Finally, semi-final matchups are set in the QMJHL, and it took some heroics to do it.
Alexis Pépin buried a 2-on-1 with Pierre-Maxime Poudrier to give the Val-d’Or Foreurs a 4-3 win in game 7 of their series against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
The Foreurs, who escaped getting swept in the series in double overtime in game 4, clawed all the way back to win games 5 and 6, and won game 7 Tuesday 4-3 on the road in Baie-Comeau.
The hero, Pépin, was acquired from the Gatineau Olympiques at this year’s mid-season trading period, an equalizer deal of sorts to the trade of last year’s playoff leading scorer, Louick Marcotte, to the Olympiques.