In front of their hometown fans, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar scored a pair of early first period goals to down the Wildcats 5-2, tying the Gilles-Courteau Trophy Playoff series at 2-2.
The Drakkar built up a 4-0 lead in the second period before Miles Muller's 1st of the playoffs made it 4-1. Alex Mercier's 3rd of the post- season at only 23-seconds into the third cut the lead to 4-2.
The Drakkar killed off back-to-back Moncton powerplays and Felix Gagnon found the empty net with 32 seconds remaining to knot the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.
The Wildcats outshot the Drakkar 22-10 over the final two periods. BC's Olivier Ciarlo made 30 saves, Jacob Steinman 20 saves for the Wildcats.
Box score & highlights:
https://theqmjhl.ca/gamecentre/30235/boxscore
Game Five is Friday night at the Centre Henry-Leonard at 8 pm Atlantic time. Game Six heads back to the Avenir Centre Monday night at 7pm. A 7th game, if needed, will be played Tuesday night at 7pm.
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