From a QMJHL release:
"I am very pleased to announce that Gérald Janneteau, Robert Basque, Michel Côté, Vincent Damphousse and Bernard Valcourt have accepted to sit on the independent selection committee. Their mandate will be to select the hosts of the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup," stated Commissioner Gilles Courteau. "Moreover, four National Hockey League scouts whom are assigned to the QMJHL’s territory will be invited to play a role in the process, more specifically in regards to evaluating the players of the four bidding teams. They will act as consultants to the independent selection committee. I would like to thank all five members for accepting to play a role in this very important task and wish the best of luck to the four competing organizations."Four teams are bidding to host the tournament in 2012: the Halifax Mooseheads, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, Shawinigan Cataractes, and the Saint John Sea Dogs. The release states that visits to each site will be made in the New Year.
Gérald Janneteau, the former President and General Manager of RDS, has been appointed the President of the selection committee. He will be supported by Robert Basque, a lawyer with the firm Forbes Roth Basque, Michel Côté, the President of the QMJHL Hall of Fame selection committee and former QMJHL team owner, Vincent Damphousse, a former player with the Laval Voisins/Titan and former National Hockey League star, and Bernard Valcourt, a lawyer and former Progressive Conservative Party leader.
The consensus about this bid is that it will come down to Saint John versus Shawinigan. In Nova Scotia, the stars just don’t align for 2012 like the Sea Dogs' and Cataractes' will.
The bid process is done by looking at seven different categories:
25 per cent: logistics (accreditation, transportation, lodging and volunteers)
20 per cent: hockey operations
20 per cent: arena
10 per cent: organizing committee
10 per cent: marketing
10 per cent: hosting of CHL events
5 per cent: finances
Judging by those categories, it’s going to be a close call.
GO DOGS GO! Man I really want this to come to good ol' Saint John!
ReplyDeleteLet me guess Robert Basque is a huge Wildcat fan? lol
ReplyDeletewhere is the percentage for how good the team will be next season?
ReplyDeleteI think the quality of the team falls under hockey operations.
ReplyDeleteThis is from a Q release back in the fall:
"Logistics is worth 25 points and the quality of team and the quality of the arena are each worth 20 points. The quality of the organization, the team's past experiences hosting Canadian Hockey League events and a marketing plan are worth 10 points each, while five points are awarded for a financial plan."