The No. 4 Shawinigan Cataractes will take on the No. 13 Val-d'Or Foreurs in the first round of the QMJHL playoffs.
These two teams met four times this season, with both teams winning twice coming -- though the Cataractes outscored the Foreurs 16-12.
Schedule
Game 1: @ Shawinigan - Tonight at 7 PM ET
Game 2: @ Shawinigan - 2025/03/29 at 4 PM ET
Game 3: @ Val-d'Or - 2025/04/01 at 7 PM ET
Game 4: @ Val-d'Or - 2025/04/02 at 7 PM ET
Game 5: @ Val-d'Or - 2025/04/04 at 7 PM ET*
Game 6: @ Shawinigan - 2025/04/07 at 7 PM ET*
Game 7: @ Shawinigan - 2025/04/08 at 7 PM ET*
* if necessary
Prediction: Val-d'Or in six
Cataractes' Players To Watch
2025 NHL draft prospect
- C Cole Chandler
- Regular season: 64 GP, 13 G, 19 A, 32 PTS
- Two season veteran
Overagers
- RW Louis-Philippe Fontaine
- Regular season: 63 GP, 30 G, 40 A, 70 PTS
- Five season veteran
- LW Yoan Loshing
- Regular season: 49 GP, 22 G, 29 A, 51 PTS
- Five season veteran
- D Isaac Menard
- Regular season: 40 GP, 5 G, 18 A, 23 PTS
- Five season veteran
Other players to watch
- RW Matvei Gridin
- Regular season: 56 GP, 36 G, 43 A, 79 PTS
- Calgary Flames prospect (2024 1st round pick)
- Import status
- Rookie
- RW Felix Lacerte
- Regular season: 62 GP, 35 G, 44 A, 79 PTS
- Three season veteran
- C Vince Elie
- Regular season: 64 GP, 26 G, 43 A, 69 PTS
- Three season veteran
- D Jordan Tourigny
- Regular season: 64 GP, 12 G, 33 A, 45 PTS
- Four season veteran
- LW Jiri Klima
- Regular season: 64 GP, 15 G, 25 A, 40 PTS
- Import status
- Two season veteran
- C Kody Dupuis
- Regular season: 57 GP, 16 G, 20 A, 36 PTS
- Three season veteran
Foreurs' Players To Watch
2025 NHL draft prospect
- LW Philippe Veilleux
- Regular season: 64 GP, 40 G, 47 A, 87 PTS
- Two season veteran
- C Nathan Brisson
- Regular season: 62 GP, 24 G, 48 A, 72 PTS
- Three season veteran
- D Eduard Bondar
- Regular season: 54 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 PTS
- Import status
- Rookie
Overagers
- RW Noah Reinhart
- Regular season: 63 GP, 41 G, 39 A, 80 PTS
- Three season veteran
- RW Donovan Arsenault
- Regular season: 64 GP, 24 G, 30 A, 54 PTS
- Five season veteran
- D William Bishop
- Regular season: 64 GP, 8 G, 35 A, 43 PTS
- Five season veteran
Other players to watch
- RW Samuel Fiala
- Regular season: 58 GP, 21 G, 30 A, 51 PTS
- Import status
- Two season veteran
- C Alix Durocher
- Regular season: 64 GP, 15 G, 32 A, 47 PTS
- Two season veteran
- D Evan Depatie
- Regular season: 63 GP, 5 G, 28 A, 33 PTS
- Two season veteran
- D Benjamin Cosette-Ayotte
- Regular season: 56 GP, 4 G, 20 A, 24 PTS
- 2026 NHL draft prospect
- Rookie
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