companies Guhn Twei’s criticism led to their removal from the program of a music festival which was organized and sponsored by a Horne Foundry supplier Simon and the other members of his band are honest and courageous artists In their new song “Capitale de l’Arsenic,” released last April the band makes the link between the contamination caused by the Horne Foundry and the wider social situation Simon sings that Rouyn-Noranda is the “Capital of unbridled capitalism” and the “Capital of social inequality.” was announced on June 12 to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the first labor dispute at the Horne mine as many of the workers were originally from Central and Eastern Europe Simon told the WSWS that he found their story inspiring because “even though they lost their fight and got deported in the end they had the courage to fight (literally) for justice and against those who oppressed them.” When asked what he thought of the anti-immigrant chauvinism constantly promoted by Quebec’s political class to denounce immigrants and even blame them for the housing crisis it’s ‘blame-shifting.’ Using scapegoats to divert attention from the real causes of the social problems we’re experiencing.” On the band’s Facebook page, the music video for the song “Capitale de l’arsenic” has been viewed more than 120,000 times and received over 1,000 reactions This shows that there is clearly an audience among young people and workers for artists who depict social reality honestly This interest coincides with the growing struggles of workers and young people—in Quebec the rest of Canada and everywhere else—in the face of the advanced crisis of the profit system and the many problems it engenders official indifference to the COVID-19 pandemic too few artists dare to engage with social reality and the world around them These are the vital questions we discussed with Simon World Socialist Web Site: Can you tell us about the recent cancellation of the festival where Guhn Twei was due to perform Simon Turcotte: If we start from the beginning we were approached at the end of 2023 by one of the people from the Alien Fest organization to play at the 2024 edition Everything was confirmed until the end of March 2024 when the organization started sending us messages that there might be conflicts of interest It was a bit nebulous at first and we didn’t really understand what was going on we received a message from one of the organizers who is also a shareholder in Métal Marquis telling us that he had to withdraw Guhn Twei from the program because of our criticism of the Horne Foundry in our songs Pépin bluntly wrote in his message that because Métal Marquis is a supplier of the foundry there was a conflict of interest and that was the reason for the decision as we decided not to remain silent in the face of this act of censorship and Métal Marquis gave an interview to Radio-Canada the journalist came to see us and we gave our side of the story the festival decided to “pull the plug” and cancelled the 2024 edition of Alien Fest WSWS: What led you to write songs against the Horne Foundry an extremely rare and very aggressive soft tissue cancer I had five tumors and five major operations that eventually led to the complete amputation of my right leg in the spring and summer of 2022 there was the arsenic scandal Data came out on the levels of arsenic in the air in Rouyn-Noranda provoking a huge controversy and public debate in our music room right next to the foundry So with everything I’d been through before and everything that was going on socially at the time we were starting this new band it just came naturally to talk about this subject we started talking about air quality and what people are going through here in Rouyn-Noranda in relation to the Horne Foundry and Glencore WSWS: Can you elaborate on the impact of the smelter’s emissions on the health of the people of Rouyn-Noranda ST: It has been proven that there’s a higher rate of cancer and lung disease here in Rouyn-Noranda than elsewhere There’s more heavy metal contamination than elsewhere the cancer I had and which is supposed to be extremely rare according to the team of oncologists who treated me at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal have come to light in Rouyn-Noranda in recent years WSWS: In terms of your artistic development what were the consequences of your cancer and the situation with the Horne Foundry But after spending so much time being sick going to hospitals and living so close to the foundry; that was my post-cancer It just came naturally to talk about that reality That’s why you’re labelled a “committed” artist because you talk about things that others don’t dare tackle It was only natural for me to express this in my music WSWS: In the film Minamata about the true story of a photographer who documented the health consequences of a chemical plant’s discharges on the population of a small town in Japan it is shown that this commitment “revives” the artist and reinvigorates his art Do you see a link with your own evolution as an artist the lyrics of my music were much more nihilistic making committed music that’s a call to action It has transformed my feeling of having no control over my situation and seeing no light at the end of the tunnel To go from writing songs that say there’s no hope to lyrics that dare to attack the problems we’re experiencing in Rouyn-Noranda and point the finger at those responsible