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Major Update (8-10-11)

We are currently exploring new website hosts to serve you better ... A bigger and Better site is soon to come, Stay tuned for details when they become available !
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Less the a month!

The 2011-2012 QMJHL season will kick off in less then one month with the following games:

Thursday, September 8th:

Moncton @ Saint John 7:00PM

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Friday, September 9th

Cape Breton @ Moncton 7:00PM

Halifax @ PEI 7:00PM

Saint John @ Bathurst 7:00PM

Victoriaville @ Quebec 8:00PM

Drummondville @ Baie-Comeau 8:30PM

Val-D'Or @ Gatineau 8:30PM

Blainville-Boisbraind @ Rimouski 8:30PM

Rouyn-Noranda @ Shawinigian 8:30PM

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Saturday, September 10th

Drummondville @ Chicoutimi 5:00PM

Val-D'Or @ Shawinigian 5:00PM

Halifax @ Bathurst 7:00PM

Cape Breton @ PEI 7:00PM

Rouyn-Noranda @ Gatineau 8:00PM

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Sunday, September 11th

Blainville-Boisbraind @ Quebec 4:00PM

Chicoutimi @ Baie-Comeau 5:00PM

Victoriaville @ Rimouski 5:00PM

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See you at an arena near you soon!
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Memorial Cup Makes stop in CFB Gagetown ...

MEMORIAL CUP TO TAKE TOUR OF DUTY AT CFB GAGETOWN    The Memorial Cup was re-dedicated to all fallen Canadian Forces members in 2010 The MasterCard Memorial Cup will be continuing its summer rounds with an important stop at CFB Gagetown. The Sea Dogs, as the first Maritime champions in the trophy's 93-year history, will be hosting the coveted junior hockey trophy at CFB Gagetown on Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. at the CANEX SuperMart location. The Memorial Cup was established in 1919 in remembrance of the many soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice for Canada in the First World War. As a means to honour their sacrifices, the Memorial Cup was re-dedicated to all fallen Canadian Forces members in 2010. This event will be open to the public.

Former QMJHL All-stars Birthday

Now playing with the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, Former QMJHL Rimouski player Sidney Crosby is celebrating his 24th Birthday Today. You can help Celebrate with him with the has tag on twitter #happybirthdaysid
 
 

Wave of color change for Gatineau?

The Gatineau Olympiques will reconnect with the colors they wore when they raised the first of their seven bowls of the President in 1985-1986. Tout comme à l'époque où Luc Robitaille, Guy Rouleau et Joe Foglietta sévissaient pour instaurer la tradition gagnante des Olympiques de Hull, la prochaine génération des Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Raphaël Lafontaine et Mathieu Gagnon vont revêtir le gris, l'argent et le noir dès septembre prochain. As in the days when Luc Robitaille, Guy Rouleau and Joe Foglietta rampant to build winning tradition of the Hull Olympiques, the next generation of Pageau Jean-Gabriel, Raphael and Mathieu Gagnon Lafontaine will wear the gray, silver and Black next September.
 
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2012 QMJHL predictions

Who we think will win the 2012 presidents cup .. Same as our NHL predictions

Saint John - 15.5%
Blainville-Boisbriand - 11.2%
Gatineau - 10.3%
Quebec - 9.4%
Drummondville - 8.1%
Shawinigan - 7.4%
Victoriaville - 7.1%
Rimouski - 6.1%
Chicoutimi - 5.0%
PEI - 4.3%
Bathurst - 4.1%
Moncton - 3.5%
Cape Breton - 3.1%
Halifax - 2.7%
Val-D'Or - 1.1%
Rouyn-Noranda - 0.9%
Baie-Comeau - 0.2%

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2012 Stanley Cup Predictions are in!

The 2011 Stanley cup champions are the Boston Bruins, will they get it in 2012? Were saying no.

After piecing together information from last season, and some new bits and pieces the teams picked up this summer we have compiled a list of who we think are top contenders. Numbers in brackets are there chance at winning in % (Out of 100)

In no particular order, here is our list!

Vancouver - (21.9%)
Philadelphia - (14.8%)
Tampa Bay - (7.9%)
Chicago - (0.9%)
Minnesota - (0.6%)
Calgary - (1.5%)
Edmonton - (0.8%)
Florida - (0.1%)
Winnipeg - (8.6%)
Toronto - (0.3%)
Ottawa - (0.1%)
Anaheim - (0.5%)
Phoenix - (0.0%)
NY Rangers - (2.4%)
NY Islanders - (2.9%)
Boston - (0.2%)
Buffalo - (5.1%)
Montreal - (5.3%)
Washington - (9.9%)
Dallas - (0.0%)
Detroit - (1.3%)
Pittsburgh - (0.9%)
Carolina - (0.9%)
San Jose - (3.6%)
St Louis - (0.0%)
New Jersey - (0.9%)
Nashville - (0.0%)
LA - (0.5%)
Colorado - (4.1%)
Columbus - (4.0%)

What are your predictions? We want to hear them!
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Sea Dogs to open up new season VS NB rivals

The 2011 Memorial cup champions have barely had time to let it all sink in .. And they know who they will open there 2011-12 season against.

On Thursday, September 8th 2011 Harbour Station will most likely be sold out, not because of the sea dogs raising there championship banners because the team has announced it will not be doing that until October 29th, The game is against one of the most hated teams in Sea Dog fans eyes.

