DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec (Interstat) — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 3-1 in a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Wednesday night at Centre Marcel Dionne.

Guus Van der Kaaij scored late in the first period for the Huskies. Antoine St-Laurent extended the lead 42 seconds into the third. Drummondville’s Renaud Poulin answered midway through the period, but Thomas Verdon sealed the win with an empty-net goal at 18:37.

Lars Steiner assisted on two goals for Rouyn-Noranda. The Huskies improved to 27-20, while the Voltigeurs fell to 27-21 before an announced crowd of 1,719.