QMJHL Team of the Week Features Repeat Honoree
Nathan Darveau earned a spot as the best QMJHL goaltender for the second consecutive week, in addition to being named the overall player of the week.
Photo by Denis Morin (Victoriaville Tigres) - QMJHL Team of the Week Features Repeat HonoreeEach week, the QMJHL names a "Team of the Week" honoring the league's top players. Three forwards, two defensemen, and one goaltender are selected each week, based on their gameplay from the previous week.
Team of the Week
For the week of October 23-29, 2023, the following players from five different QMJHL teams were chosen:
Forwards
- Markus Vidicek, Halifax Mooseheads (4G/5A, +4)
- Justin Gill, Baie-Comeau Drakkar (2G/5A, +6)
- Jordan Dumais, Halifax Mooseheads (3G/5A, +7)
Defensemen
- Tomas Lavoie, Cape Breton Eagles (2G/1A, +1)
- Vsevolod Komarov, Quebec Remparts (0G/4A, -1)
Goaltender
- Nathan Darveau, Victoriaville Tigres ( 2-0-1-0, SV% 0.950, GAA 1.65)
Player of the Week
In addition, the league announces a weekly "Videotron Player of the Week" to acknowledge the top player in the QMJHL. This week, the honor goes to Victoriaville Tigres goaltender Nathan Darveau.
In three games played this week, Darveau posted an admirable 1.65 GAA, combined with a .950 save percentage, with two wins and one overtime loss.
The 20-year-old and his Victoriaville teammates found themselves trailing 2-1 after two periods in their game on Friday night, but the goaltender made 21 saves in the third period to give his teammates a chance to put the puck into the Shawinigan Cataractes net a number of times and secure the win.
During the second game of the home-and-home, Darveau backstopped the Tigres to another victory by turning aside the puck 32 times in the team's 3-1 defeat of Shawinigan.
The two weekend wins catapulted Victoriaville into a first-place tie with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Western Conference. This is the second time in as many weeks that Darveau has been tapped as the league's top goaltender. He was also named to last week's QMJHL Team of the Week.
Previous winners for the 2023-24 season are noted below:
Week 5 (Oct. 16-22, 2023)
Team of the Week: Luke Woodworth (F-Drummondville Voltigeurs), Maxim Massé (F-Chicoutimi Saguenéens), Jordan Dumais (F-Halifax Mooseheads), Jérémy Langlois (D-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies), Pier-Olivier Roy (D-Victoriaville Tigres), Nathan Darveau (G-Victoriaville Tigres).
Player of the Week: Maxim Massé (F-Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Week 4 (Oct. 9-15, 2023)
Team of the Week: Jérémie Minville (F-Gatineau Olympiques), Charles Boutin (F-Gatineau Olympiques), Lou-Félix Denis (F-Shawinigan Cataractes, Nolan Ling (D-Gatineau Olympiques), Angus Booth (D-Shawinigan Cataractes), William Rousseau (G-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
Player of the Week: Jeremie Minville (F-Gatineau Olympiques)
Week 3 (Oct. 2-8, 2023)
Team of the Week: Yoan Loshing (F-Moncton), Tommy Cormier (F-Victoriaville), Luke Woodworth (F-Drummondville), Maveric Lamoureux (D-Drummondville), Pier-Olivier Roy (D), Mathis Rousseau (G-Halifax)
Player of the Week: Mathis Rousseau (G-Halifax Mooseheads)
Week 2 (Sept. 25 - Oct. 1, 2023)
Team of the Week: Cole Burbidge (F-Cape Breton), Israël Mianscum (F-Sherbrooke), Lou Lévesque (F-Halifax), Tomas Cibulka (D-Val-d’Or), Benjamin Vigneault (D-Victoriaville), Mathis Rousseau (G-Halifax)
Player of the Week: Cole Burbidge (F-Cape Breton Eagles)
Week 1 (Sept. 22-24, 2023)
Team of the Week: Justin Larose (F-Victoriaville), Louis-Philippe Fontaine (F-Rouyn-Noranda), Jules Boilard (F-Baie-Comeau), Owen Conrad (D-Charlottetown), Spencer Gill (D-Rimouski), Jacob Steinman (G-Moncton)
Player of the Week: Jules Boilard (F-Baie-Comeau)
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