QUEBEC - Nathan Gaucher scored two goals and James Malatesta had a goal and two assists as the Québec Remparts defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-2 on Friday.

Vsevolod Komarov and Pier-Olivier Roy added the others for Québec (39-6-1-2). Quentin Miller made 16 saves.

Jonathan Fauchon and Alexis Brisson responded for Blainville-Boisbriand (17-24-5-2), which dropped its second in a row.

Charles-Édward Gravel stopped 33-of-37 shots, while Nicholas Sheehan saved two shots in 2:33 of action.

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Vsevolod Komarov scored the game-winning goal with 17 seconds left in overtime to power the Québec Remparts past the Sherbrooke Phoenix 5-4 on Thursday.

Pier-Olivier Roy, Jérémy Langlois, Théo Rochette and Nathan Gaucher also scored for Québec (38-6-1-2), which sits atop the Eastern Conference. William Rousseau made 29 saves.

Cole Huckins, Milo Roelens, Jakub Brabenec and Jacob Melanson replied for Western Conference-leading Sherbrooke (31-12-3-2). Olivier Adam stopped 37-of-42 shots.

The Remparts saw an early 3-0 lead turn into a 4-3 deficit at 11:20 of the third period. However, Roy scored the game-tying marker with 41 seconds left in regulation.

WINDSOR, Ont. - Colton Smith and Matthew Maggio each had two goals and an assist as the Windsor Spitfires used a dominant start to defeat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 7-4 on Thursday.

Shane Wright had a goal and two assists and James Jodoin and Oliver Peer added the others for Windsor (30-12-3-1). Ian Michelone made 34 saves.

Justin Cloutier, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Jordan D'Intino and Alex Kostov scored for Soo (14-20-7-5), which dropped its fifth straight.

Samuel Ivanov surrendered five goals on 16 shots in the first period before making way for Landon Miller, who stopped 16-of-17 shots in relief.

GATINEAU, Que. - Cam MacDonald scored what proved to be the winner as the Gatineau Olympiques topped the Moncton Wildcats 3-2 Wednesday and extended their win streak to four games.

Riley Kidney and Cole Cormier also scored for Gatineau (30-12-4-2). Francesco Lapenna had 33 saves in the victory.

Vincent Labelle and Natan Grenier replied for Moncton (22-21-0-2), which dropped its fourth in a row. Jacob Steinman stopped 35 shots.

MacDonald's marker 2:29 into the third period put the Olympiques up 3-1 before Labelle made it a one-goal game with 1:26 remaining in the contest.

SUDBURY, Ont. - Dalyn Wakely scored two goals and Matvey Petrov had a goal and three assists as the North Bay Battalion cruised past the Sudbury Wolves 5-1 on Wednesday.

Kyle Jackson had a goal and two assists and Jacob Therrien also scored for North Bay (33-12-1-1), while Dom DiVincentiis made 22 saves.

Ethan Larmand scored the lone marker for Sudbury (18-21-4-2), which dropped its third in a row. Kevyn Brassard stopped 29-of-34 shots.

The Battalion went scoreless on seven power plays, while the Wolves couldn't convert on five-man advantages of their own.

KITCHENER, Ont. - Ethan Ritchie scored two power-play goals, netminder Benjamin Gaudreau stopped 22 of 23 shots and the visiting Sarnia Sting beat the Kitchener Rangers 5-1 in the lone Ontario Hockey League game on Tuesday night.

Filip Mesar gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead 53 seconds into the game, but after that it was all Sarnia.

Nolan Burke, Luca DelBelBelluz and Sasha Pastujov also scored for the Sting (24-14-4-2), who outshot the Rangers 34-23. Ethan Del Mastro and Pastujov each chipped in with two assists.

The Sting were 3-for-3 on the power play, while the Rangers (19-22-2-0) went 0-for-2.

BATHURST, N.B. - Samuel Johnson scored early in the first period and early in the third period and the visiting Cape Breton Eagles hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the lone Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game on Tuesday night.

Johnson scored his 23rd goal of the season at 1:15 of the first and added his 24th at 1:02 of the third to give the Eagles (18-25-2-1) a 2-0 lead, but Dylan Andrews scored a power-play goal at 11:22 of the third and the Titan (15-24-5-2) applied all kinds of pressure down the stretch in an effort to tie the game.

The Eagles and Titan were both tied with 37 points in the Eastern Conference, so the victory puts the Eagles into sole possession of sixth place in the 10-team conference.

Oliver Satny made 25 saves in the Eagles net, while Joshua Fleming stopped 39 shots.

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — The International Ice Hockey Federation said Tuesday it will prioritize safety concerns when deciding whether to allow Russian and Belarusian teams to take part in its competitions, following efforts from the International Olympic Committee to allow athletes from both countries to compete at next year’s Paris Games.

The IIHF has ruled out Russia and its ally Belarus returning for this year's world championships but is set to decide by the end of May on whether to readmit them for the 2023-24 season. A decision on whether they can qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics is expected next year.

