Game one of the second best spring hockey tournament (sorry world championships) is tonight. The host team Quebec Remparts will, uh, host, the WHL Champion Kelowna Rockets. Previewing a game like this is a bit rough since there's very little history between these two teams.
Kelowna Rockets at Quebec Remparts
7:30PM - Sportsnet, TVA, NHLNet
Since it's game 1 of the tournament there's not much to go on so here are the team summaries of season I did for the overall tournament preview:
Team Previews
Quebec Remparts
Tournament Host
Drafted Players: Zachary Fucale - G (MTL 2013), Cody Donaghey- D (TOR FA), Ryan Graves - D (NYR 2013), Anthony Duclair - LW (NYR 2013), Marc-Olivier Roy - C (EDM 2013), Adam Erne - LW (TB 2013)
2015 Draftees: Callum Booth - G, Giancarlo Fiori - D, Olivier Thibodeau - D, Dmytro Timashov - F
Season Leading Scorer: Dmytro Timashov - 66GP - 19G + 71A = 90Pts
Playoff Leading Scorer: Adam Erne - 22GP - 21G + 9A = 30Pts
Regular Season Record:40-25-1-2, 4th overall, 2nd in East Division
Regular Season: The Remparts came into the 2015 QMJHL season knowing expectations were high for the Memorial Cup hosts.