ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec (Interstat) — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Val-d’Or Foreurs 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Aréna Glencore on Friday night.

Charles Laforest led the Huskies with a goal and an assist. Nathan Langlois and Benjamin Brunelle also scored for Rouyn-Noranda in the first period, which ended 2-1. Val-d’Or’s Maxime Coursol scored in the second period, but the Huskies pulled away with two more goals in the third from Thomas Verdon and Jérémy Jarret.

The Huskies improved to 3-3. The Foreurs fell to 1-3. Attendance was 2,378.