After four games, the Lorette/Île-des-Chênes Comets and Red River Mudgets are tied two games apiece in the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League semifinals. The Comets finished the regular season in second place, just behind the Steinbach Huskies. The Comets won eight out of their last ten games.
The Mudbugs, who defeated the Mitchell Mohawks three games to zero to make the semifinals, took the first game with a 4–3 final. In the second game, on February 22, the Comets fought hard, winning 4–3 in overtime.
The Mudbugs roared back in game three, winning 3–1. The Comets swept the fourth game with a 4–0 shutout.
The next two games take place on March 1 in Île-des-Chênes and March 4 in St. Jean.
Coach Pelletier says their goaltenders have been superb in the past ten games. “Especially Travis Bonnefoy,” he says, “who amassed a 7–3–0–1 record with a 2.25 goal against and .925 save percentage, which earned him the Goaltender of the Year award.”
The Comets’ leading goal-scorer for the season was TJ Romanishen. “[He] put up 11 goals and ten assists for 21 points in only 12 games,” Pelletier says.
Fourth place Springfield Extreme and fifth place Grunthal Red Wings are fighting it out in their own best-of-five series to determine who will play the Steinbach Huskies in the semifinals.
The championship final will be a best-of-seven series.
