Screaming Eagles eliminated from playoffs with Game 7 loss to Remparts

Screaming Eagles eliminated from playoffs with Game 7 loss to Remparts

By Jeremy Fraser
April 10, 2015

The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles were eliminated from the 2015 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs after a 6-3 loss to the Quebec Remparts in Game 7 of the best-of-seven first round playoff series on Tuesday.

With the victory at the Colisée Pepsi, Quebec wins the series four-games-to-three.

Cape Breton got the scoring started early as Jacob Smith scored his third goal of the playoffs at 1:53 of the first period. Alexandre Gosselin and Phélix Martineau were given the assists.

The Screaming Eagles took a 2-0 lead as Clark Bishop found the back of the net for his fifth goal of the playoffs at 17:42 of the opening frame. Evgeny Svechnikov had the lone helper on the goal.

Quebec cut the Cape Breton lead to one as Dmytro Timashov banged home his third goal of the playoffs beating Screaming Eagles goaltender Alexandre Bélanger at 19:52 of the first period. Kurt Etchegary and Adam Erne had the assists.

The Remparts tied the game as Jérome Verrier notched his third goal of the playoffs at 2:32 of the second period. Vladimir Tkachev and Massimo Carozza picked up the helpers.

Carozza gave Quebec a 3-2 lead as he scored his first goal of the playoffs at 7:03 of the middle frame. Tkachev and Verrier recorded the assists on the goal.

Quebec made the score 4-2 as New York Rangers prospect Ryan Graves buried his third goal of the playoffs on the power play at 15:54 of the second period. Tkachev and Marc-Olivier Roy were given credit with the helpers.

The Remparts added to their lead as Erne fired home his fifth goal of the playoffs at 1:18 of the third period. The goal was unassisted.

Erne made the score 6-2 for Quebec as he scored his second goal of the game, sixth of the playoffs, into an empty net at 17:00 of the final frame. The goal was unassisted.

Cape Breton would add another goal as Kyle Farrell netted his first goal of the playoffs, his final goal as a Screaming Eagle, beating Remparts goaltender Zachary Fucale at 19:55 of the third period. Gosselin and Loïk Léveillé were given the assists on the goal.

Fucale made 21 saves in the win for Quebec, his record improves to 3-1-1-0. Bélanger turned aside 35 of 40 shots in the loss for Cape Breton, his record falls to 2-2-0-0.

The Screaming Eagles will now look forward to the 2015 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Entry Draft, scheduled for Saturday, June 6 at the Palais des Sports Leopold-Drolet in Sherbrooke, Que.

Throughout the coming months, leading to the 2015 training camp in August, watch the New Waterford Community Press for a monthly Screaming Eagles off-season report.