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The QMJHL Telus three stars for the month of February were announced Tuesday as the Saguenéens' Guillaume Asselin took home the top honours, boasting a points-to-games-played ratio of just under 2:1 in the eleven games Chicoutimi played over the course of the month. Meanwhile, Voltigeurs' blueliner Jean-Philippe Mathieu is the second star as he totaled four goals, eight assists in ten games to add to his overall total of 45 points, good for fifth among defensemen leaguewide. PEI's Evan Mosher is the month's third star after maintaining a save percentage of .931 along with a 2.28 goals against average through the month of February, where he was also 5-2 and only surrendered goals 18 times ...

The QMJHL finds itself without its winningest coach this weekend, as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens' Richard Martel lost his job on Wednesday after eight years with the team and an overall record of 589-516-66. The Saguenay franchise had lost six of its last eight and currently sits at 13th place in the league. Under interim bench boss Marc-Étienne Hubert, however, Chicoutimi has won their last two, including a 5-3 decision against the Rimouski Océanic. They next take on the Victoriaville Tigres in front of their home crowd on Saturday afternoon. I would be remiss if I didn't point out moments like this that once occurred behind the Chicoutimi bench, however. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskie...

Last week's featured series between the Drummondville Voltigeurs and Saint John Sea Dogs ended with each team claiming a win, beginning with a nightmarish game for the Voltigeurs that had two of their players injured by pucks to the face, captain Marc-Olivier Vachon being sent to the locker room early for having hit an opponent from behind eight minutes in, and an eventual 7-4 loss. Sea Dogs' forward and Capitals' prospect Stanislav Galiev had four goals over the miniseries as Volts' Guillaume Nadeau was chased from his net for the third time in his last four starts. Sixteen year old goaltender Domenic Graham took over for the rest of the weekend, earning a 3-2 overtime win to earn a split...

The Montreal Juniors and Drummondville Voltigeurs went head-to-head Sunday afternoon without Canadiens' first rounder Louis Leblanc and 2011 NHL Entry Draft eligible Sean Couturier in their respective lineups, both having departed to Team Canada's Selection Camp. Despite their absence, the two teams battled for sixty hard-fought, penalty-ridden minutes and the Juniors scored four consecutive goals to take the win by a score of 5-3. With his team down 3-1 at the beginning of the second period, ex-Voltigeur and Canadiens' free agent signing Philippe Lefebvre got the wheels going on a comeback with his 14th goal of the season. The Juniors then rallied to erase the deficit with goals by Jé...