The Gatineau Olympiques and Quebec Remparts battle this evening at Colisee Pepsi in Game Seven of the semifinal series. The winner will advance to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final. Game time is 8:00 pm.
The winner won’t have much time to rest or regroup with Game One of the final being held on Thursday at 7:00 pm at Harbour Station.
Gatineau has the momentum going into tonight’s deciding contest. The Remparts had a 3-1 series lead but the Olympiques battled back with 5-3 and 4-0 wins to force a Game Seven. It is the second straight series that Quebec has had a 3-1 series lead but still went into a winner-take-all finale.
The big question in Quebec City is who will start in goal for the Remparts? Louis Domingue was pulled in favour of Jimmy Appleby in Game Six. Le Journal de Quebec reports that Remparts head coach Patrick Roy will make his decision sometime this morning.
Quebec is the No. 3 seed and Gatineau is the No. 5 seed.
In the regular season, Saint John won both games against the Remparts and both contests against the Olympiques.
Both the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League final are already set. In the OHL, the MasterCard Memorial Cup hosts Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors battle the Owen Sound Attack. Out west, the Kootenay Ice will face the Portland Winterhawks.
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