The Quebec Remparts took full advantage of their powerplay scoring three times with the extra man and adding three others in a 6-0 win over the P.E.I. Rocket Sunday afternoon at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.The Remparts, who improved to 36-15-5-2 on the season, were led by Mikhail Grigorenko (1-2) and Frederick Roy (0-3) who had three points each.
P.E.I. has dropped their fifth straight game and drop to 17-36-2-2 on the season.
Ben Duffy, Rocket's assistant captain, said the team competed hard but could not stay discipline.
"They were 3-for-4 on the powerplay and against a skilled team like that you got to stay out of the box."
The Rocket have only managed to score five goals in the last five games with two of those games being shutout by the opponent.
The chances are there, said Duffy.
"Maybe we're gripping our sticks a little too hard and being a little too fancy which is causing us to make mistakes and really, we just have to keep it simple."
Staying positive, Duffy said he doesn't think these last five games will have a bad effect on the team over the next month.
"We're still competing hard which is a good sign, so I think when we get a couple of lucky goals and w'ere competing like we are, pucks are going to start going in from everywhere.
Quebec opened the scoring with Grigorenko's 32nd of the season at 10:45 of the first period before Gabriel Desjardins scored on the powerplay at 11:19 to give the Remparts a 2-0 lead.
In the second period, the Remparts got a powerplay goal from Marc-Antoine Carrier at 3:19 to take a 3-0 lead.
Anthony Duclair added to the lead at 10:39.
In the third period, Logan Shaw's powerplay goal at 12:02 gave the Remparts a 5-0 lead. Alexandre Comtois finished off the scoring at 13:43 to give the Remparts a 6-0 lead.
Maxime Lagace took the loss for the Rocket allowing six goals on 28 shots.
Remparts rookie netminder, Francois Brassard made 27 saves to earn the shutout.
The Rocket are back in action Wednesday Feb. 22 when they travel to Blainville-Boisbriand to take on the third-place Armada. Game time is 8 p.m.
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