• The Canadian Press

    OHL roundup: Battalion stay alive, beat Generals 5-4 in OT

    NORTH BAY, Ont. — Sandis Vilmanis's second goal of the game, scored at 6:02 of overtime, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League's Eastern Conference final series on Wednesday. The win prevented a series sweep by the Generals, who still lead the best-of-seven matchup 3-1 with Game 5 set for Friday at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ont. Liam Arnsby, Sandis Vilmanis, Tnias Mathurin and Paul Christopoulos also scored for

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    QMJHL roundup: Tigres avoid sweep, beat visiting Voltigeurs 3-2 in OT

    VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Benjamin Vigneault scored 95 seconds into overtime to give the Victoriaville Tigres a 3-2 victory over the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs that prevented a sweep and elimination from the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series. Francesco Iasenza and Egor Goriunov also scored for the Tigres, who trail the best-of-seven series 3-1, with Game 5 in Drummondville on Friday. Simon-Pier Brunet and Vsevolod Komarov scored for the Voltigeurs, who led 2-1 heading int

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    WHL roundup: Warriors edge Blades 3-1, take 2-1 series lead

    MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Martin Rysavy's goal at 7:14 of the third period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 3-1 victory over the visiting Saskatoon Blades to grab a 2-1 lead in the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference final. Atley Calvert and Denton Mateychuk (empty-netter) also scored for the Warriors, who were outshot 33-32. The Blades led 1-0 after the first period and the teams were tied 1-1 heading into the third. Grayden Siepmann scored for the Blades, who split

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    QMJHL roundup: Poirier scores four goals, Drakkar ground Eagles 8-2

    SYDNEY, N.S. — One night after losing their first game of the post-season, the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar refocused and crushed the Cape Breton Eagles 8-2 to grab a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series. Justin Poirier scored four goals, including three in the first period, as the Drakkar made amends for Monday's 2-1 loss to the host Eagles. Isaac Dufort had two goals and an assist for the Drakkar, Justin Gill had a goal and two assists, and Don