I covered this in a bit more depth over at Well, this year you’re absolutely right, actually the past few years you’re right. However imbalanced things are now, it may not be how things are in the future. Since his passing they have won three of six games to finish the calendar.Victoriaville earned the fourth home ice spot in the West, establishing distance between the pack prior to the final few weeks and earning a date with Val-d’Or. Sorry you must be at least 19 years of age to consume this content.As the seasons change from winter to spring, the QMJHL switches from regular season to playoffs.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. 6 days ago. I exaggerate, but it’s a lot of bus riding out west.I spoke with someone from the WHL (whose name I didn’t write down, sorry) about the playoff format and if they found any disadvantages with it. Yes, they’re named after the telecommunications company - East and West are all teams that are based in Quebec.With the conference winners seeding 1-3, only one team was lower than they could have been; the Charlottetown The playoffs went as expected in this format, with the top seed winning each series except for #3 Shawinigan losing to #14 Val d’Or. The winning team, the Acadie–Bathurst Titan, were awarded the President's Cup and won the Memorial Cup as the QMJHL champion in the 2018 Memorial Cup, which … Thirty points behind Drummondville but 12 points up on Victoriaville, the Phoenix had the third seed locked up for the last few months whereas under the old structure they would have been in a spirited fight for home ice.Coach Stéphane Julien has been vocal that his team was restless playing for nothing, and it could explain his club losing nine of their last 11 contests. Well, honestly not much. Seattle’s climb out of the US Division got harder as the playoffs went on, and had their biggest challenge in the finals, but they persevered an got past the first overall Regina Pats team.I didn’t want to go all on my own here, or just listen to the league reps as they’re in the business of promoting their leagues, so I bothered Jeff Marek from Sportsnet on his lone day off about the issue.So what does all of this tell us? For the CHL there are two big factors that should be taken into account: Travel and school. Cape Breton and Chicoutimi would be starting at home under the prior format but instead will begin on the road.
And it's starting anew this year in the "Q" as the league launches a different playoff format in 2019. The Wildcats did win six of their last 10 contests after adjusting under coach John Torchetti, who took over in January. I think there’s value in preserving, as much as you can, the divisional rivalries that you develop, I think as well you have to respect the student athlete and not put too much unnecessary travel early on in the playoffs.

The Q's postseason will kick off on Friday with the Remparts looking to repeat The league is split into four divisions, and the top three teams from each division get a playoff spot, and two wild card teams from each conference are made up of the best two teams not in their divisions top three.We’re all familiar with the set up, and in a league as spread out as the WHL is, a divisional playoff format is best to keep travel times down from 25 hours each way to a standard 3. Now, that’s not to suggest we won’t challenge ourselves, and see if there’s some tweaking we can do. Does anyone have it perfectly? The playoffs started March 22, 2018, and ended on May 13. “It’s fine as is!” Others shouted. To learn more or opt-out, read our Early in the spring NHL fans were in debate about the playoff format. The 2019 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2019 Memorial Cup presented by Kia for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team, round-robin format tournament held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 17–26, 2019. Even eighth-ranked Québec shouldn't provide many easy games for first- place Halifax but it would be a big surprise if the Memorial Cup host Mooseheads lost the series.Baie-Comeau fell to second on the final day, matching up with seventh-place Moncton who slipped in the second half despite adding some 19-year-olds at Christmas.
The Entertainment and the Enjoyment you get at a Live QMJHL Playoffs Event are Nothing Compared to Watching it on TV! This spring the league is using a conference-based draw, with both division winners in each conference becoming the top two seeds as one plays eight, two vs. seven, etc.It appears the new format has been unkind to Eastern Conference teams, as seven of the best nine records belong to the East.

Does any one league have it right? No, but at least the WHL is open to admitting there’s things they could do better.What about the NHL? CHL appoints Independent Review Panel. Patrick Guay has scored nearly 40 goals over his first two QMJHL campaigns and the Sherbrooke Phoenix forward has created quite a buzz for himself with the 2020 NHL Entry Draft just around the corner! Published: Sep 18, 2018 at 8:38 a.m. A A. CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. The NHL’s biggest concern isn’t travel, isn’t school, it’s TV.

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