Five point night for Daoust in 6-5 overtime loss to the Titan

Philippe Daoust tallied a goal and four assists in the Wildcats’ 6-5 overtime loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, Wednesday at KC Irving Regional Centre. Francis Langlois scored two goals for Moncton while Owen Stammer and Jacob Hudson added one each. Connor Olson chipped in with two assists. Acadie-Bathurst opened the scoring with a power play goal 71 seconds into the game. Daoust tied the game halfway through the period, burying a low backhander under a sprawling Jan Bednar in the Titan net. The home side regained the lead again on the very next shift, but Moncton’s offence responded. Langlois’ first goal of the night was a power play strike with five minutes left in the period. Stammer gave the Wildcats a 3-2 lead less than two minutes later after taking a crisp pass feed from blueliner Charles-Antoine Pilote in front of the net. Moncton carried the one-goal lead into the first intermission. The Titan scored twice the second period and carried a 4-3 advantage into the final frame. Acadie-Bathurst extended its lead to 5-3 seven minutes into the third. There was a scary moment on the next shift when Sam McKinney was checked from behind into the end boards in the Moncton zone. The defence man was placed on a stretcher to be removed from the ice. The Wildcats rallied around their fallen teammate as, on the ensuing power play, Langlois netted his second goal of the game. Hudson created. 5-5 tie with another man advantage marker with four minutes to go. The game-winner was scored three-and-a-half minutes into overtime. Goalie Dakota Lund-Cornish made 35 saves in the loss.