CHL Game Night: 1-18-19
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Shawinigan Cataractes 0 @ Baie-Comeau Drakkar 5
C/W Gabriel Fortier, BC: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, 11/19 FO, 3 Hits
Season Totals: 44 GP, 22-37-59, +33, 21 PIM
17-18 Totals: 66 GP, 26-33-59, -11, 59 PIM
Fortier had his eight-game point streak snapped, but the Drakkar got a shutout from Lucas Fitzpatrick to blank the Cataractes, 5-0, Friday. Fitzpatrick (undrafted) got his first win for Baie-Comeau after coming over from Shawinigan. Fitzpatrick wasn’t given a game star for shutting out his former team. Cold. Fortier had 17 points in the eight games of his streak.
Rimouski Oceanic 5 @ Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 2
D Radim Salda, RIM: 0-0-0, +2, 0 PIM, 1 SOG, 0 Hits
Season Totals: 24 GP, 5-13-18, +8, 24 PIM
17-18 Totals (SJ): 62 GP, 10-31-41, -37, 78 PIM
Alexis Lafreniere (2020) had two goals and an assist for Rimouski in the Oceanic’s road win against Cedric Paquette’s former team (and Barre-Boulet and Walcott).
Ontario Hockey League
Windsor Spitfires 4 @ Kitchener Rangers 7
C/W Alexey Lipanov, KIT: 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG, 6/10 FO
Season Totals: 37 GP, 8-10-18, -25, 10 PIM
17-18 Totals (BAR, SBY): 55 GP, 14-25-39, -14, 10 PIM
Kitchener exploded for seven goals Friday against the visiting Spits, winning 7-4. Alexey Lipanov got in on the fun with his eighth goal of the season. Riley Damiani (Dallas) had five assists for Kitchener. The Rangers are three points ahead of last-place Erie in the Midwest Division, seven points back of Owen Sound for third.