With the Avalanche season fading from memory and the Rampage's heading that way fast, I decided to indulge in some junior hockey playoffs with 3 of our prospects on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Jean-Christophe Beaudin, Julien Nantel and AJ Greer tore through the first 2 rounds, destroying bottom seed Drummondville then taking out Blainville-Boisbriand in 5. The matchup for the semis would be against QMJHL scoring champ Conor Garland and the Moncton Wildcats.
Other than occasional highlights the last time I had seen the Huskies was on the night AJ Greer made his debut back in late December, which had the added bonus of also being Nicolas Meloche's debut on the opposing bench for Gatineau, so it was interesting making comparisons in how much each player had improved in 4 months.