Sunday, April 26, 2026

Wildcats, Sagueneens even semifinal series; post-game incident in Moncton

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MONCTON - The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinals are living up to the hype.

The Moncton Wildcats scored two goals in 51 seconds late in the third period to defeat the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-4 on Saturday at Avenir Centre, evening the series that at 1-1.

Also on Saturday night, the Chicoutimi Sagueneens made a statement, defeating the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-2 and outshooting them 35-15 to even that series at 1-1.

Neither Moncton nor Chicoutimi had lost a game in these playoffs until they both dropped their series openers.

Much of the attention on Saturday was on Moncton's third period. Justin Carbonneau scored at 4:45 of the third to give the Armada a 4-3 lead only for Caleb Desnoyers and Evan Dépatie to score at 16:04 and 16:55, respectively, to give the Wildcats a 5-4 advantage – their first lead since they opened the scoring in the first.

Former Saint John Sea Dogs defenseman Max Vilen scored his second goal of the playoffs in the middle frame to tie the game at 3-3. He had four shots and was a +2 in the victory.
On the Armada side, former Sea Dogs forwards Elliot Dubé and Jacob Beaulieu were held of the scoresheet. Beaulieu was, however, given an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty for his actions during a wild post-game scuffle between the two teams, which dragged on for several minutes.

Both teams were fully on the ice and both coaching staffs were really going at at each other. Team personnel eventually came onto the ice to assist the officials in breaking things up.
While the incident was lengthy, not a whole lot really happened and it's hard to imagine any suspensions coming from this. Fines are certainly likely – and this sets up a very interesting Game 3 on Monday in Boisbriand.

Game 3 of the Sagueneens/Huskies series is Tuesday in Rouyn-Noranda.

A few other Saturday night notes...

  • At the IIHF U18 Men's World Championship, Alexis Joseph was scratched for Canada's 8-0 victory over Norway on Saturday. The scratch comes after Joseph was pushed into the 13th forward role on Thursday. Cameron Chartrand has yet to appear in a game for Canada. The Canadians are back in action on Monday against Finland.
  • Olivers Murnieks and Latvia have yet to score a goal, falling 6-0 to Canada and 2-0 to Finland, respectively. In Friday's loss to Finland, Murnieks played a team high 25:19. The Latvians take on Norway on Sunday.
  • Jamie Glance and Team USA picked up wins on Friday and Saturday, defeating Denmark 2-0 and Sweden 9-1, respectively. Glance had 11 shots in the win over Denmark and also posted one assist to go along with one shot in the victory over Sweden. The Americans return to action on Monday against Germany.
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