Station Nation Staff
Just like that, it’s over.
The first quarter of the 2010-11 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season has come and gone – and it’s been an interesting one at that.
We saw coaches fired, owners turned coaches, Patrick Roy’s hate towards Guy Boucher, the occasional suspension, a major trade involving a Russian, two Brandon Wheat King goaltenders imported, Bathurst still has a team – and they are pretty decent, a hot start for the Remparts, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar sucking, and, without a doubt the biggest news story, Pepsi replacing Coca-Cola at Harbour Station.
Yes, it was an eventful first quarter, and somewhere in the shuffle of all of this chaos were Saint John Sea Dogs – who quietly sit tied for first place in the QMJHL with a record of 15-3-0-1.
But despite their record, it wasn’t all roses for the reigning regular season champions. There were moments when we asked if this team could compete in the division at all, and then there were times when we wondered how fast the President’s Cup Finals would sell-out this season (ah, the life of a sports fan). It was definitely a hot and cold first quarter.
Here is a look back and some thoughts:
