Moncton Wildcats edge Sherbrooke Phoenix despite Kuzminykh’s two goals

SHERBROOKE, Quebec (Interstat) — Liam Kilfoil had two assists and Moncton held off Sherbrooke 3-2 on Friday at Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet. The Wildcats and Phoenix are both 7-5 after Moncton scored once in each period. Ilya Kuzminykh scored both Sherbrooke goals and had seven shots, with Jayden Plouffe and Louis-Alex Tremblay assisting the first and Ilya Kolmakov and Tremblay assisting the second. Rian Chudzinski, Jiko Laitinen and Shayne Gould scored for Moncton, while Myles Brosnan, Niko Tournas and Kilfoil had assists. Brosnan also had three shots and two penalty minutes. Tremblay finished with two assists and eight shots on goal, Kilfoil had two assists and one shot, and Tournas added two assists, two shots and one hit. Chudzinski contributed one goal, five shots and six penalty minutes, Laitinen one goal and two shots, and Gould one goal and two shots. Plouffe added one assist, five shots and two hits. Sherbrooke’s Thomas Rousseau had four shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Attendance was 2,557. Moncton visits Drummondville on Saturday.