Ultramar Player of the Week: Olivier Garneau (April 15, 2019)
The latest Ultramar Player of the Week honors go to Rimouski Oceanic winger Olivier Garneau. In three games, all on the road, the 20-year-old from Quebec, Quebec scored four goals and added a pair of assists as the Oceanic clinched their Quarter-Final series against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.
On Tuesday night, Garneau assisted on his team’s insurance goal and finished with a +1 rating on the night as the Oceanic took a 2-1 series lead with a 3-0 triumph over the Screaming Eagles.
On Thursday night, the fifth-year veteran opened the scoring, then tallied once more to give the Oceanic a lead they would not relinquish as Rimouski took a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 5-2 win over the Eagles. For his efforts, Garneau was named the first star of the contest.
Finally, on Friday night, the Oceanic closed out the series with a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over Cape Breton. Garneau would once again play a pivotal role for his squad, scoring twice, including the empty net insurance marker while also collecting an assist on the series-winning tally. Additionally, he would finish the night with a +/- rating of +3. With the win, the Oceanic punched its ticket to the President Cup Semi-Finals for the first time in four years.
A veteran of 345 combined regular season and playoff games entering round three of this year’s playoffs, Garneau has made the most of his final postseason in the QMJHL. After registering nine points in his first 30 career playoff games, the former fourth-round selection of the Quebec Remparts has turned it up a notch this spring. He currently sits in a three-way tie for eighth in the league’s scoring race with 13 points in nine games.
2018-19 Ultramar Player of the Week:
Week 1 | Sept. 20 – Sept. 23: Josh Lawrence (Sea Dogs | Saint John)
Week 2 | Sept. 24 – Sept. 30: Ivan Chekhovich (Drakkar | Baie-Comeau)
Week 3 | Oct. 1 – Oct. 7: Gabriel Bilodeau (Olympiques | Gatineau)
Week 4 | Oct. 8 – Oct. 14: Alexis Gravel (Mooseheads | Halifax)
Week 5 | Oct. 15 – Oct. 21: Émile Samson (Armada | Blainville-Boisbriand)
Week 6 | Oct. 22 – Oct. 28: Ivan Chekhovich (Drakkar | Baie-Comeau)
Week 7 | Oct. 29 – Nov. 4: Peter Abbandonato (Huskies | Rouyn-Noranda)
Week 8 | Nov. 5 – Nov. 11: Samuel Asselin (Mooseheads | Halifax)
Week 9 | Nov. 12 – Nov. 18: Peter Abbandonato (Huskies | Rouyn-Noranda)
Week 10 | Nov. 19 – Nov. 25: Joseph Veleno (Voltigeurs | Drummondville)
Week 11 | Nov. 26 – Dec. 2: Gregor MacLeod (Voltigeurs | Drummondville)
Week 12 | Dec. 3 – Dec. 9: Ivan Chekhovich (Drakkar | Baie-Comeau)
Week 13 | Dec. 10 – Dec. 16: Nicolas Guay (Voltigeurs | Drummondville)
Week 14 | Dec. 28 – Dec. 30: Yann-Félix Lapointe (Phoenix | Sherbrooke)
Week 15 | Dec. 31 – Jan. 6: Matthew Welsh (Islanders | Charlottetown)
Week 16 | Jan. 7 – Jan. 13: Kevin Mandolese (Screaming Eagles | Cape Breton)
Week 17 | Jan. 14 – Jan. 20: Alexis Lafrenière (Oceanic | Rimouski)
Week 18 | Jan. 21 – Jan. 27: Ethan Crossman (Drakkar | Baie-Comeau)
Week 19 | Jan. 28 – Feb. 3: Samuel Asselin (Mooseheads | Halifax)
Week 20 | Feb.4 – Feb. 10: Alexis Lafrenière (Oceanic | Rimouski)
Week 21 | Feb 11 – Feb. 17: Maxime Comtois (Voltigeurs | Drummondville)
Week 22 | Feb. 18 – Feb. 24: Joseph Veleno (Voltigeurs | Drummondville)
Week 23 | Feb.25 – Mar.3: Peter Abbandonato (Huskies | Rouyn-Noranda)
Week 24 | Mar.4 – Mar.10: Jonathan Lemieux (Foreurs | Val-d’Or)
Week 25 | Mar.11 – Mar.16: Vladislav Kotkov (Saguenéens | Chicoutimi)
-Start of playoffs-
Week 26 | Mar. 22 – Mar. 24: Daniel Hardie (Islanders | Charlottetown)
Week 27 | Mar. 25 – Mar. 31: Peter Abbandonato (Huskies | Rouyn-Noranda)
Week 28 | Apr. 1 – Apr. 7: Raphael Lavoie (Mooseheads | Halifax)
Week 29 | Apr. 8 – Apr. 14: Olivier Garneau (Océanic | Rimouski)