North American Juniors

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Baie-Comeau Drakkar 2 @ Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM, 6 SOG, 1 Hit, *First Star*
Season totals: 58 GP, 25-51-76, +27, 101 PIM

Lightning prospect Cedric Paquette scored with just over a minute left in the game to propel the Armada to a 3-2 home win on Thursday. Paquette hit the 25-goal and 100-penalty minute marks for the season in the same game. He was named first star for his efforts.

Ontario Hockey League

Brampton Battalion 0 @ Belleville Bulls 4 (Wednesday)

D Dylan Blujus, BRAM: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 60 GP, 2-22-24, -7, 51 PIM

Bruins first rounder (2012) Malcolm Subban stopped 25 shots for his fourth shutout of the season on Wednesday as the Bulls beat Blujus’ Battalion, 4-0.

Owen Sound Attack 2 @ Barrie Colts 4

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 59 GP, 4-18-22, +1, 68 PIM
With Barrie: 21 GP, 2-6-8, E, 29 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

Barrie topped the Attack on Thursday to keep pace with Belleville for the Eastern Conference lead. The Colts are four points back of the Bulls, who have two games in hand on Barrie.

Note: Windsor’s Slater Koekkoek is out for the season with an injured shoulder.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Val-d’Or Foreurs 4 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG, 3 Hits
Season totals: 48 GP, 6-27-33, +23, 53 PIM

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-0-0, -2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 25 GP, 20-28-48, +10, 4 PIM
With R-N: 19 GP, 17-21-38, +11, 2 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

In a key division match-up, the Huskies couldn’t hold a 3-1 lead entering the third period and lost to the Foreurs, 4-3. Nikita Kucherov was scoreless for the second time in three games, though he had a four-goal game squeezed in between his 0-point performances. Fellow Russian Lightning prospect Artem Sergeev (pictured) was plus-1 with no points for Val-d’Or, who pulled within one point of Rouyn-Noranda for second in the TELUS West Division. Cedric Paquette’s Armada leads the division.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Shawinigan Cataractes 1 @ Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-0-0, +1, 8 PIM, 6 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 57 GP, 24-51-75, +26, 99 PIM

The Armada spotted Shawinigan a goal, then scored six of their own. Blainville-Boisbriand now has a six point lead on Rouyn-Noranda for first in the TELUS West Division.

Ontario Hockey League

Kitchener Rangers 2 @ Brampton Battalion 1

D Dylan Blujus, BRAM: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 59 GP, 2-22-24, -6, 51 PIM

Blujus is plus-3 in his last four games. He was minus-5 in his previous four games.

Sudbury Wolves 2 @ Guelph Storm 7

C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: Did not play
Season totals: 43 GP, 8-45-53, +15, 90 PIM

Richard, who has missed time with an upper body injury, is expected back this week.

Note: Windsor’s Slater Koekkoek is out for the season with an injured shoulder.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Gatineau Olympiques 2 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 8

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 4-0-4, +2, 0 PIM, 6 SOG, 0 Hits, *First Star*
Season totals: 24 GP, 20-28-48, +12, 2 PIM
With R-N: 18 GP, 17-21-38, +13, 0 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

A day after going without a point for just the third time this season, Kucherov (pictured) scored four times in a lopsided Huskies win over the Olympiques. He was originally credited with an assist, which would have given him his third five-point game in the last 10 days, but it was taken away on a scoring change. Kucherov is back to a two points per game average for the season.

Quebec Remparts 6 @ Val-d’Or Foreurs 3

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 4 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 47 GP, 6-27-33, +22, 53 PIM

Quebec scored four times in the third period to break open a tie game and beat the Foreurs. Former Lightning prospect camp participant Brandon Hynes had two goals and was first star for Val-d’Or. The teams combined for 91 shots on net.

Ontario Hockey League

Guelph Storm 0 @ Barrie Colts 2

C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: Did not play
Season totals: 43 GP, 8-45-53, +15, 90 PIM

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 58 GP, 4-18-22, +2, 68 PIM
With Barrie: 20 GP, 2-6-8, +1, 29 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

German overager Mathias Niederberger (undrafted) made 44 saves for the shutout, leading Barrie to a home win over Guelph. Tanner Richard remains out of the Storm lineup due to an upper body injury.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Remparts 2 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, 2 Hits
Season totals: 23 GP, 16-28-44, +10, 2 PIM
With R-N: 17 GP, 13-21-34, +11, 0 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

Kucherov had his 12-game point streak snapped, though his team registered a come-from-behind victory over the team that traded Kucherov to the Huskies. This was only the third game this season where Kucherov has failed to register a point.

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3 @ Victoriaville Tigres 2

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-2-2, E, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 0 Hits
Season totals: 56 GP, 24-51-75, +25, 91 PIM

Paquette had two assists and teammate Christopher Clapperton (2012, 2013) scored his 30th goal of the season, leading the Armada to a win over the Tigres, 3-2. Paquette leads the Armada in assists, points, points-per-game and is second in penalty minutes.

Gatineau Olympiques 2 @ Val-d’Or Foreurs 5

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-2-2, +4, 4 PIM, 6 SOG, 2 Hits
Season totals: 46 GP, 6-27-33, +22, 51 PIM

Sergeev (pictured) had his first plus-4 game since September 2011 – also against Gatineau – in Friday’s 5-2 win over the Olympiques. He also had two assists. Vincent Dunn (2013) had a hat trick for Val-d’Or.

Ontario Hockey League

Brampton Battalion 3 @ Mississauga Steelheads 1

D Dylan Blujus, BRAM: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 58 GP, 2-22-24, -7, 51 PIM

Brampton’s Matej Machovsky (undrafted) stopped 35 of 36 shots in a 3-1 win over Mississauga. Dylan Blujus did not register a point.

Barrie Colts 3 @ Sudbury Wolves 5

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 57 GP, 4-18-22, +2, 66 PIM
With Barrie: 19 GP, 2-6-8, +1, 27 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

Barrie outshot the Wolves 29-27, including 15-3 in the third period when they cut the Wolves’ lead from 4-0 to 4-3, but they couldn’t complete the comeback. Sudbury added a late empty net goal to give the game its final score. Dotchin continues to see power play time for the Colts, something he didn’t regularly get in Owen Sound.

Niagara IceDogs 3 @ Guelph Storm 5

C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: Did not play
Season totals: 43 GP, 8-45-53, +15, 90 PIM

Tanner Richard remains out of the lineup due to an upper body injury.

Note: Windsor’s Slater Koekkoek is out for the season with an injured shoulder.