With three points in an easy 5-0 win, Joshua Roy helped the Sherbrooke Phoenix defeat the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in four games in the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) playoffs. , Wednesday, at the Sports Rousseau Center of Excellence.
The Montreal Canadiens star ended that streak with five goals and as many assists for 10 points in just four games. Roy picked up where he left off last spring when he scored 23 points in 11 playoff games.
The 19-year-old scored the first two goals of the game in the first half. He also fed Hugo Primeau for the last goal, with 3:53 in the third period.
Same pace for the kidney
At Gatineau, another Habs prospect, Riley Kidney, scored a goal and an assist in the Gatineau Olympiques’ 6-0 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs.
That series will need a fifth game as the New Brunswick representatives upset Tuesday with a 3-2 win in the third game after losses 7-1 and 9-0.
Kidney is on a 10-point streak in four games so far. He was instrumental in one of Alexis Gendron’s three goals in that game. Zachary Dean also did well with three points.
At the net, Francesco Lapenna withstood 26 shots from the Sea Dogs.