Recap: Voltigeurs Take 50 Shots In Win Over Cataractes

Thursday saw a three-game slate of matches across the QMJHL as the ninth weekend of the 2026-27 season rolls along.

There was a battle at the top between the Sea Dogs and Remparts, a battle of the bottom between the Drakkar and Armada, and perhaps most interestingly a battle of two teams trying to gain momentum after sluggish starts between the Voltigeurs and Cataractes.

The first period of this one was scoreless, with the shots and balance of play pretty even in a back-and-forth affair.

From there, though, it was all Drummondville. Renard Poulin got the scoring started just under four minutes into the middle frame, and Yoan Tasse doubled down just 18 seconds later. 

Eliot Faucher would get one back for Shawinigan later in the second, but the teams went to the intermission with the visitors up 2-1 and holding an 18-4 shots advantage in the second.

That momentum carried over into the third. Antoine Robichaud restored the two-goal lead just 34 seconds into the final frame, and Elijah Sylla scored his first QMJHL goal on the power play minutes later. Drummondville, despite the three-goal lead, didn't let their collective foot off the gas, outshooting their opponents 22-11 in the third.

That left the final shots at 50-26 in favour of the Volts, in an absolutely dominant win. If not for Philippe Boucher's 46 saves in the Cataractes goal, it could've been an uglier scoreline.

Quebec (2) - Saint John (6)
Baie-Comeau (1) - Blainville-Boisbriand (0) (SO)

Player of the Night

Mathias Hernandez (BAC) - 40 saves, shutout

Newfoundland at Cape Breton - 6 PM ET
Rimouski at Charlottetown - 6 PM ET
Saint John at Moncton - 6 PM ET
Shawinigan at Drummondville - 7 PM ET
Rouyn-Noranda at Val-d'Or - 7 PM ET
Baie-Comeau at Victoriaville - 7 PM ET

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