gives meaning to what we’re doing and what we’re experiencing what are your impressions of the healthcare system there’s a link to be made with the Horne Foundry the argument to justify the presence in a city of this kind of a highly polluting plant is that it’s good for the economy they never take into account all the real costs or consequences on quality of life how much does it cost for people to fall ill from the fumes So these companies have social costs that are never considered in public discourse when you’re in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and you catch a cancer like that they’re not equipped for it and they don’t have the specialists here in the region So you have to go to Montreal for treatment [Rouyn-Noranda is a seven-hour drive from Montreal.] I was hospitalized in Montreal for weeks at a time over several years and my family had to take I don’t know how many days off to be with me how much unpaid leave do they have to take to accompany their children during treatment in Montreal lodging and other medical and other related expenses It’s a reality that’s often forgotten when we talk about economic issues WSWS: I’d like to take a closer look at these questions The argument is often made by the media and the government that Glencore’s Horne Smelter brings “economic benefits.” This argument is also taken up by union leaders Quebec director of the United Steelworkers the union which bargains for 1,500 Glencore employees including nearly 400 at the CCR refinery in Montreal East “We are confident that with the money injected Glencore will be able to reduce its arsenic and carbon emissions even more significantly More than 3,000 direct and indirect jobs depend on it.” Would you like to comment on this ST: There’s a new mining project here in Rouyn-Noranda they’re not making the job creation argument because there’s already a shortage of manpower They’ve already got too many projects because they don’t have enough manpower and we’ve got a housing crisis—and soon they’re going to bulldoze a neighbourhood in Rouyn-Noranda because of the foundry fumes—so we’re going to have a bigger housing crisis we’re going to run out of room to put these people they still want to build more mining projects there’s even a study by an economist that came out last year showing that Rouyn-Noranda’s economy would hold up even if the smelter closed but the real reason is that they want to exploit resources and make money have known that the Horne Foundry pollutes and that this has consequences for the environment and people’s health So what do you think the governments’ real objective is ST: We know that Abitibi-Témiscamingue has always been a mining region They’ve always tried to lure big companies here to set up shop and extract our resources Governments just want to be able to facilitate the arrival of these industries for whom the most important thing is the “economy.” Abitibi like all of northern Quebec and northern Ontario has been developed like a “wild west,” with no rules and a system of mining “claims” that means resources don’t belong to the population it’s something we’ve noticed living here over the years: the interests of these big mining companies are more important than the interests of the population WSWS: Do you think artists have a critical role to play in society ST: I think what happened with Guhn Twei in the last few months proves that artists do make a difference otherwise they wouldn’t be trying to censor us the important thing is that people express themselves on subjects that are important or fear that there will be negative consequences for saying what they really think WSWS: And why do you think many artists don’t talk about social issues in their art ST: Precisely because the fear of doing so is justified Big business is often a sponsor of culture big mining companies fund all our festivals you have a rational fear of being excluded from these festivals And it’s perverted because it makes artists afraid to express themselves honestly on issues they care about because the companies they might criticize fund culture by funding events where these artists might perform They don’t even need to make explicit threats the Horne Foundry immediately denied that it was behind the censorship And it’s highly likely that the foundry’s directors said nothing to get us removed from the festival There has just been a culture of silence in the region for so long that they don’t need to say anything we’ve received a number of comments from other cultural players saying Of losing opportunities by doing this?” There’s nothing wrong with people saying that it’s just normal for them to ask us those questions So they [the companies] don’t have to do much It underlines the fact that it’s not true that artists have nothing to say about social issues in many cases according to what you tell us but they don’t go there because they want to continue to evolve in this milieu we don’t make a living from our art and we don’t intend to But for someone who’s trying to make a living from his music Are you going to deliberately get in the way and risk being barred or simply not invited to the various festivals sponsored by big business to say they don’t dare talk about social issues but we’re in a culture where big corporations like Glencore fund the arts 2024 at Victoria Hospital in London. Born in Rouyn-Noranda daughter of the late Emmett and Dorothy (Tomlinson) Taylor.   