Bélanger leads Newfoundland Regiment to shutout win over Charlottetown

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador (Interstat) — Louis-François Bélanger scored and had eight shots on goal as the Newfoundland Regiment beat the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 3-0 on Saturday at Mary Brown’s Centre. Bélanger was Newfoundland’s top star. Bélanger opened the scoring at 15:54 of the first period, with Tyson Goguen and Alexis Michaud assisting. Goguen made it 2-0 at 9:41 of the second, with Dmitry Kubantsev and Kingsley Austin assisting. Liam Arsenault scored at 13:28 of the third, with Austin and Matthew Frost assisting. Goguen finished with a goal and an assist, Austin had two assists, and Arsenault added a goal, two shots, 12 penalty minutes and one hit. Louis-Antoine Denault stopped all 36 shots he faced. Michaud and Frost each had an assist. Charlottetown’s Matthew Butler had two shots, Antoine Boudreau four shots and Anthony Flanagan three shots. Attendance was 3,623. Newfoundland improved to 10-7-0, while Charlottetown fell to 6-11-0.