HERE WE GO
We are less than 24 hours away from the President’s Cup
final kicking off at Harbour Station as the Sea Dogs host the Rimouski Oceanic.
Game 1 is Friday at 8pm and Game 2 is Saturday at 7pm. There are still a few
tickets available for the matches.
Friday’s game will air nationally on Sportsnet and TVA
Sports.
BLUE JACKETS
The Columbus Blue Jackets website has a preview of the
President’s Cup final. The QMJHL’s Championship Series features two Jackets
prospects in Sea Dogs goaltender Mathieu Corbeil and Oceanic forward Petr
Straka. You know Columbus fans are pumped for this series.
CP ARTICLE
The Canadian Press released their annual QMJHL
Championship Series preview on Thursday.
“To get where they’re at, they’re playing well,” said Sea
Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant about the Oceanic. “When the playoffs started,
there were four teams people were picking and it seems they weren’t one of
them.
“But they play well as a team. Are they supposed to be in
the final? Probably not. But they deserve to be there.”
PRICELESS MOMENTS
The Sea Dogs’ 2011 Memorial Cup victory over the
Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors is now a MasterCard Memorial Cup Priceless
Moment. Sportsnet’s Rob Faulds and Sam Cosentino talk about the victory in a video posted here.
BABINEAU
The Truro Daily News has an article on Oceanic defenseman
Casey Babineau.
"For most people this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity," Babineau told the newspaper. "You want to win no matter
what and we're going to do whatever it takes to win because we may never get
this chance again."
The article is entitled “seize the day” which means this
video must be posted.
DeFULVIIS
Buzzing The Net has an article on Rimouski forward Robbie
DeFulviis who has an interesting story. He played a key role on getting the
Oceanic to this final, scoring the overtime winner in Game 6 of the semifinals
against Hailfax.
"I'm not going to lie, that was probably one of the
biggest goals of my life," DeFulviis said. "To score a goal like that
to put your team in the league finals is pretty cool but that's the past, we
[Rimouski] have to get ready for the Saint John Sea Dogs."
PREDICTIONS
Here’s what Serge Poulin of ProHockeyNews.com had to say about the President’s Cup final.
“The President Cup final promise to be interesting,”
writes Poulin. “Even if lots of experts seems to preview Saint John to repeat
as QMJHL champion, you can count on Rimouski head coach Serge Beausoleil to try
to do everything in his power to fool all experts.
“But at the end, even if the format of the series will be
2-3-2 with first two games in Saint John, Sea Dogs will prevail in six games
over the Oceanic.”
LEADERS
Entering Game 1, Charlie Coyle leads the league in
playoff scoring with 29 points. Zack Phillips is third with 27, Stanislav
Galiev is fourth with 26, and Alexandre Mallet is sixth with 22.
Coyle also leads the league in goals with 14. Fredericton
native Peter Trainor leads the Oceanic in goal scoring with 11.
Phillips leads the circuit in assists with 20. Alex
Belzile has a Rimouski high 15.
FACTS AND STATS
The QMJHL website has some facts and stats heading into
the series. A couple of the bullets include some interesting historical markers
for Gerard Gallant.
VIDEO
Lastly, here’s Sportsnet’s Sam Cosentino and Hazel Mae talking
about the three Championship Series in the CHL.
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