{"id":25137,"date":"2018-03-12T21:08:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=25137"},"modified":"2018-03-12T21:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T01:13:57","slug":"one-week-to-go-2018-qmjhl-playoff-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/03\/12\/one-week-to-go-2018-qmjhl-playoff-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"One Week To Go: 2018 QMJHL Playoff Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League include Anaheim Ducks<\/a> second- rounder Maxime Comtois<\/strong><\/a>, Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> prospect Alex-Barr\u00e9 Boulet<\/strong> and 2018 NHL Draft prospects Joe Veleno<\/strong> and\u00a0Noah\u00a0Dobson<\/strong>. The bigger headline might be the team who didn’t<\/a> qualify for this year’s playoffs: the Saint John Sea Dogs. They won the 2011 Memorial Cup and represented the QMJHL at the 2017 Memorial Cup.<\/p>\n

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2018 QMJHL Playoff Picture: What’s in a Name?<\/h2>\n

The QMJHL has produced some of the biggest legends in hockey history, such as Guy Lefleur<\/strong>, Mario Lemieux<\/a><\/strong> and b. In more recent years, they are associated with Sidney Crosby<\/a><\/strong> (Rimouski) and Nathan MacKinnon<\/a><\/strong> (Halifax). This season is no exception. The QMJHL continues to be a prime source of NHL talent.<\/p>\n

League leaders include Tampa Bay prospect Alex Barr\u00e9-Boulet<\/strong> (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada), Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> prospect Vitalii Abramov<\/strong> (Victoriaville Tigres), 2018 NHL Draft prospect Samuel Harvey<\/strong> (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) and Colten Ellis<\/strong> (Rimouski Oc\u00e9anic).<\/p>\n

Playoff picture, based on overall standings:<\/p>\n

Battle ready:<\/strong> The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are leading the charge into playoffs. They have the best record in the league (46-11-4-3) and have clinched their Division.<\/p>\n

2-4:<\/strong> It’s a tight race between Acadie-Bathurst Titan (41-15-7-2, 91 pts), Rimouski Oc\u00e9anic (41-17-6-1, 89 points) and the Halifax Mooseheads (41-17-6-1, 89 points). I have to admit that’s the first time I’ve ever seen two teams with the exact same record and points totals this late\u00a0in the season.<\/p>\n

5-8:\u00a0<\/strong>Very close behind the Mooseheads in fifth place are the Drummondville Voltigeurs, with a record of 41-20-3-1 and 86 points.\u00a0 6. Victoriaville Tigres, 39-20-4-2, 84 points. 7. Qu\u00e9bec Remparts, 38-21-3-3, 82 points. 8. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, 36-19-7-3, 82 points.<\/p>\n

9-11:\u00a0 <\/strong>The\u00a0<\/strong>Charlottetown Islanders are in ninth place, with a record of 35-23-7-0 and 77 points. Looking at their records, you might mistakenly think that the Sherbrooke Phoenix (32-23-7-4, 75 points) and the Gatineau Olympiques (32-23-5-4, 73 points) were the same team.<\/p>\n

The Sea Dogs and 2012 Memorial Cup Champions the Shawinigan Cataractes have been eliminated from playoffs.<\/p>\n

One more thing:<\/strong> View<\/a> the complete list of teams who have clinched playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Check out the WHL Playoff Picture here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out the OHL Playoff Picture Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The top players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League include Anaheim Ducks second- rounder Maxime Comtois, Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Alex-Barr\u00e9 Boulet and 2018 NHL Draft prospects Joe Veleno and\u00a0Noah\u00a0Dobson. The bigger headline might be the team who didn’t qualify for this year’s playoffs: the Saint John Sea Dogs. They won the 2011 Memorial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2463,"featured_media":9203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[309,1279],"tags":[2128,3112,3114,2761,2762,936,655,3115,488,3113,1573],"class_list":["post-25137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl-top-prospects","category-nhl-draft","tag-2018-nhl-draft","tag-alex-barre-boulet","tag-blainville-boisbriand-armada","tag-drummondville-voltigeurs","tag-joe-veleno","tag-maxime-comtois","tag-nhl-draft","tag-rimouski-oceanic","tag-rouyn-noranda-huskies","tag-samuel-harvey","tag-victoriaville-tigres"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}