#ddjs lb

[stereax]

hi hello hey !!!

Are you already tired of Four Nations Faceoff? Don't want to watch Auston Matthews wail on the Finnish lack of d-corps tonight? Don't have a way to watch it?

Or: Do YOU want some relatively low-stakes hockey that's highly French, starting at 7 PM Eastern time?

After the success of Wednesday Night in the Dub, the QMJHL took a look at the WHL and said "we're gonna do the same thing, but in Quebecois" and enter: Duel du jeudi soir!

This week's matchup is the Gatineau Olympiques vs the Rimouski Océanic. Rimouski is the second-best team in the Q, with a .730 points percentage, and have already clinched the playoffs. Gatineau is... the second-worst team in the Q, with a .347 points percentage. And last week on DDJS they got shitcanned 9-4. So it's likely enough they get shitcanned again this week. But it'll be fun! And in French!

Also, if you're a Pens fan, you probably know the Océanic as Sidney Crosby's junior team. Did you know the Olympiques are Claude Giroux's junior team? Now you do!

Here's some players I'm keeping my eye on:

Rimouski

Mathieu Cataford (#77): MATCAT! MATCAT!!! Beloved VGK prospect, part of the Jack Eichel trade actually! Doing sicko stuff in the Q. Had a torrid start to the season (36 pts in 20 games) but has slowed down considerably since then, partially because he was part of Team Canada at the WJC! "Our beautiful energy guy from the Q", as van @puckpocketed calls him <3. One of only two Q players to be at the WJC actually, the other being Ethan Gauthier, beloved Volt (hangs up Chekhov's Gun on my wall). Third on the team in points. Played for the Halifax Mooseheads for his first years in the Q, including dragging them through what I understand is a Season From Hell in 23-24, but got shipped up to Rimouski when the Mooseheads decided they needed to rebuild.

Lou Levesque (#67): Boybestfriends with MatCat! Honestly don't know much else about him except that the Océanic got him in part because MatCat wanted his friend from Halifax. Doesn't look like they're linemates right now, though.

Keep an eye out for Alexandre Blais (#22), the leader of the team in points, and Jacob Mathieu (#81), team leader in goals. Also Jonathan Fauchon (#16) who casually leads the entire Q in points but isn't the team leader because he was traded to Rimouski midseason. Blais-Fauchon-Mathieu seems to be their top line, with MatCat as 2C.

Gatineau

Jérémie Minville (#27): Carrying this god damn team on his back, so help him God. Had a shooting percentage of 4.9% with Rouyn-Noranda, including his second year with a shooting percentage of 1.9%. He is a winger. Got traded to Gatineau and remembered he was elite apparently and cranked out a 38G season. He has 29 on the year already this season, too. Also he's from Drummondville (polishes Chekhov's Gun).

Jan Golicic (#21): Only Guy Drafted on the Olympiques. Tampa Bay draft pick. Slovenian! Import drafted to the Q and chose to play with this team instead of trying his luck in the USHL-NCAA pipeline. God bless him, truly.

Lukas Landry (#17): VOLT! Former Drummondville Voltigeur (shoots Chekhov's Gun repeatedly can you tell I have a favorite team in the Q CAN YOU TELL YET). Also he's 5'8". I know nothing else about him :3

Gatineau is what I like to call a "goalie explosion chamber"; they brag about their top goalie having a .878 save percentage and five wins, and they have had one shutout all year. They play at the Centre Slush Puppie and have an open casting call for people who want to play music before their games on the Budweiser Stage. I don't know if they're real?

Lyam Jacques

Lyam Jacques (#22, Gatineau): VOLT! VOLT! VOLT! FORMER VOLTIGEUR! And from Drummondville too!

That's not the important thing about him, though. The Volts acquired him this year and let him play a few games for the home team before trading him off to Gatineau. Where did the Volts get him from, you may ask?

Rimouski. Who cut the veteran forward after 2.5 seasons. And traded him to the Volts for a 2025 7th-round pick. (Which, by major junior standards, is basically future considerations.) And then the Volts played him a few games and shipped him off to Gatineau for a 2027 5th.

Is Lyam Jacques good? Not really; he accrues far more penalty minutes than points. Is he playing? Nope, he's been a consistent healthy scratch for Gatineau since he got there. (EliteProspects is lying to you!) Which is saying something, given that Gatineau is such a bottom feeder @neonfretra is naming it after a Cuda player.

But in MY head this is the Lyam Jacques bowl <3 Two teams fighting over a mid-at-best fourth liner, like God intended <3 Loser has to keep him, no take backsies <3

Are you in? Great! You can watch DDJS FREE on YouTube here! (They archive past DDJSes too!) The game tonight starts at 7 PM Eastern :D

And if that doesn't convince you... well...

Hope to see you in the #ddjs lb tag tonight!!

[klimkostin]

endeus bud the 50/50 was $27.50...

"Sorry for the confusion, the 50/50 is $27.50… So they didn’t break the $200 record 🥲"

ah. youre right. emptiest town in the world <3333333333333

[seventhroundpick]

i do like how emo the olympiques jerseys are. It's fitting,

[puckpocketed]

hello im very late to the party i had a side quest!! touches rimouski vs gatineau scoresheet .soemthign evil happened here (9-3) (<- juniors score)

[oensible]

25–47 sog and yet the score is 5–2....

