Recap: Regiment Take Down Wildcats In Shootout

The eighth weekend of the 2026-27 QMJHL campaign got underway Thursday, with three games in action across the league.

The most interesting of those was in Newfoundland, where the Regiment sported some historic St. John's Maple Leafs sweaters, honouring the former AHL team in the city.

This one got off to a hot start for the Regiment/Maple Leafs, with Ben Veitch putting home his sixth of the campaign just 2:27 into the first. Liam Arsenault would double down with a power-play marker not too long after, and the hosts would ride that lead into the intermission.

In the second, Niko Tournas got one back early on for his 11th of the year, which would stand as the only goal in a rather muted frame.

The Wildcats begun to push for an equalizer in the third, and found one through Elliott Mullen's first career QMJHL goal. The teams would battle it out for the remaining half of the final frame, but no deciding goal was found, so overtime was needed.

The OT was back and forth, but still nobody could find a winning goal, meaning the sides were off to a shootout. After the first three rounds ended 1-1, and both shooters missed in the fourth, Alexis Michaud beat Yegor Rybkin and Louis-Antoine Denault outwaited the Mullen attempt, meaning the Regiment took home the important second point.

These two will be back at it at the Mary Brown's Centre on Friday, for the second leg of this series.

Rimouski (2) - Drummondville (5)
Gatineau (2) - Rouyn-Noranda (1) (OT)

Player of the Night

Antoine Robichaud (DRU) - 2 goals, 0 assists

Moncton at Newfoundland - 5:30 PM ET
Cape Breton at Halifax - 6 PM ET
Blainville-Boisbriand at Chicoutimi - 7 PM ET
Rimouski at Quebec - 7 PM ET
Gatineau at Rouyn-Noranda - 7 PM ET
Shawinigan at Sherbrooke - 7 PM ET

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