St-Laurent and balanced attack lead Huskies past Cataractes on Saturday

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. (Interstat) — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies used a balanced attack to beat the Shawinigan Cataractes 9-3 on Saturday at Aréna Glencore. Antoine St-Laurent led Rouyn-Noranda with one goal and three assists, while Julien Bergeron scored twice for Shawinigan. Charles Laforest added a goal and an assist for the Huskies, Malik Tremblay had a goal and two assists, Mark Pritchin recorded four assists, Eliot Ogonowski had a goal and an assist, Samuel Beauchemin contributed a goal and two assists and Samuel Rheault also scored. William Vézina added an assist for Rouyn-Noranda, and Alexandre Raymond made 16 saves. Andreas Straka, Cole Renaud and Charles-Étienne Boulet also scored for Rouyn-Noranda. Olivier Charron scored for Shawinigan. The Huskies scored four times in the first period and added five more over the final two periods. Rouyn-Noranda improved to 7-7, while Shawinigan fell to 4-10. Attendance at Aréna Glencore was 1,250. St-Laurent was named the top star for Rouyn-Noranda.