2012 QMJHL Playoffs President Cup Final

The Rimouski Océanic (#7) vs the Saint John Sea Dogs (#1)

The Sea Dogs – Saint John is at its third consecutive final. Before winning against Gatineau in 2011, they lost their matchup against the Moncton Wildcats in May of 2010. During the last regular season, they finished in the first rank of the general standing for a 3rd consecutive season, collecting 103 points. Since the beginning of the playoffs, their special units are great; their efficiency during power plays is 29.7%.
The Océanic – Rimouski will be participating for the 4^th time in the President Cup Final. In 1998, they lost against Val-d’Or in 4 games. In 2011-12, Serge Beausoleil’s team ended its regular season in 7^th place after having collected 82 points and 40 wins.
2011-12 Rivalry – The 2 teams have faced off twice during the regular season and the wins were split. On October 8^thduring a Sea Dogs home game, they won 8-2. Less than a month later, on November 2^nd, the Océanic won its match 4-3 at the Rimouski Coliseum. It’s been a while since these two teams have met.
Comparisons during the 2011-12 Regular Season – please consult this table http://is.gd/93pvWq
Comparisons in the 2012 Playoffs – please consult this table http://is.gd/8HRPNi

Towards another back to back? – The regular season champions have won the final 23 times in QMJHL’s 42-year history. Saint John might add a 24^th to that record this year. In the league’s history, only two teams have managed to win back to back titles in two consecutive years: the Québec Remparts (1970 and 1971) and the Trois-Rivières Draveurs (1978 and 1979). Since the year 2000, the regular season champions were able to hoist the President Cup 7 out of 12 times.

QMJHL Back to back – successive championships during the regular season and playoffs

A total of 4 President Cups by a player/coach? A new record that is within reach for Gerard Gallant for the playoffs. In his QMJHL career, his name has been engraved 3 times on the Cup, as a player (Sherbrooke, 1982 | Verdun, 1983) and last year, as a coach for the Saint John Sea Dogs.
What do Maurice Filion, Ghislain Delage, Michel Therrien and Gerard Gallant have in common? These four coaches led their teams to the QMJHL final during 3 consecutive years… Only Filion and Delage won 2 out of 3, Therrien lost 2 with Laval before wining with the Granby Predateurs in 1996.

LIFETIME PLAYOFF LEADING SCORERS IN THE QMJHL

…In history, followed by active players that will participate in the 2012 final

POINTS – 1. Jacques Jr Locas (153)… 2. Mario Lemieux (98)… 3. Jacques Richard (97)… || ACTIVE… 36. Stanislav Galiev (72 | SNB)… 49. Jonathan Huberdeau (66 | SNB)… 83. Zack Phillips (57 | SNB)… http://is.gd/QhRYvf
POINTS BY A DEFENSEMAN – 1. Pierre Sévigny (82)… 2. Frédéric Bouchard (75)… 3. Danny Groulx (71)… || ACTIVE… 11. Nathan Beaulieu (45 | SNB)… 18. Charles-Olivier Roussel (39 | SNB)… 92. Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc et Jean-Philippe Mathieu (26 | RIM) http://is.gd/Hczjmn
GOALS – 1. Jacques Jr Locas (61)… 2. Jean-Pierre Dumont (52)… 3. Mario Lemieux (48)… || ACTIVE… 9. Jonathan Huberdeau (36 | SNB)… 35. Stanislav Galiev (30 | SNB)… http://is.gd/NQmYx0
WINNING GOALS – 1. Jacques Jr Locas, Éric Chouinard et Martin Karsums (9)… || ACTIVE… 9. Jonathan Huberdeau (7 | SNB)… 20. Stanislav Galiev (6 | SNB)… 59. Stephen MacAulay, Ryan Tesink et Charles Coyle (4, SNB), Peter Trainor (4, RIM)
ASSISTS – 1. Jacques Jr Locas (92)… 2. Claude Verret (65)… 3. Brad Richards (60)… || ACTIVE… 38. Stanislav Galiev (42 | SNB)… 52. Zack Phillips (39 | SNB)… 89… Nathan Beaulieu (34 | SNB)… 100. Tomas Jurco (33 | SNB)… http://is.gd/61NJZZ

…Coaches

WINS – 1. Guy Chouinard (79)… 2. Benoit Groulx (78)… 3. Ghislain Delage (70)… || ACTIVE… 15. Gerard Gallant (42 | SNB)… 61. Serge Beausoleil (12 | RIM)… http://is.gd/RApqZ5

Miscellaneous

Serge Beausoleil (RIM) – will become this Friday the 19th rookie head-coach in the history of the league to embark a final series. 9 of which saw their team win the title.
Peter Trainor (RIM) – has already scored 4 winning goals in the 2012 playoffs, the same number as Charles Coyle (SNB), Jonathan Drouin (HAL) and Cédrick Paquette (BLB). Trainor has already equalled the Océanic record for winning goals during playoffs in the same year (4, Scalzo, 2005), and with 11 goals, is close to the top of his team of 15 held by Vincent Lecavalier since the spring of 1998. http://is.gd/oRUOO4
Already in the 2012 QMJHL Playoffs, 334 719 people have attended 70 games. The all time attendance record in the league was set in the spring of 2006 when 396 952 spectators attended 80 games; The 2^nd highest record was in 2008 with 338 993 which will be broken this year after the first game of the final. The average for this year is 4 781 spectators per game, the record having been established in 2005 with 5 324.
The veteran linesman Daniel Béchard officiated his 150^th game of the playoffs series last week on April 26 during the 4^th game matchup between Saint John and Chicoutimi. Serge Carpentier holds the record for officiating the most post season games, 237.

OFFICIALS

Here is the list of officials who will be participating in the 2012 final:
- The referees: Dominick Bédard, Nicolas Dutil, Jonathan Langille, Mario Maillet, Brad Mills, Jean-Philippe Sylvain
- Linesmen: Daniel Béchard, Stefan Capano, Serge Carpentier, Jay Doiron, Mike MacDonnell, Luc Voyer.
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2012 QMJHL Playoffs  President Cup Final