MacAulay Wins Another President Cup

Stephen MacAulay has done it again.

The 20-year old forward won his third straight President Cup title on Friday night as he helped the Halifax Mooseheads defeat the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 5-1 at a sold out Metro Centre. The Moose won the series 4-1 and went 16-1 in the post-season en route to their first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Championship.

MacAulay was a big part of tonight’s victory, scoring two goals to go along with three shots and two hits. The former Saint John Sea Dog opened the scoring at 5:32 of the first and ended it at 18:41 of the third with an empty netter.

Tonight was MacAulay’s 75^th and final QMJHL playoff game. He helped the Sea Dogs reach the President Cup final each of the past three seasons and won the trophy in 2011 and 2012. It’s been quite a junior career for him to say the least - and it's not over yet.

Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Stefan Fournier also scored tonight for Halifax while Valentin Zykov – who else – scored the lone Baie-Comeau goal. Zach Fucale made 34 saves in the win while Philippe Cadorette made 24 in the loss.

Drouin, who had 12 goals and 23 assists in 17 post-season games, was named playoff MVP. Saint John’s Charlie Coyle, who spent much of this season in the NHL, won the award last year.

It’s also worth noting of course that this is the fourth straight year a Maritime based team has won the President Cup after Moncton in 2010 and Saint John in 2011 and 2012. The Mooseheads are the first Maritime based team not in New Brunswick to win.

So, Halifax is now Memorial Cup bound. Their first game will be on Saturday, May 18 against the WHL Champion.

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