The Toronto Maple Leafs have their third prospect to win a championship in their respective league, joining Pontus Holmberg’s SHL championship and Joe Miller’s USHL championship. On Saturday afternoon, Mikhail Abramov captained the Victoriaville Tigres on a remarkable championship run that saw them pull off two major upsets over the two best regular season teams in the QMJHL.
Charlottetown and Val-d’Or were a combined 64-8-2-2 this season, with .875 and .861 win percentages respectively. The third place team had a .672 win percentage, for reference. Victoriaville, after a weird season that saw them play the fewest games in the league (26) due to the pandemic, finished sixth in the league in the regular season with a 16-9-1 record (.