QUEBEC VS GATINEAU IN OTHER SEMIFINAL

The Quebec Remparts will face the Gatineau Olympiques in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s other semifinal.

The Remparts advanced to the third round following a 9-2 blowout victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes in Game Seven of their quarter-final series tonight. Vincent Barnard and Mikael Tam scored twice for the winners while singles came courtesy of Mirko Hoefflin, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Joel Champagne, Frederick Roy, and Matthew Brown. Louis Domingue made 27 saves in net for the win.

Quebec had 2-0 and 3-1 series leads but the Cataractes hung around and managed to take it to a Game Seven.

The Remaprts, the No. 3 seeded team and the highest seed remaining behind the top-ranked Saint John Sea Dogs, will now face the No. 5 seeded Olympiques. Gatineau advanced to the semifinals with a 4-2 series win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs.

Quebec finished the regular season with a record of 48-16-1-3 while Gatineau went 43-17-3-5.

Saint John will host the eighth-seeded Lewiston MAINEiacs in the other semi-final.

Only two of the top four seeds remain in the playoff race.