The Olympiques defeated the Quebec Remparts 5-2 in Game Seven of their semifinal series against the Quebec Remparts on Tuesday night at Colisee Pepsi. The win propels Gatineau into the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final where they will play the Saint John Sea Dogs.
Christian Ouellet and Philip-Michael Devos each had a pair of goals and Mitchell Porowski scored once for the winners. Maxime Clermont made 31 saves in net for the win.
Ouellet and Devos each scored in the opening frame to give the ‘Piques a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. But the Remparts stormed back in the middle frame with goals from Mirko Hoefflin and Joel Champagne to send the two teams tied at 2-2 into the third period.
In the final frame, Ouellet and Porowski scored 55 seconds apart to give the visitors a commanding 4-2 lead. Devos added an empty netter with three seconds left in regulation.
Remparts goaltender Louis Domingue allowed two goals on just four shots before getting replaced by Jimmy Appleby 15 minutes into the contest. Appleby allowed two goals on 20 shots.
The loss will leave a sour taste in the mouth of the Remparts as they led the series 3-1 at one point and failed to clinch it on three occasions.
Gatineau, the No. 5 seed, made it to the QMJHL finals with a 4-1 series win over Rimouski in round one, a 4-2 win over Drummondville in round two, and, finally, their 4-3 win over Quebec in round three.
This will be Gatineau's first trip the President’s Cup final since they won it over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in 2008.
Saint John and Gatineau met in last year’s quarter-finals with the Sea Dogs sweeping away the Olympiques. In this year’s regular season, the Dogs won both contests.
The final begins Thursday night at 7:00 pm at Harbour Station and tickets are still available.
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