After completing a stunning sweep of the Victoriaville
Tigres on Wednesday night, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar will now have the pleasure
of facing the Saint John Sea Dogs in the second round of the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League playoffs.
The Drakkar, seeded 13th out of the 16, swept
the Tigres, who were seeded 4th and heavily favoured, in four
straight games which includes Wednesday’s 5-4 overtime victory at the Henry Leonard
Centre to clinch the series.
Baie-Comeau finished 13th overall in the
league with 63 points. The Tigres finished 4th overall 94 points.
This is a huge upset. The fact that the Drakkar swept the best-of-seven series makes
it an even more epic upset.
Many had the Drakkar listed as a contending team before
the season started but they never lived up to expectations. They fired their
head coach just a couple of weeks ago and that, apparently, has sparked them.
General manager Steve Ahern is the temporary bench boss.
The Tigres had the third best record in the league this
season, third most wins, and led the league in goal scoring with 311.
Saint John had a 3-0 record against Baie-Comeau in the
regular season.
The two teams have never faced each other in the
playoffs.
Game 1 of the second round series takes place next
Friday, April 6 at 7:30pm at Harbour Station and Game 2 takes place the
following day at 7pm. Tickets to both games go on sale this morning at 10am.
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