Mary Lousie during her working career was employed at Prestonia until her retirement Mary could brighten a room up with her cheerful personality and meet someone for the first time and become lifelong friends.   She will truly be missed by her daughter Shelly Baillie Mullen Betty Gavin and Donald (Lori) Taylor along with her many nieces nephews and great nieces and nephews.  In keeping with Mary Louise’s wishes cremation will take place.  Besides her parents, Mary Lousie was predeceased by her brothers-in-law Pat Elliott, Lester Everett and Roy Gavin.  As expressions of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Lung Association through the W. G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron St, Stratford, ON. www.wgyoungfuneralhome.com More Spotlight > 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Falco Resources Ltd (TSX.V:FPC) (“Falco” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to provide a corporate update on its flagship Horne 5 Project located in Rouyn-Noranda Québec (the “Falco Horne 5 Project” or the “Project”) Following the completion of the public hearing process with the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (“BAPE”) Falco continues to file documentation and provide responses to the BAPE which is due for submission to the Minister of the Environment with the continued strength in gold and copper Falco will work towards updating the 2021 Feasibility Study which utilized a gold price of US$1,600 and a copper price of US$3.25/lb President and Chief Executive Officer commented: “2024 has been extraordinary for Falco commencing early in the year with the execution of the Operating License and Indemnity Agreement (“OLIA”) with Glencore followed in short order by the admissibility of the Project’s Environmental Impact Assessment which provided the path forward for the advancement of the Project The Corporation expects to obtain a ministerial decree authorizing the Project in H1-2025 which would put Falco in the enviable position of having one of the few permitted large-scale polymetallic gold projects ready to be developed in North America.” Falco has delineated a reserve of over 6.1M oz AuEq with an additional 3.2M oz AuEq in resource (all categories) making it one of the largest gold resources in Québec not controlled by a producer while benefiting from significant economic returns does not capture the rapidly changing gold The planned update for H1-2025 will provide a much clearer picture as to the full potential of the Project.” FALCO HORNE 5 PROJECT OVERVIEWWorld-Class Deposit is one of the largest mineral claim holders in the Province of Québec with extensive land holdings in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt Falco owns approximately 67,000 hectares of land in the Noranda Mining Camp which represents 67% of the entire camp and includes 13 former gold and base metal mine sites Falco’s principal asset is the Falco Horne 5 Project located under the former Horne mine that was operated by Noranda from 1927 to 1976 and produced 11.6 million ounces of gold and 2.5 billion pounds of copper Osisko Development Corp is Falco’s largest shareholder owning a 16.7% interest in the Corporation For further information, please contact:Luc LessardPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director 514-261-3336info@falcores.com Anthony GlavacChief Financial Officer514-604-9310 Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release. Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information Ruccia lead the way in Charlottetown’s home-ice win before big crowd Egor Goriunov continued to produce offensively for the Charlottetown Islanders on Dec Goriunov recorded three points in regulation time and then scored in the shootout as the Islanders posted a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) contest was played before 3,060 fans including several under-7 players from across P.E.I who took part in the Islanders’ jamboree on Dec The jamboree attracted approximately 400 players from across the province scored twice and added an assist against the Huskies Goriunov gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 14:08 of the second period and tied the game 3-3 at 13:34 Goriunov and Alexis Michaud scored for the Islanders while the Huskies were unable to solve Charlottetown goaltender Nicolas Ruccia Ruccia stopped 39 of 42 shots through regulation and overtime including five in the extra five-minute period Owen Conrad also scored for the Islanders while assists went to Michaud which improved to 11-15-2-1 (won-lost-overtime losses-shootout losses) is 3-1-1-0 and has earned seven of a possible 10 points in its last five games Big win in a shootout! 🕺🪩#GoIslesGo #protecttheisland pic.twitter.com/xOcKJSWKUD The Islanders close out the first-half schedule with an important home-and-home series against the Halifax Mooseheads (10-14-4-0) this weekend who are only three points out of sixth place moved into ninth place in the 10-team Eastern Conference Evan Courtois and Lars Steiner countered for the Huskies (16-6-2-5) who sit in second place in the Western Conference The Islanders led 1-0 after the first period The Huskes scored two power-play goals 1:18 apart in the final 3 ½ minutes of the middle frame to take a 3-2 lead into the second intermission Samuel Carreiras tended goal for Rouyn-Noranda The Islanders were 1-for-2 on the power play while the Huskies went 2-for-5 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.