Daniel Sprong scored a pair of goals to lead the Charlottetown Islanders to a 5-2 win over the league’s best, Rimouski Oceanic, Sunday afternoon at Colisee Financiere Sun Life.
The Islanders end a three-game road trip with a 1-2 record and improve to 16-17-1-1 on the season.
Kameron Kielly and Dexter Weber each chipped in with two assists as Alexandre Goulet, David Henley and Julien Avon also scored goals for the Islanders.
Alexis Loiseau and Samuel Laberge scored for Rimouski.
Charlottetown opened the scoring at the 16:57 mark of the first period with Sprong’s 17th goal of the season. Kielly and Samuel Guilbault drew assists. Shots were 10-7 in favour of the Islanders.
Just 1:03 into the second period, Sprong netted his second goal of the game and 18th of the season for a 2-0 Islanders lead. Kielly and Weber drew assists. Shots were 10-7 once again for Charlottetown.
The Islanders took a 3-0 lead just 50 seconds into the final frame with Avon scoring short-handed for his second tally of the season. Goulet made it 4-0 at 1:45 with his 18th goal of the season. Keith Getson drew the lone assist.
Rimouski found some life at 13:26 with Loiseau finding the back of the net for his 24th goal of the season. Vincent Dunn and Anthony DeLuca drew assists.
The lead was narrowed to 4-2 with Laberge scoring his ninth of the season at 16:37. Hunter Moreau drew the lone assist.
Henley finished off the scoring with an empty net marker at 19:03. Weber drew the lone assist.
Mason McDonald made 25 saves to pick up the win for Charlottetown. Olivier Tremblay made 18 saves on 22 shots. Philippe Desrosiers played 17:39 in relief, stopping all seven shots faced.
The Islanders return home Thursday Dec. 18 against the Halifax Mooseheads at 7 p.m. After the game, the team will break for Christmas.
Islanders Insights:
-Islanders are the second team to beat Rimouski in regulation at home.
-Islanders were a perfect 8-for-8 on the penalty kill.
-Islanders out hit the Oceanic 20-8.
-Filip Rydstrom led the game with five hits.
-There were three fights in the game: Samuel Guilbault vs. Hunter Moreau; Guillaume Rioux-Legault vs. William Couture; Bradley Kennedy vs. Vincent Dunn.
Islanders Country “Islander of the Game”
-Daniel Sprong with two goals.
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