The IOC’s proposal, strongly opposed by Ukraine and several other European governments, allows each sport’s international governing body some leeway to decide how and when to reintegrate Russia and Belarus.

Speaking on a visit to men's world championship co-host Finland, IIHF president Luc Tardif said the governing body would focus on the safety of players — including those from Russia and Belarus — and others at its events. That echoes language the IIHF used in its initial decision to exclude Russia and Belarus in Feb. 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

OSHAWA, Ont. - Ryan Gagnier had three goals and an assist, Jacob Oster made 30 saves for the shutout and the Oshawa Generals surprised the visiting North Bay Battalion 4-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday.

Stuart Rolofs had the other goal for the Generals (18-21-1-3), who led 2-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third.

The Central Division-leading Battalion (32-12-1-1) outshot the Generals 30-29 at Tribute Communities Centre.

Elsewhere in the OHL:

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Olivier Adam only had to make 12 saves on Sunday to earn a shutout as the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix zapped the Drummondville Voltigeurs 7-0 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Cole Huckins scored twice for the Western Conference-leading Phoenix (31-12-2-2), while Jacob Melanson, Justin Gill, Maxime Cote, Tyson Hinds and Anthony Munroe-Boucher netted singles.

Jakub Brabenec chipped in with three assists, while Joshua Roy and Hinds had two each.

Netminder Jacob Goobie kicked out 27 of 34 shots for the Voltigeurs (18-22-4-1), who were outshot 34-12 and trailed 4-0 after the first period and 6-0 heading into the third.

HAMILTON - Cole Brown scored at 3:50 of overtime as the Hamilton Bulldogs edged the visiting Ottawa 67's 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday.

Sahil Panwar scored twice for the Bulldogs (20-20-4-0), while Marek Vanacker and Nick Lardis netted singles.

Brad Gardiner, Pavel Mintyukov, Luca Pinelli and Logan Morrison all scored for the 67's (31-9-2-2).

Elsewhere in the OHL:

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Joshua Roy scored twice, Jakub Brabenec chipped in with two assists and the Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

Justin Gill, Milo Roelens and David Spacek also scored for the Phoenix (30-12-2-2), who led 2-0 after the first period and 4-0 heading into the third.

Theo Lemieux scored for the Armada at 14:52 of the third period. The Armada (17-23-5-2) were outshot 39-17.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL:

OTTAWA - Ruslan Gazizov had the shootout winner as the London Knights edged the Ottawa 67's 2-1 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action.

George Diaco and Ryan Winterton also scored in the shootout for London (29-13-1), while Alec Leonard had a goal in regulation time.

Zach Bowen made 27 saves for the win in net.

Matthew Mayich's goal early in the third period forced extra time for Ottawa (31-9-3).

CHICOUTIMI, Que. - William Rousseau stopped all 20 shots he faced as the Quebec Remparts shut out the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 5-0 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Théo Rochette scored twice as Quebec (36-6-3) won its fifth game in a row. Jérémy Langlois, James Malatesta and Nicolas Savoie also chipped in.

Charles-Antoine Lavallée kicked out 34 shots for Chicoutimi (23-22-2).

The Remparts went 2 for 4 on the power play and the Sagueneens didn't score on their one man advantage.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Michael Simpson made 35 saves for the shutout as Peterborough blanked London 3-0 in Ontario Hockey League play Thursday night.

Avery Hayes scored twice and Brennan Othmann added a single. Knights goaltender Brett Brochu had 28 saves.

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BATTALION 5 SPITFIRES 3

TORONTO (AP) — Darryl Watts thought she’d retired from hockey after a stellar NCAA career.

At Boston College, Watts became the first freshman to win the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in women’s Division I hockey. She recently finished her career at Wisconsin, ranking second all-time in NCAA scoring with 297 points in 172 games.

Last fall, the 23-year-old from Toronto was accepted into the University of Wisconsin’s masters commercial real-estate program after a summer internship in the field. But a week before returning to her alma mater in Madison, Watts changed her mind about what she wanted to do with her life.

“I backed out seven days before. My dad was so upset,” Watts told The Canadian Press on Wednesday. “He supports everything I do, and he was so supportive after he kind of got over it.”

MONTREAL (AP) — Sean Bérubé said he thought it was a joke when he was first asked to help assemble a team of Ukrainian preteen refugees, displaced by war and spread out across Europe, to play in a renowned Quebec City hockey tournament.

Bérubé, a businessman from the Quebec City region, was having a beer in Bucharest last March with Evgheniy Pysarenko, whom he played hockey with in Ukraine as a teenager.

The businessman — with the help of Pysarenko — had just traveled to Ukraine to help his former Ukrainian hockey coach and the coach’s family flee the Russian invasion. To show his gratitude, Bérubé said he owed Pysarenko a beer.

“Then he (Pysarenko) said, ’No, I’ve got a different thing to ask you. I have a different favor.'”