Congrats to Vancouver on winning another Laurifer Trophy. However, I noticed Vancouver won by a large margin, which hasn't happened in a couple of seasons. So I took it upon myself to dig up FHM postseason results when teams had a large gap between 1st and 2nd place in the Regular Season.

The conclusion? Vancouver really should be winning the Four Star Cup in S73. There have been 10 times in SMJHL FHM history with a >9 point gap between 1st and 2nd in the Regular Season, and 8 of those teams have gone on to win the Four Star Cup. Quebec City are the standout exception, sitting in first place by 15 points in S57, but instead won the cup the very next season as the second-place team. 

The first- or second-place team has won 10/10 of these cups, so you should also keep an eye out for Maine. Interestingly, 9 of the 10 winners played the Regular Season runner-up in the semi-finals (and won 7/9). The last time the two top teams met in the finals was in S53.

Below is a quick overview of all of these results:

S53
1st - DET - 84 pts
2nd - KEL - 65 pts
DET won Four Star Cup (beat KEL 4-2 in finals)

S56
1st - VAN - 78 pts
2nd - CAR - 64 pts
VAN won Four Star Cup (beat CAR 4-3 in semis)

S57
1st - QCC - 107 pts
2nd - ANC - 92 pts
ANC won Four Star Cup (beat QCC 4-3 in semis)

S58
1st - KEL - 109 pts
2nd - QCC - 98 pts
QCC won Four Star Cup (beat KEL 4-1 in semis)

S60
1st - NL - 115 pts
2nd - VAN - 99 pts
NL won Four Star Cup (beat VAN 4-2 in semis)

S63
1st - NL - 118 pts
2nd - MET - 101 pts
NL won Four Star Cup (beat MET 4-0 in semis)

S64
1st - NL - 115 pts
2nd - COL - 97 pts
NL won Four Star Cup (beat COL 4-2 in semis)

S65
1st - DET - 120 pts
2nd - QCC - 103 pts
DET won Four Star Cup (beat QCC 4-1 in semis)

S66
1st - NBB - 102 pts
2nd - COL - 93 pts
NBB won Four Star Cup (beat COL 4-0 in semis)

S68
1st - DET - 109 pts
2nd - CAR - 87 pts
DET won Four Star Cup (beat CAR 4-3 in semis)



Best of luck to all the teams in the SMJHL Playoffs! (but mostly Detroit)

 Zedward Zilliams | LD | Detroit | Tampa Bay | Great Britain | S71 - | 1904 TPE

Max TPE: 2077

Age: 29

Height: 6'4

Weight: 220 lbs
Birthplace: Stockport, England
Number: 22

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(S71) Drafted 8th Overall by the Detroit Falcons

(S72) Drafted 2nd Overall by the Hamilton Steelhawks

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CAREER

GP: 909 | G: 123 | A: 309 | P: 432 | B: 1,997 | -91
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SMJHL Regular Season
GP: 264 | G: 19 | A: 91 | P: 110 | B: 833 | -60
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SMJHL Playoffs
GP: 30 | G: 03 | A: 12 | P: 15 | B: 65 | -6

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SHL Regular Season
GP: 396 | G: 83 | A: 151 | P: 234 | B: 683 | +5
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SHL Playoffs
GP: 78 | G: 12 | A: 24 | P: 36 | B: 152 | -4
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WJC
GP: 54 | G: 01 | A: 18 | P: 19 | B: 131 | +3
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IIHF
GP: 87 | G: 05 | A: 13 | P: 18 | B: 133 | -29
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Achievements

(S71) Alternate Captain of Detroit

(S71) Blocked Shots League Leader

(S71) Most Shots Blocked in SMJHL Season

(S71) All-Defense Team

(S71) WJC Silver Medal

(S72) Blocked Shots League Leader
(S74) 3rd All Time in SMJHL Blocked Shots

(S74) Four Star Cup Champion

(S75) Rookie All Star Team

(S78) Defenseman Goals League Leader

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Teams

(S71-S74) Detroit Falcons

(S75-S78) Hamilton Steelhawks

(S79-) Tampa Bay Barracuda

Edward Williams | C | Detroit | Texas | Great Britain | S52 - S69 | 2171 TPE
Age: 37
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205 lbs
Birthplace: Stockport, England
Number: 22

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(S52) Drafted 11th Overall by the Detroit Falcons
(S53) Drafted 4th Overall by the Texas Renegades

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CAREER

GP: 1507 | G: 458 | A: 678 | P: 1136 | +191
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SMJHL Regular Season
TOTAL | GP: 200 | G: 73 | A: 92 | P: 165 | +13
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SMJHL Playoffs
TOTAL | GP: 38 | G: 07 | A: 13 | P: 20 | -14
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SHL Regular Season
TOTAL | GP: 908 | G: 302 | A: 452 | P: 754 | +157
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SHL Playoffs
TOTAL | GP: 143 | G: 36 | A: 67 | P: 103 | +5
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WJC
TOTAL | GP: 77 | G: 14 | A: 18 | P: 32 | +2
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IIHF

TOTAL | GP: 141 | G: 26 | A: 36 | P: 62 | +28
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Achievements
(S52) SMJHL All-Rookie Team
(S52) Esa Anrikkanen Trophy (Top Rookie)
(S53) Alternate Captain of Detroit
(S53) Eastern Conference All-Star
(S53) Four Star Cup Champion
(S53) 1st Team All-SMJHL
(S53) Jared Hanson (Scoring Champ)
(S53) Roberto Martucci (Goal Leader)
(S53) Raymond Lindsay (Players MVP)

(S53) Ideen Fallah Nominee (Award Committee MVP)

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(S54) WJC Silver Medal
(S54) IIHF Silver Medal
(S55) IIHF Gold Medal
(S56) IIHF Silver Medal
(S56) Ryan Jesster (Best Rookie)
(S56) All-Rookie Team
(S57) IIHF Silver Medal

(S58) IIHF Silver Medal

(S59) Western Conference All-Star

(S59) Challenge Cup Champion

(S60) IIHF Silver Medal

(S61) Western Conference All-Star

(S61) Jeff Dar Trophy (Best Two-Way Forward) 

(S61) IIHF Gold Medal

(S62) Challenge Cup Champion

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Teams
(S52-55) Detroit Falcons

(S56-65) Texas Renegades

(S66) Seattle Argnoauts

(S67) Los Angeles Panthers

(S68) Tampa Bay Barracuda

(S69) Los Angeles Panthers

William Zilliams | Head GM | Detroit | S72 - S78

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CAREER

Regular Season | 238-192-32

Postseason | 34-31

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SMJHL Regular Season

(S72) | 21-39-6 | P: 48 | 13th

(S73) | 31-28-7 | P: 69 | 8th

(S74) | 42-20-4 | P: 88 | 3rd

(S75) | 40-22-4 | P: 84 | 4th

(S76) | 29-34-3 | P: 61 | 11th

(S77) | 38-23-5 | P: 81 | 4th

(S78) | 37-26-3 | P: 77 | 6th

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SMJHL Playoffs
(S73) | R1: 4-1 | QF: 0-4

(S74) | R1: Bye | QF: 4-0 | SF: 4-2 | CH: 4-3

(S75) | R1: 4-3 | QF: 3-4

(S76) | R1: 0-4

(S77) | R1: 2-4

(S78) | R1: 4-0 | QF: 4-2 | SF: 1-4

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Achievements

(S74) Four Star Cup Champion

(S74) Nour Harrak Nominee (Top GM)

Yeah yeah whatever can't see you with my mustache (bigger than Zedward's)
(Best of luck in playoffs)!

Thank you to @Revontulete!