The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Highlight reel

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A look at Wednesday’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game between the host Charlottet­own Islanders and the Moncton Wildcats.

Outcome

Moncton – 4 Charlottet­own – 5 SO

Goals

Moncton – Jeremy McKenna 3 and Elliott Desnoyers.

Charlottet­own – Brett Budgell 2, Keith Getson and Daniel Hardie.

Assists

Moncton – Adam Capannelli 2, Mika Cyr, Gabriel Sylvestre, Jonathan Aspirot, Jack Tucker and Alexander Khovanov. Charlottet­own – Derek Gentile 2, Daniel Hardie, Lukas Cormier, Thomas Casey, Nikita Alexandrov and Keith Getson.

Goalies

Moncton – Francis Leclerc, three saves on six

shots in 5:25; Charles-Antoine Lavallée, 28 saves on 29 shots. Charlottet­own – Matthew Welsh, 49 saves on 53 shots.

Power plays

Moncton – 1-for-6. Charlottet­own – 1-for-5.

Attendance – 3,689.

Records

Moncton – 22-9-2-1. Charlottet­own – 20-8-2-1. They are 17-3-1-1

since Oct. 12.

Up next – The Islanders have two road games to close out the schedule before the Christmas break. They travel to Saint John, N.B., Friday to play the Sea Dogs and then to Halifax Saturday to play the Mooseheads.

Casey said: “We just hit 20 wins and that’s a goal every team has by the halfway mark, but we’re not satisfied.”

McKenna said: “It’s a great rivalry and great hockey out there and I hope the fans enjoyed it.”

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