Lemaire powers Victoriaville comeback past Rimouski on Sunday

VICTORIAVILLE, Quebec (Interstat) — Deryk Lemaire had two goals, two assists and three shots on goal as Victoriaville rallied past Rimouski 7-5 on Sunday at Colisée Desjardins. Lemaire was Victoriaville’s top star. Victoriaville scored four times in the first period, while Rimouski got first-period goals from Maxmilian Mares and Caiden Pellegrino. The Tigres trailed 5-3 after Rimouski’s Malik Bourque-Vigneault scored at 6:40 of the third period, then scored four unanswered goals. Egor Shilov put Victoriaville ahead 6-5 at 18:34, and Xavier Lebel added an empty-net goal at 19:30. Lebel finished with a goal and an assist, while Alexey Vlasov and Thomas Desruisseaux each had three assists. Alexis Guévin added two assists and three hits for Victoriaville. Maxmilian Mares had a goal and two assists for the Oceanic, and Caiden Pellegrino added a goal and an assist. Justin Beaulieu and Justin Gagnon also scored for Rimouski, with Gagnon connecting in the second period. Victoriaville improved to 11-5, and Rimouski dropped to 10-6. The announced attendance at Colisée Desjardins was 1,874.