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There are just 8 weekends remaining in the regular season. If the LNAH playoffs started today, the following scenarios would apply.  Laval (1) vs Riviere du Loup (8):  On paper this should be an even match, but in reality, it’s not. Laval has been the top dog all season while Riviere du Loup hasn't been able to get on track following their finals loss last Spring. It would be a classic matchup of size vs speed and physicality vs finesse.  Jonquiere (2) vs Sorel-Tracy (7):  Th

When the LNAH skated into the offseason last May, the lone question mark was the Quebec National. With wins few and far between, attendance last in the league, and local news coverage hard to come by, saying the inaugural season was rough would be putting it lightly. A late season win streak and an opening round playoff victory would end the season on a high note, but certainty of their second season wouldn't come until a mid-summer press conference. As the league enters the

With hockey’s ever increasing cost, it’s nearly impossible for small markets to get in the game, let alone succeed. Unless, of course, you’re the Bellechasse Bucks. Since joining Quebec’s Senior AAA League in the Fall of 2024, the Bucks appear to have cracked the code by succeeding, and even trendsetting, in the league’s smallest market. When it was first announced in Le Voix du Sud in June of 2023 that AAA hockey was coming to Saint-Anselme, everything seemed to make sense;

When Saint-Hyacinthe and Laval met on November 15th, the game resembled one from the early 2000’s when gloves hit the ice almost as frequently as pucks hit the back of the net. Anyone watching for the first time would have simply seen a game that got out of hand. Anyone who has been watching for the last two seasons would have seen something else; the latest meeting in the LNAH’s most intense rivalry. Since Saint-Hyacinthe rejoined the league in the Fall of 2024, it seems the

We’re in the final countdown to the QMJHL’s opening weekend. The season opens this Thursday, setting the stage for a four night event....

Starting from the NHL and working down through every level of hockey, leagues have made efforts to reduce or remove fighting. In the case of the LHSAAAQ, they’re making the effort to remove the violence. The move is far from simple semantics or word play, and so far seems to be satisfying players and fans, as well as sponsors. Per game, the league still enjoys an entertaining quantity of fights but has done so by establishing certain boundaries. Historically, the league wasn

When the QMJHL season gets underway on September 18th, there will be teams everyone will be watching, teams everyone should be watching,...

The LNAH has completed its draft and released its schedule. With the season fast approaching, the only thing that fans are waiting for...

Hockey fans around the world know the team and characters from Slap Shot. They know that the Charlestown Chiefs were actually the...

The LHSAAAQ Offseason included a brief round of musical chairs, with the sale and relocation of the Nicolet franchise to Trois-Rivieres and the subsequent sale and relocation of the La Tuque franchise to Nicolet. The teams offered varying degrees of visibility to their new identities in the weeks leading up to the draft, but the league’s July 4 th  event served as their official introductions. The two teams unveiled new names and logos and made roster moves that helped define

We’re just under a week away from the 2025 LHSAAAQ Draft. The event can provide lots of information about where the league is going. Looking at previous drafts, recent initiatives and team movement, as well as making comparisons to other provincial leagues, we can draw some indications on the league’s future or, at a minimum, things to watch for. Visibility: The fact that the draft is taking place at a public venue versus a closed arena shows that the league is continuing to

Minor league fans have an incredible attachment to their favorite players and will follow their progress long after they depart the local...

The LHSAAAQ’s off season is well underway, and franchise movement has been a part of it. While the recent news of the sale and relocation of the LaTuque Wolves was quite a splash, the league taking another shot at Trois-Rivieres has been the big story.   The Coliseum has been attracting teams in various leagues since the departure of the QMJHL’s Draveurs in 1992, mostly without any lasting success . The list of leagues includes the LHSAAAQ as recently as 2023. What and where

Several big stories have come up this year in Trois-Rivieres. These stories have been great news: the team’s stability rebounding under...

Starting this weekend the Canadian Hockey League’s biggest prize, the Memorial Cup, will be fought for and won in Rimouski. Sports fans...

When Rimouski edged Shawinigan in double overtime of game 7, it set up the finals that was most likely to happen when the QMJHL Playoffs...

N They took to the ice Friday night and didn’t leave until Saturday morning. They left, however, with the Cup. The 6 Overtime win in game...

The 2025 LNAH playoffs have included some great storylines, including one particular oddity that’s still playing out in the finals...

The big announcement this week was the addition of Vancouver to the PWHL. Once that happened, everyone knew it was only a matter of time...

When the Granby Bison won the 2025 LHSAAAQ championship, it put the town on the hockey map…sort of. In reality, it was always there....