Hugo Marcil had a goal and two assists as the Sherbrooke Phoenix earned a 5-1 win to take a 1-0 first-round series lead over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action.
Alexis Doucet, Hugo Primeau, Charles-Antoine Beauregard and Thomas Rousseau also contributed to the offence for Sherbrooke. Linards Feldbergs made 30 saves.
Egor Goriunov had the lone goal for Blainville-Boisbriand, which got 16 stops from Félix Hamel.
Goriunov's goal at 11:01 of the second period knotted the score at 1-1.
Primeau's response at 12:07, however, not only restored Sherbrooke's lead but also set off a run of four unanswered goals that flipped the script of the game.
Game 2 is set for Friday.
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