Lecompte, Toussaint lift Sagueneens past Phoenix on Friday

SHERBROOKE, Quebec (Interstat) — Chicoutimi’s Nathan Lecompte opened the scoring at 4:46 of the first period, and Alexis Toussaint made it 2-0 at 0:46 of the second as the visiting Sagueneens held off the Sherbrooke Phoenix 2-1 on Friday at Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet. Toussaint’s goal was assisted by Loïc Poirier and Emile-Alexandro Lemieux-Goupil, while Lecompte finished with one goal on one shot. Jayden Plouffe scored for Sherbrooke at 18:33 of the third from Louis-Alex Tremblay and Ilya Kuzminykh, and Plouffe added two shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Thomas Rousseau had two shots, two penalty minutes and three hits for the Phoenix, while Tremblay recorded one assist, five shots and two penalty minutes. Toussaint had one goal and one shot, and Lemieux-Goupil added one assist, two penalty minutes and one hit. Poirier contributed one assist, one shot and one hit. Attendance was 2,291. Chicoutimi improved to 7-7-0, while Sherbrooke fell to 7-6-0. The teams combined for 14 minor penalties.