[knitpurlgoal]

The québécois pronunciation of Ontario is delightful. I’m having so much fun. I don’t know what’s happening

[perfectlysaltycat32]

what team are you guys rooting for this game? or is it just an "I hope everyone has fun" kinda night?

[stereax]

hi hello hey !!!

Are you already tired of Four Nations Faceoff? Don't want to watch Canada and America have a little politicized catfight? Don't have a way to watch it?

Or: Do YOU want some relatively low-stakes hockey that's highly French, starting at 7 PM Eastern time?

After the success of Wednesday Night in the Dub, the QMJHL took a look at the WHL and said "we're gonna do the same thing, but in Quebecois" and enter: Duel du jeudi soir!

This week's matchup is the Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs... wait for it... the Drummondville Voltigeurs!!! MY BOYS!!! This match, unlike last week's, is between two top teams - the Sags are in 4th place in the Q while the Volts are in 3rd.

Also, if you're a Dawson Mercer fan (and we all are): this is the fight of his QMJHL teams! He was a Volt for 2.5 seasons, then got traded to the Sags in his draft year and played for them for 1.5 seasons before making the NHL.

Here's some players I'm keeping my eye on:

Chicoutimi

do i have to mom? okay

Emmanuel Vermette (#28) - 23 goals, 27 assists. Leads the team in goals and points.

Thomas Desruisseaux (#17) - 14 goals, 30 assists. Leads the team in assists.

Loïc Usereau (#72) - 30 assists as a defenseman and 8 goals on top of it. Not bad. 15 goals last year too.

Jonathan Prud'homme (#27) - 5'10" defenseman, 168 pounds, and... 93 penalty minutes in 51 games?!? And only one 5-minute major (+ ejection for high-sticking). Wow. Lowkey impressive. Got three separate roughing penalties one game and got an unsportsmanlike for it... this entire team might be full of thugs, actually...

Drummondville

Ethan Gauthier (#79) - Tampa Bay draft pick (Volt to Bolt?). First overall QMJHL selection in 2021. Born in Phoenix, Arizona. Current linemates with the other two skaters profiled below, but they seem to be line shuffling a lot recently. Stapled to the side of the captain (see below).

Sam Oliver (#47) - The leading goalscorer of the team. As in, 45 goals and 21 assists in 53 games, which is double the goals of the next leading goalscorer on the team (22) and leads the league. 17 powerplay goals. Got a hatty two games ago. (They still lost 5-7.) The epitome of pucks on net.

Riley Mercer (#67) - The Volts' starting goalie. He's been decent for the past few years, but realized he's goated in last year's Q playoffs (0.934 sv%) and is currently rocking a 0.930 sv%. That being said, apparently his numbers are slipping month on month. I'm not too concerned. Okay, maybe I'm a little concerned...

"Wait, Mercer like - " YEP HE'S DAWSON'S BABY BROTHER!!!

Luke Woodworth (#19) - BOY OF ALL TIME. I can and WILL ramble about him for hours. But I'll try to keep it short.

He is tiny (5'9", 164 lbs) and a center.

His birthday is wrong on EliteProspects (March 1, not April 1).

He scored like, 19 assists this year before he finally got his first goal of the season, including two 4-A nights.

He's had three separate 8-game point streaks this season.

He's leading the team in assists (56) and points (72), and is leading the league in assists.

He can score though, check it. (And an Oliver assist!)

He got penalized this season for "throwing a stick or equipment" and I wish I had the clip of it.

He's from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and he's a big hometown boy.

He's going to play for Nebraska-Omaha in the NCHC next year! CHL->NCAA pipeline...

He's the captain of the Volts!

He wears glasses sometimes.

And has a GOD awful playoff mustache.

Okay here are pictures:

oh also these two might be in love a little bit forgot to mention whoops

The Volts are my favorite boys. Can you tell? Reigning Q champs. Gearing up for one big final Memorial Cup push for their overagers (Riley and Luke among them); it's unclear whether they'll be contending next year, especially with the departure of several key pieces. Also, every time I look at them, they decide to be my failchildren and flail around on the ice; every time I ignore them, they go on hot streaks.

So, are you in? Great! You can watch DDJS FREE on YouTube here! (They archive past DDJSes too!) The game tonight starts at 7 PM Eastern :D

And if that doesn't convince you... well...

Hope to see you in the #ddjs lb tag tonight!!

Programming note - I'll likely miss the first period, as I have mock trial stuff to do, but I'll try to watch on mute and LB a little bit :) have some volts trophy rings as an apology!

[klimkostin]

whee

[seventhroundpick]

hiiii last week my beloved prospect was -6 so I'm hoping this specific game goes better for him maybe me watching helps ok godspeed to golicic and probably the entire team needs luck

[puckpocketed]

this rink construction is fascinating. the benches are on opposite sides instead of the same side ????????

[oensible]

why do the teams i root for keep catching cruel and unusual Ls <- voice of a guy who picks teams based on how many cruel and unusual Ls they can take

[ffxiv-streamers]

DJ_Luna_K

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[knitpurlgoal]

What a great way to remember I’ve lost all my French

[perfectlysaltycat32]

this ice looks so fresh, all the ads really stand out 😌

[stereax]

btw if anyone makes a luke woodworth gif tag me. my life for a woody.