QMJHL Telus three stars of the week for November 21st to 27th

QUEBEC CITY , P.Q. — The QMJHL announced on Monday who earned the Telus three stars of the week for the last week of November. Nathan MacKinnon, Francois Lacerte and Samuel Carrier has been selected for their performances covering period of November 21^st to 27^th.
 
The Halifax Mooseheads right winger got the distinction of being named the QMJHL Telus first stars ending the week with 8 points and a plus/minus of +3. Named the first stars in the game in a 4-1 victory against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles last Thursday, the Halifax native ended with one goal, one assist.
 
Playing against the Prince Edward Island Rocket the following night the youngest player in the QMJHL posted his fourth four-point game of the season in Mooseheads 6-3 wins over the Rocket.
 
The 5’11” 179 pound player who originally had been Baie-Comeau first round selection overall in 2011 ended his game against the Moncton Wildcats with two assists in a 4-3 shootout loss. MacKinnon ended his week recording 2 goals 6 assists with a plus/minus of +3.
 
The Gatineau Olympiques goaltender Francois Lacerte has been selected the QMJHL second stars.
 
Lacerte week began last Thursday by earning the second stars of the game against the Rimouski Oceanic after making 36 saves in a shootout loss. On Saturday the goaltender who had been the fourth round selection by the Oceanic in 2007 earned the first stars of the game following a 53 saves performance against the same Oceanic.
 
In his last game of the week the Trois-Rivieres native has been the author of another solid performance stopping 37 shots in a 3-2 win against the Acadie-Bathurst Titans. Lacerte never lost in regulation time recording a 5-0-1- 3 in his last 9 outings.
 
The QMJHL third stars of the week went to Baie-Comeau Drakkar defenseman Samuel Carrier.
 
The Washington Capitals sixth round selection (176^th overall) in 2010 earned the first star of the game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies after recording his QMJHL career best outing with 1 goal 4 assists in a 7-3 wins. It was the second best performance by Baie-Comeau defenseman in last 15 years. Bruno St-Jacques still holding the record has best Drakkar defenseman recording 6 points on December 28^th 1999.
 
Carrier ended his week being named the second stars of the game in a 5-4 loss recording 1 goal adding an assist against the Val-d’Or Foreurs.
 
 
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