Remparts take series lead with OT win

Trevor MacMillan/Halifax Mooseheads

HALIFAX - James Malatesta scored 4:25 into overtime to give the Quebec Remparts a 5-4 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads in Game 3 of the Gilles-Courteau Trophy final on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Centre.

The win gives the Remparts a 2-1 series lead over the Mooseheads in the best-of-seven championship series. Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday night at 8 p.m. in Halifax.

It was a fairly evenly played first two periods with the score 3-3 heading into the third. Josh Lawrence scored just 14 seconds into the third to give Halifax a 4-3 lead - but that would be one of the very few scoring chances for Halifax in the final frame. The Remparts tied the game on a Daniel Agostino goal at 4:30 and controlled the play for much of the frame.

Malatestsa also scored in the second period while Justin Robidas and Pier-Olivier Roy also scored. William Rousseau made 22 saves in the victory.

Along with Lawrence, Alexandre Doucet, Mathieu Cataford and Jordan Dumais scored for Halifax. Dumais was a game-time decision, playing in his first contest since suffering an upper body injury in Game 2 of the semifinals against the Sherbrooke Phoenix.

Josh Lawrence has speed to burn.

🚨 Lawrence (11) 0:14 3rd period
🍎 Doucet, Dumais | #GoMooseGo pic.twitter.com/7mFGmyDmAo

— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) May 17, 2023

Lawrence also had an assist, eight shots and went 15/34 in the faceoff circle.

Mathis Rousseau made 32 saves in the loss.

A few other Tuesday notes..

• Attendance was 10,002 on Tuesday at Scotiabank Centre.
• Robert Mayer did not dress in Switzerland's 5-0 win over Kazakhstan on Tuesday. The Swiss still have not allowed a goal in three games. The team is back in action on Thursday against Slovakia.
• Nikolas Hurtubise did not play in the Terrebonne Cobras' 6-1 loss to the top-seeded Brooks Bandits on Tuesday at the Centennial Cup. The Cobras take on Ben Roode and the Yarmouth Mariners on Wednesday.