Moncton Wildcats’ Allain Saulnier leads Sunday’s 3 Stars

No. 1 star: Allain Saulnier, Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

The Saulnier twins and their Slovak linemate Marek Hrivik had one last big day together in the final regular-season together. The trio combined for 10 points in a 5-2 win over Acadie-Bathurst. Allain Saulnier, with a hat trick and an assist, led the way, while Alex Saulnier (three assists) and the overage Hrivik (1G-2A, +4) each had three-point games.

Allain Saulnier scored an early goal to give the 'Cats life and then sniped a pair in the second period when they took over the game. That, plus the assist on Hrivik's insurance marker in the final frame, gave him a pretty impressive season with 30 goals and 79 points, good for 16th in the Quebec league. Alex Saulnier, a 30-goal man in his own right, finished 13th with 83 points. Hrivik's 70 was put him among the Q's top 30. Yet Moncton only scored 187 goals all season.

No. 2 star: Oliver Gabriel, Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

No, apparently the Portland Winterhawks cannot let the Seattle Thunderbirds have anything. Gabriel, an overage wing who's been signed by the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, had a three-goal, one-assist night to help the 'Hawks eighty-sixed the T-Birds' playoff chances with an 8-2 win. Gabriel set up a goal by Troy Rutkowski in the opening period, then got the all-important response tally in the second, counting less than two minutes after the hoping-against T-Birds had pulled within one goal. The Edmonton native, who could potentially face his hometown Oil Kings in the WHL final (let's not get too far ahead of yourselves, eh?), scored two more in the third. The big night gave Gabriel 20 goals and 42 points in just 39 Western league games this season.

Portland's Ty Rattie (2G-1A) finished with 57 goals and 121 points, each good for third in the WHL. The Winterhawks rested Sven Bärtschi after he was returned to junior by the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard, who led the league in minutes played for three seasons in a row without ever getting in a playoff game, was the last Thunderbird to leave the ice.

No. 3 star: Ryan Sproul, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Amid all the struggling in the Soo, Sproul had a pretty good season. For one, the two goals the 6-foot-3 rearguard had in the Greyhounds' season-ending 5-2 win over Kitchener, gave him 23 to lead the league's defencemen. He also went from being minus-15 last season, when he was very raw after playing midget hockey as a 16-year-old to being plus-15 during this campaign. And both times that was for a ninth-place hockey club. Those are feats worth highlighting when one considers the Detroit Red Wings late second-round choice was also set back this season by a broken jaw. His 54 points in 61 games was good for both third on the Greyhounds and a tie for third in OHL defenceman scoring behind Niagara's Dougie Hamilton and Ottawa's Cody Ceci. Kitchener's Ryan Murphy had his 54 points in 12 fewer games than Sproul, though.

Honourable mention: Andrew Yogan, Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Yogan went out on a positive note, scoring four goals and one assist in the Petes' 8-6 win over Oshawa in a nothing game. While he could not carry the Matt Puempel-less Petes to a playoff berth, Yogan did rack up some decent numbers as a 20-year-old, finishing with 41 goals and 78 points.

Potent notables — Kitchener Rangers centre Radek Faksa had a goal vs. Sault Ste. Marie to top up his rookie-leading totals of 29 goals and 67 points ... Philadelphia Flyers draft pick Nick Cousins finished with a team-high 35 goals for Sault Ste. Marie ... Mississauga rookie goalie Spencer Martin made a season-best 46 saves in the Majors' 2-0 loss to Niagara ... Ottawa gave goalie Jacob Blair his first start and he made 41 saves in a 4-3 loss at Brampton ... In the QMJHL, Halifax Mooseheads rookie goalie Zachary Fucale had 36 saves in his 58th appearance of the season. Fucale's 32 wins are a league rookie record.

(Game recaps available on the news page.)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.