It’s the beginning of May so it’s the beginning of the end.
Wait that’s far too dramatic, but the junior hockey season is wrapping up, and three Tampa Bay Lightning prospects are suiting up to play in the OHL and QMJHL finals.
In the QMJHL Alex Barré-Boulet and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada have survived a rough ride through the Maritimes and are heading to the President’s Cup final for the second year in a row, hoping for a better result than a sweep that they had last season.
After sweeping Val d’Or in round one, and beating Moncton in five games, the Armada faced their first real challenge in the semi-finals where the Charlottetown Islanders took a 3-2 series lead before falling to the Armada in game seven.