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***Faelax*** · 02-12-2024, 11:52 AM

In season 69, the Quebec City Citadelles won the Four Star Cup, their second cup in franchise history. With a respectable record of 38-21-7, the Citadelles finished sixth in the league, and would be playing in the first round of the playoffs. Waiting for them in the beginning was the Yukon Malamutes, who despite being one of the worst teams in the regular season, still put up a good fight. The Citadelles would eventually take the series four games to two. Moving on to the second round, where the Great Falls Grizzlies awaited. The Grizzlies were a great team, finishing fourth in the league, and it showed in this brutal seven game series. The Citadelles run to the championship would get no easier in the semifinals, where they squared off against the Newfoundland Berserkers in another epic seven game series. Multiple overtimes were needed in this one, as I distinctly recall this series taking multiple years off of my life through the incredible stress it caused. Quebec City was poised to win it’s second Four Star Cup, but standing in their way was the Laurifer trophy winners in the Detroit Falcons. Quebec City and Detroit have had quite a few great playoff series in recent memory, and this series is what really kicked off the rivalry between the two bird teams of the SMJHL. The finals series was not a close one, with the Citadelles decisively beating the Falcons four games to one.

One player on the team stood head and shoulders above everyone ese when it came to scoring, and that was the captain Jack St Clair. He put up 22 goals (all at even strength) and 21 assists for a whopping 43 points in 25 games, a performance which saw him run away with the playoff MVP award. His linemates Tam Kove and Jiggle E Puff put up great numbers as well in the playoffs, recording 31 and 26 points respectively. Quebec City ran the Kovalev-Hargreeves-Cormier line as their third line during the playoffs, but they were better than a lot of teams first lines, creating some massive matchup headaches for opposing coaches. The Shattenaxt-Lakemore-Dothe line was an elite shutdown group that didn’t give up much to the opposition, especially when paired with one of the best shutdown defensive pairs in the league at the time, Nevek Kove and Alexander Minaj. That pairing gave up almost nothing during the playoffs, putting up a ridiculous combined +39 rating. Elena Maximova was another elite defender, who ended up winning the Defenseman of the year award for her outstanding regular season pay. Goaltending for the Citadelles was a position of strength for them in the regular season, and that was no different in the playoffs. Goaltender Walter Sobchak put up an impressive .906% save percentage and a 2.65 Goals against average, meaning the Citadelles with their high powered offense only needed to average 3 goals a game to win most of the time. Perhaps the most impressive stat from the playoff run was the fact that the Citadelles only scored eight goals on the power play out of the 99 total goals scored. They absolutely dominated even strength play and did not lean on the power play like some teams tend to do.

chetib · 02-13-2024, 04:42 PM

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