ataractes are still looking for their second win of the Quebec Junior Hockey League season.Shawinigan (1-12-2) scored the game's first goal, only to lose again 4-1 to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Thursday.Ilya Zinoviev gave the visitors hope when he opened the scoring at 18:15 of the first period, only to have Jason Fuchs tie it for Rouyn-Noranda (8-5-1) at 15:23 of the second period.Jean-Sebastien Dea scored the winner on the power-play at 6:46 of the third period, and the Huskies added to their lead with goals from Jeremy Lauzon, and one shorthanded by Quinn O'Brien.Alexander Belanger made 19 saves for the Huskies. Storm Phaneuf stopped 27 shots for the Cataractes.---OLYMPIQUES 4 PHOENIX 1At Sherbrooke,Anze Kopitar Black Finals Jersey, Que., Emile Poirier scored twice, and Gatineau had four unanswered goals in their win over the Phoenix.Vincent Deslauriers opened the scoring for Sherbrooke (4-10-1) in the first period, and it was all Gatineau after that.Vincent Dunn tied the score for the Olympiques (11-5-0) in the second period, and Jonathan Bourcier got the winner. Poirier made it 3-1 in the second period, and added an empty-net goal in the third,Ilya Kovalchuk Black Ice Authentic Jersey, giving him 12 for the season.Poirier is tied with Cameron Darcy of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles for second in the league goal-scoring race behind Anthony Mantha of Val-d'Or, who leads with 19.Robert Steeves made 20 saves for Gatineau, and Francis Desrosiers stopped 32 shots for Sherbrooke.
Olli Maatta and Morgan Rielly have a lot in common.Both were first-round picks in the 2012 NHL Draft -- Rielly at No. 5 by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Maatta at No. 22 by the Pittsburgh Penguins.And at just 19 years old, each has become a key contributor to a team with serious Stanley Cup Playoff aspirations.Are both ready for full-time NHL duty? Whether they are or not, it's the only logical place they can continue their development.STAYING AT THE NHL LEVEL Maple Leafs to keep Rielly on roster Maatta remains with Pens past 9-game cutoff Flames' Monahan takes strong start in strideBecause both were drafted from Canadian Hockey League clubs -- Rielly from the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League,Tim Thomas Jersey, Maatta from the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League -- they would have been required to go back to those teams.Rielly had 54 points in 60 games with Moose Jaw last season, fifth among WHL defensemen, despite missing time for Super Series games and a stint with Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship.Maatta had 38 points and a plus-9 rating in 57 regular-season games, and 14 points in 21 OHL playoff games, third among OHL defensemen. He also missed time in the regular season to play for Finland at the World Junior Championship.What those numbers show is that Rielly and Maatta have outgrown junior hockey. At 19 years old, they would be on the high end of the age scale, playing against a league comprised mostly of 17- and 18-year-olds. How would they get better in that environment? Olli MaattaDefense - PITGOALS: 1 | ASST: 2 | PTS: 3SOG: 13 | +/-: -1 Unfortunately,Mike Richards Authentic Black Jersey, the only option for Rielly and Maatta would be a return to junior. The agreement between the NHL and CHL says players drafted from a CHL club are ineligible to play in the American Hockey League prior to turning 20. It's a rule that benefits the junior clubs by allowing them to keep their most marketable star players. However, in some instances it can slow a player's progression to the NHL. And Rielly and Maatta are two of those cases.In speaking recently about another player from that 2012 draft class, forward Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates justified Wilson staying with the Caps by saying that while he would be a top-line player if returned to his junior team, the Plymouth Whalers of the OHL, it would be a step backward in his development."He can go back to junior and score goals and get assists and play 20 minutes," Oates said, "but he'd develop bad habits and they're not the goals he'd score here [in the NHL], not the assists he'd get here and they're not the situations or speed you'd get here.&q