Videotron Player of the Week | Antonin Verreault (January 3, 2024)
The QMJHL’s first Videotron Player of the Week for 2024 is winger Antonin Verreault of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. In three games, the 19-year-old from Laval, Quebec scored four times and added five assists as the Western Conference leading Huskies went a perfect 3-0-0-0 on the week.
On Thursday night in Gatineau, Verreault scored once and added an assist in the Huskies’ 7-4 triumph over the Olympiques. The fourth-year veteran, who finished the evening with a +2 rating, was named the game’s second star against his former team.
On Saturday afternoon in Val-d’Or, Verreault opened the scoring with his 22nd goal of the campaign less than a minute into the contest. He would then assist on a late third-period marker that would send the back-and-forth game to overtime, where the Huskies would eventually earn a 5-4 decision over the Foreurs.
On Sunday afternoon at home, the Huskies went off en route to a sixth consecutive victory. With a pair of goals and three assists, Verreault recorded the second five-point outing of his QMJHL career as Rouyn-Noranda downed Val-d’Or 11-3 to sweep the home-and-home series in convincing fashion. Verreault was named the game’s first star this time around.
Named Videotron Player of the Week twice in the past three weeks of action, Verreault has now climbed to the top of the QMJHL scoring table with 56 points in 36 games. Acquired by Rouyn-Noranda from the Gatineau Olympiques in the off-season, the winger currently ranks third in the league with 24 goals scored.
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2023-2024 Videotron Player of the Week:
Week 14 | Antonin Verreault (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
Week 13 | Pier-Olivier Roy (Victoriaville Tigres)
Week 12 | Antonin Verreault (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
Week 11 | Olivier Ciarlo (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Week 10 | Loïc Usereau (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Week 9 | Yoan Loshing (Moncton Wildcats)
Week 8 | Jordan Dumais (Halifax Mooseheads)
Week 7 | Mathys Fernandez (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Week 6 | Nathan Darveau (Victoriaville Tigres)
Week 5 | Maxim Massé (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Week 4 | Jérémie Minville (Gatineau Olympiques)
Week 3 | Mathis Rousseau (Halifax Mooseheads)
Week 2 | Cole Burbidge (Cape Breton Eagles)
Week 1 | Jules Boilard (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)