If you have not already figured it out, The first QMJHL game of the season will be another chapter of the "Battle of New Brunswick". Saint John VS Moncton. Dogs VS Cats. Use any term you want to, but one thing is for sure. The first battle of the year between the two most recent QMJHL champions will be nothing short of fantastic.

Although no championship banners will fly, The team has announced there will be a pre-game ceremony allowing fans to get one last look at the presidents and memorial cup before they have to send them back to there league offices. Fans will also be able to get there photo taken with both of the cups.

Last year was another year of firsts for the newest New Brunswick based QMJHL team, and there hoping this will be a year of seconds ...

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Sea Dogs win 2011 Master card Memorial Cup

The Saint John Sea Dogs become the first QMJHL team since 2006 to win a memorial cup!

They also will go down in history as the first team to ever win the memorial cup from the Maritime's! The team From the QMJHL beat the host Mississauga Majors 3-1 to clam the top prize in the Canadian Hockey League

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One on you ...

The Saint John Sea Dogs did something that no other QMJHL team has done in two years ... Win a mastercard memorial cup game. The Moncton Wildcats who represented the QMJHL last year went 0-3 in the memorial cup and were sent home packing, Last nights win Marks the first QMJHL win of the CHL tournament since a 3-2 Drummondville win over the host Rimouski On May 20th 2009, Exactly 2 years ago.

Tonight, The OHL champions fresh off the heals of a game 7 championship win over the Majors will take on the WHL champions. Game time is 7:00/EST or 4:00/PST

Next QMJHL game is Monday, When the Owen sound attack will play the road team VS the Saint John Sea Dogs. Game time is also 7:00 EST / 4:00 PST.
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Untouchable ...

The Saint John Sea Dogs (53-6-1-2) Are Regular season champions ... Again!

The Sea Dogs secured the title with Saturdays 8-0 thumping of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles - With the crown they become the only team outside of quebec to win back to back regular season championships and only the 7th team to do it in general.

The team is also an unbelievable 30-0-1-1 on Home ice.

The Team also set 2 more records with that impressive win - Jonathan Huberdeau becomes the new all time leading scorer in the history of the team with 96 points beating the 2008-09 record of 95.

Jacob DeSerres also sets a new team record for most shut outs in a season with four ... The team has also tied there season best points with 109.

A trip to the 2011 Mastercard memorial cup would make this season about as close to perfect as you could get, and that's what the players, staff and fans are all after.
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Tuesday's Box Scores are in!

Here are the scores for the games on Tuesday, March 01st 2011. Only 19 Days until the playoffs; are you as excited as I am??

Halifax (4) @ Moncton (3) SO - Box scores: English: http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/41341 French: http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/41341

Quebec (4) @ Rouyn-Noranda (2) - Box scores: English: http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/3633 French: http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/3633
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Beware the Dogs

Simply put, The Saint John Sea Dogs are closing in on a QMJHL record that was set back in 1973-1974 by the Sorel, Éperviers. The Record itself you may ask? Its most wins by a team in a single season.

Back in 1973-1974 Teams played a 72 Game Schedule, The Sorel Eperviers were successful in winning 58 Games that year ... The Saint John Sea Dogs are playing a 68 game season ... and already have 49. With 11 Games left on there schedule, and riding a 14 game winning streak through Quebec this weekend you know the Sea dogs are looking for 9 more wins.

Two games on tap tonight ..

Two games will take place in the league tonight. First the Lewiston MAINEiacs will travel to Chicoutimi to take on the Sagueneens. Then at 7:30PM the Moncton Wildcats will try to grab two points from the leagues basement team, The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. For more information, including live scores of tonights games Visit the QMJHL website.
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Help Wanted for 'FRENCH TWITTER POSTS'

Can you tweet or type in french? Well then we need you today! Recently we have been trying to build our fan base, but in a french league that is hard to do only knowing English.

We need help! We need someone who can translate our english tweets and them post them again in french. We have tried translators and are getting comments that they are garbage. We have tried more then 10 translating websites ...

If you are interested, Please take a look at the listing below:

NEEDED: French tanslator
DATE: Feb 22 2011

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
1) Translate tweets from ENGLISH to FRENCH
2) Post on the website from time to time in FRENCH
3) Need to have proof and verifacation that your french is 100%
4) Need to be able to type/speak and or write in french and english
5) Need to be able to translate anything from English to french

INTERESTED?
Contact around the Q on twitter today! (@aroundtheQ)

Testing our Mail2blogger

This is just a test to see if we can update our aroundtheQ blog by email through our phones, just another way were keeping you updated ... Even when were on the go or at a hockey game in one of the leagues 18 rinks !

Mastercard top 10 listings (Week 22)

The CHL and mastercard yesterday released its weekly list of the top ten teams in the Country with the Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) on top for the 11th week in a row. For The complete list (including records and weeks listed) visit http://www.chl.ca/index.php/article/chl-announces-bmo-chl-mastercard-top-10-rankings

Welcome to Around The Q -- ONLINE!

We are currently working on serving you better with news, Updates and more on the QMJHL. This is our brand new website. You read about it on twitter and now you can view it online, From now on tweets will sometimes list a link to bigger stories, headlines or interesting facts! Welcome to Around the Q!