Mooseheads force a Game 6

RDS

The Halifax Mooseheads cancelled the Quebec Remparts' party on Friday night.

Mathis Rousseau made 35 saves to lead the Mooseheads to a 3-2 win over the Remparts in front of a packed house at Videotron Centre, staving off elimination. Quebec, now leading the best-of-seven QMJHL championship series 3-2, will once again try to lift the Gilles-Courteau Trophy on Sunday.

Markus Vidicek, Evan Boucher and Zachary L'Heureux scored for the Mooseheads while defenseman Brady Schultz added a pair of assists. L'Heureux, who has been an important piece for Halifax this post-season, missed Wednesday's Game 4 with an injury.

The Mooseheads were missing defenseman David Moravec for a second straight game Friday while captain Attilio Biasca was also out of the lineup after suffering an injury in the first period on Wednesday.

James Malatesta and Jeremy Langlois scored for Quebec. William Rousseau made 19 saves in the loss.

Former Saint John Sea Dogs forward Josh Lawrence was held pointless for a second straight game but did win 14 of 29 faceoffs in the victory. Charles Savoie, meanwhile, had five hits for the Remparts.

Game 6 will be Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Atlantic at Scotiabank Centre. A Game 7, if needed, will be Monday night back in Quebec City at 8:30 p.m. Atlantic.

The winner of this series will represent the QMJHL at the 2023 Memorial Cup in Kamloops. The QMJHL champion will face the host Blazers in the tournament's opening game next Friday, May 26.

Some other Friday notes...

• The Videotron Centre has been sold out (18,259) for every Remparts home game in this series.
• In the OHL final, the London Knights forced a Game 6 with a 4-1 win over the Peterborough Petes on Friday. The Petes lead the series 3-2.
• On Thursday at the IIHF World Championship, Jakub Zboril and Czechia defeated Slovenia 6-2. Zboril had an assist and a +1 rating in 15:17 of ice time. Czechia is back in action on Saturday against Norway.
• Also on Thursday, Robert Mayer only faced 13 shots in Switzerland's 4-2 victory over Slovakia. It was Mayer's second start of the tournament. The Swiss return to action on Saturday when they take on Joe Veleno and Team Canada.
• The Swiss currently lead Group B with 12 points; Canada is second with 11 points; and Czechia third with 10 points.
• The Toronto Marlies had their playoffs come to an end on Wednesday, losing 8-4 to the Rochester Americans and dropping the best-of-five North Division final 3-0. William Villeneuve, who appeared in 54 regular season games with the Marlies, did not play in any playoff contests.