The No. 15 Gatineau Olympiques and the No. 6 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will battle it out in the first round of the playoffs.
Both teams met eight times this season, with the Huskies taking 5-3, and outscoring the Olympiques 29 to 27.
Schedule
Game 1: @ Rouyn-Noranda - Tonight at 7 PM ET
Game 2: @ Rouyn-Noranda - 2025/03/29 at 4 PM ET
Game 3: @ Gatineau - 2025/04/01 at 7 PM ET
Game 4: @ Gatineau - 2025/04/02 at 7 PM ET
Game 5: @ Rouyn-Noranda - 2025/04/04 at 7 PM ET*
Game 6: @ Gatineau - 2025/04/06 at 3 PM ET*
Game 7: @ Rouyn-Noranda - 2025/04/08 at 7 PM ET*
* if necessary
Prediction: Rouyn-Noranda in seven
Huskies Players To Watch
2025 NHL draft prospects to watch
- C Bill Zonnon
- Regular season: 64 GP, 28 G, 55 A, 83 PTS
- Three season veteran
- G Samuel Meloche
- Regular season: 51 GP, 30-16, 2.90, .900 SV%
- Rookie
Overagers
- LW Antonin Verreault
- Regular season: 63 GP, 37 G, 48 A, 85 PTS
- Five season veteran
- D Ty Higgins
- Regular season: 63 GP, 19 G, 48 A, 67 PTS
- Four season veteran
- D Alex Carr
- Regular season: 62 GP, 6 G, 39 A, 45 PTS
- Four season veteran
Other players to watch
- RW Lars Steiner
- Regular season: 57 GP, 23 G, 37 A, 60 PTS
- 2026 NHL draft prospect
- Import status
- Rookie
- C Thomas Verdon
- Regular season: 64 GP, 20 G, 37 A, 57 PTS
- Four season veteran
- LW Remi Gelinas
- Regular season: 32 GP, 25 G, 17 A, 42 PTS
- Rookie
- C Samuel Beauchemin
- Regular season: 63 GP, 13 G, 27 A, 40 PTS
- Two season veteran
- D Axel Dufresne
- Regular season: 55 GP, 10 G, 17 A, 27 PTS
- Three season veteran
Olympiques Players To Watch
2025 NHL draft eligibles
- C Nicholas Petrut
- Regular season: 34 GP, 7 G, 14 A, 21 PTS
- Rookie
Overagers
- RW Jeremie Minville
- Regular season: 63 GP, 35 G, 31 A, 66 PTS
- Four season veteran
- LW Julien Paille
- Regular season: 54 GP, 21 G, 17 A, 38 PTS
- Three season veteran
- D Taos Jordan
- Regular season: 57 GP, 9 G, 25 A, 34 PTS
- Rookie (*played several seasons in OHL)
Other players to watch
- RW Justin Boiselle
- Regular season: 64 GP, 17 G, 27 A, 44 PTS
- Four season veteran
- D Jan Golicic
- Regular season: 58 GP, 4 G, 31 A, 35 PTS
- Tampa Bay Lightning prospect (2024 4th round pick)
- Import status
- Two season veteran
- RW Isaiah Parent
- Regular season: 50 GP, 16 G, 16 A, 32 PTS
- Rookie
- LW Lukas Kral
- Regular season: 48 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS
- Import status
- Rookie (*played a season in the WHL as well)
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