Mathys Fernandez made 35 saves in net and seven different Val-d’Or Foreurs players hit the target in a 7-2 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday at Center Marcel Dionne.
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The first period was quite busy with a total of five goals. Tomas Cibulka opened the scoring for the visitors following a turnover on the blue line, in the 97th second of play. The Voltigeurs’ reply, by Luke Woodworth, was not scored until 29 seconds later.
After the net of first-year player Lukas Landry, from Drummondville, the Foreurs didn’t really look back. They added five unanswered goals – those of Zachaël Turgeon, Alexandre Doucet, Thomas Larouche, Nathan Bolduc and Zigmund Gold – and Fernandez stood up to attack. He also faced more than a dozen pucks each period.
For the Voltigeurs, Jacob Goobie allowed six goals on 20 shots and was replaced with a dozen minutes to go by rookie Cédric Cyr-Dauphinais.