Moncton’s Gabe Smith has been the main man throughout the Playoffs for the Wildcats, leading the Q with 22 points (13G, 9A) in 12 games. So it’s no surprise he has 7 points (4G, 3A) versus the Aramada heading into Game 5. Smith also set a Cats record with his late goal in Game 4, becoming the first Wildcat to score in 6 straight Playoff games — breaking Adam Pineault’s record of 5 from 2006.<\/p>\n
Tommy Bleyl sits second in Cats scoring with a goal and 5 assists in Round 3. Caleb Desnoyers – who recently overtook Conor Garland for the all-time Wildcats Playoff points lead with 47 — has 5 points this round (3G, 2A).<\/p>\n
On the BLB side, Mael Lavigne has 4 of the 12 Armada goals to lead them in semifinal points. Justin Carbonneau has a goal and 2 assists this round, and leads the Armada in overall Playoff scoring with 18 points (7G, 11A).<\/p>\n
It’s a stalemate in the nets, as Rudy Guimond and William Lacelle take turns making life difficult for each teams’ snipers. Guimond has 2 wins, 2.36 GAA and .915 SV% through 4 battles against Blainville-Boisbriand. Lacelle has his own portfolio of game-saving highlights, while putting up 2 wins, 2.93 GAA and .898 SV%.<\/p>\n
Game 5 this Friday<\/strong> will be another memorable night and we need you there to make some noise and help us REPEAT THE ROAR!<\/strong><\/p>\n Full series schedule:<\/p>\n It\u2019s Playoff season and we\u2019re ready to\u00a0REPEAT THE ROAR!\u00a0<\/strong>This year\u2019s team has been as good \u2014 or even better \u2014 than last years Championship squad & it\u2019s time to secure your seat for another Cup run.\u00a0Save with Flex Tickets<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 more info here:\u00a02026 Wildcats Playoff Ticket Packages<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrive early & take advantage of\u00a030 Minute Powerplay<\/strong>\u00a0pricing at the Avenir Centre \u2014\u00a0$4 hot dogs, $3 Aquafina bottles of water, and $5 Moosehead Light & Alpine<\/strong>\u00a0(355mL cans), taxes not included. The Avenir Centre\u00a0doors open at 6pm<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 prices are in effect\u00a0for 30 minutes after doors open<\/strong>\u00a0for the game.<\/p>\n Our 50\/50 raffle has a\u00a0$25,000 jackpot<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0guarantee.<\/p>\n Photo: Daniel St. Louis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Much love has been lost, many words have been exchanged & some blood has been spilled — and things are still even! The Wildcats & Armada are deadlocked at 2-2 after 4 exciting games. This has become a Best-of-3 series and it starts Friday night with 8,000+ loud fans in the stands of the Avenir…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":58225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-58224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-235","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/29181317\/playoff-preview-web-may1.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":58221,"date":"2026-04-29T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/?p=58221"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:09:32","slug":"armada-hang-on-to-even-qmjhl-semifinal-at-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq-wildcats\/article\/armada-hang-on-to-even-qmjhl-semifinal-at-2-2","title":{"rendered":"Armada hang on to even QMJHL semifinal at 2-2"},"content":{"rendered":" The Wildcats and the Armada Final Four battle is now down to a Best-of-3 series in the QMJHL semifinal.<\/p>\n Blainville-Boisbriand held off the Wildcats 3-2 Tuesday night to tie series at two games apiece. Armada goaltender William Lacelle was first star with a solid 36-save game.<\/p>\n The Cats opened the scoring on Rian Chudzinski’s first period goal. The Armada took a 3-1 lead in the third period but the Wildcats pressed the Armada zone — outshooting Boisbriand 17-1 in the third period. Gabe Smith ripped his 13th of the playoffs at 17:54 to make it 3-2 but Lacelle made several key saves in the final minutes to gain the win.<\/p>\n Moncton outshot BLB 38-21 in front of 3,000 fans at Centre Sports Rousseau.<\/p>\n THREE STARS Game five moves back to Avenir Centre Friday night at 7pm with a sixth game back in Boisbriand Sunday afternoon at 4pm Atlantic time.<\/p>\n Follow the Wildcats all through the Gilles Courteau Playoffs on FloHockey TV and Wildfats Radio INSPIRE 105.1 FM<\/p>\n [BOX SCORE]<\/strong><\/a> The Wildcats and the Armada Final Four battle is now down to a Best-of-3 series in the QMJHL semifinal. Blainville-Boisbriand held off the Wildcats 3-2 Tuesday night to tie series at two games apiece. Armada goaltender William Lacelle was first star with a solid 36-save game. 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Rian Chudzinski scored a first period goal for Moncton.<\/p>\n Mutryn added two assists for First Star honours and defenseman Tommy Bleyl logged another standout game with three assists.<\/p>\n The Moncton powerplay produced two goals and the Cats outshot Blainville-Boisbriand 35-26- Rudy Guimond had the win, William Lacelle the loss.<\/p>\n Caleb Desnoyers became the all-time Wildcats playoff points leader with 47, eclipsing Conor Garland’s career high of 45 points.<\/p>\n THREE STARS: The Wildcats will look for win #3 on Tuesday night at 8pm Atlantic time.<\/p>\n Join Marty Kingston calling all the action on FloHockey TV and Wildcats Radio INSPIRE 105.1 FM.<\/p>\n\n
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\nTHINGS TO KNOW FOR FRIDAY:<\/h3>\n
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\n\u2b50\ufe0f William Lacelle BLB (36 saves)
\n\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f Torkel Jennersjo BLB (1G)
\n\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f #22 RIAN CHUDZINSKI (1G)<\/p>\n
\nArticle by Marty Kingston
\nPhoto: Sebastien Gervais<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n\u2b50\ufe0f #14 TEDDY MUTRYN (1G, 2A)
\n\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f #16 TOMMY BLEYL (3A)
\n\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f Mael Lavigne BLB (1G)<\/p>\n