On a night the Victoriaville Tigres honoured former star Matthew Lombardi, a fellow centre stole the show against the best team in the QMJHL.
Kevin Veilleux had two goals and two assists as the Tigres stunned powerhouse Gatineau 6-3 Wednesday night, handing the Olympiques just their second regulation loss of the season.
Veilleux scored 1:04 into the game and added his second midway through the period as Victoriaville (6-5-0-0) broke out to a 3-0 lead and cruised from there. Benoit Doucet, Maxime Noreau and Jan Kolarik added singles while Morten Madsen had three assists in the victory.
Prior to the game, the Tigres hoisted Lombardi's No. 10 jersey to the rafters in a ceremony honouring one of their greatest offensive players of the past decade. The slick forward, who played for Victoriaville from 1998-2002, had 109 goals and 148 assists in 250 career games.
His best season came in 2001-02, when he had 130 points (57 goals, 73 assists) in 66 games while leading the Tigres to the Memorial Cup final, where they dropped a 6-3 decision to Kootenay.
The 24-year-old has three goals and two assists in six games with the Flames this season.
In other QMJHL action Wednesday, it was: St. John's 3, Cape Breton 1; and Quebec 6, Rimouski 4.
At Victoriaville, Que., Bryan Main, Brett Morrison and Viatcheslav Trukhno replied for the Olympiques (11-2-0-1), who saw their six-game winning streak come to an end. Gatineau has lost two of three meetings with the Tigres this season.
Kevin Poulin stopped 28 shots to earn the win for Victoriaville.
Israel Bernier-Dion and Olivier Laliberte combined to make 21 saves for the Olympiques.
Fog Devils 3, Screaming Eagles 1
At Sydney, N.S., Mario Kempe's power-play goal at 6:04 of the third period led St. John's past the Screaming Eagles.
Ryan Graham and Matt Fillier added third-period goals for the Fog Devils (5-6-0-1), while Ilia Ejov made 44 saves in the victory.
Cam Fergus replied with his 12th goal for Cape Breton (8-7-0-0), extending his points streak to a league-high 14 games.
Remparts 6, Oceanic 4
At Quebec, Roman Bashkirov and Maxime Lacroix each scored twice in the Remparts' victory over Rimouski.
Angelo Esposito had a goal and three assists while Billy Bezeau scored the other goal for Quebec (7-6-0-0).
Maxime Tanguay, Kevin Cormier, Jordan Caron and Michael Frolik countered for Rimouski (1-9-3-0).





