Videotron Player of the Week | Jacob Mathieu (January 8, 2024)
The latest Videotron Player of the Week in the QMJHL is winger Jacob Mathieu of the Rimouski Oceanic. In three games, the 19-year-old from St-Odilon, Quebec scored five times and added a pair of assists while the Oceanic went 2-1-0-0 on the week.
On Wednesday night in Chicoutimi, Mathieu scored twice, including the game-tying marker with under two and half minutes to go in regulation. That goal was Mathieu’s 100th career regular season point in the QMJHL and propelled the Oceanic to a 5-4 overtime triumph over the Saguenéens.
On Saturday afternoon at home, the Oceanic gave the first-place Baie-Comeau Drakkar all it could handle before falling in a 5-4 decision. Despite the loss, Mathieu was still a force, opening the scoring just 47 seconds into the contest and adding an assist to earn second star honors.
Mathieu and the Oceanic would be back at it on Sunday afternoon, again playing host to Baie-Comeau. This time, the fourth-year veteran sniped the first two goals of the contest while Rimouski hung on to defeat the Drakkar by a score of 3-2. Mathieu would once again be named the second star of the game.
After missing the first month of the season to injury, Mathieu hit the ground running with 32 points, including 20 goals, in 27 games. The forward was invited to NHL training camp with the Detroit Red Wings in the fall of 2022.
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2023-2024 Videotron Player of the Week:
Week 15 | Jacob Mathieu (Rimouski Océanic)
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)