If twitter goes down...
User name on FB & Inst is cbepbp
Use & like FB more than twitter, but more for interactions with people I actually know, but you can "follow" my page without requesting if you want
Insta, frequently update stories but mix of personal & hockey
Very disappointed to hear about inappropriate crass comments by a vocal minority being made on Max Comtois's instagram. Here's the thing though, IMO: it doesn't even matter that he's a jr. hockey player. Those personal attacks aren't appropriate even if he was 30 & in the NHL.
Jonathan Marchessault wasn't even a star player in junior until his 19 year old season. Now he's in the NHL riding a lamborghini to a game where he scores two goals for a first year expansion team in the third round of the playoffs. What a story and what a team.
#VegasBorn
Very sad day for CBSE family.... Declan Smith's mom Rachel, after a courageous & lengthy battle with cancer, has left us too soon. Had pleasure of meeting her multiple times, wonderful woman who raised a strong captain off & on ice. Thoughts w/ Declan & the rest of the Smiths.
A loving son and a very proud mom.
Rachel left too young but her courageous battle inspired everyone around her. Her heart, pride and resilience will always be part of her legacy. May she rest in peace and be Declan, Kuri and Colin’s guardian angel. (photo John P. Donovan)
Really not sure how I made it through the end of the third period and the post-game on the radio without completely bawling my eyes out.
@dekkky96
is an inspiration to everyone.... and kudos to his teammates & the fans for helping making a truly special moment even better.
I just saw Shawinigan's bus driving through Sydney and it made me immensely happy.
Tomorrow's game is the first QMJHL regular season game between a Maritime and a Quebec team since Moncton's win over Drummondville on March 8, 2020.
Really sad news this morning in what has been a very trying week for the QMJHL family... today we said goodbye to David "DK" Kelly... made every second count until the last minute and inspired the entire hockey world. Rest In Peace DK.
#TeamDK
#ForwardIsForward
Fifth anniversary of calling games for yours truly tonight. Started against Jonathan Drouin & the Mooseheads in 2013. No better place to celebrate than back at the rink, right?
Random QMJHL fact ahead of tonight's
#MemorialCup
game: when the final buzzer sounds, Ryan Francis will have been the final active player remaining to have played a game at the Moncton Coliseum.
Huge congratulations to Egor Sokolov going to Ottawa at pick
#61
. Senators love their Eagles players with Batherson & Mandolese already in the system.
Kian Bell's goal already one of my favourite moments as Eagles play by play man, ever. Can't think of another time when a guy literally scored a goal before I even notice him on the ice, in his first game. What a great moment!
Great quote from today's pre-game interview with
@ABTitan
coach Mario Durocher.
PMN: "Mario, congratulations on coaching 1000 games in the QMJHL, what does this milestone mean to you?"
MD: "It means that I'm old."
I only want Cape Breton Eagles fans to participate in this:
Retweet if you're cheering for Russia
Like if you're cheering for Canada
Curious to see!
#TSN
#WorldJuniors
#WorldJuniors2020
Rimouski & Chicoutimi go to 4OT, Memorial Cup hosts who are a
#1
seed are down 2-0, Rouyn-Noranda lost to a team that they finished 88 points ahead of, Moncton pulls off an attainable upset but AFTER losing two of their best players do it. Wild first two days.
#QPlayoffs
I'm not a golf fan but I want to give credit to
@GentileDerek
who when I interviewed him earlier this year said he was a big Tiger fan, and when I asked if he had another green jacket coming this year... "Oh yeah, he's got it."
The
@monctonwildcats
have made it to
#Sydney
! Nasty weather made for a longer-than-usual trip. Full marks to bus driver Bernie Hachey! Game day Wednesday vs.
@CBEHockey
!
This was definitely the 🍒 on top of an amazing hockey weekend! Nate has been wanting to meet
@sokol2926
for a while now. He was super sad to know he was around yesterday and missed him. Call it date but we met him on the way to the car. What a nice genuine young man!
Surprised this wasn't mentioned yet: After the CHL officially cancelled the playoffs/Memorial Cup, it ended the careers of 20 year old players and thus marks the first time in CHL history that no active players were born in the 1900s.
Interesting Christmas story!
Ivan Zhigalov, who plays for Sherbrooke, couldn't get home to Belarus for Christmas- but his friend Andrei Loshko, who plays for Chicoutimi, has come to Sherbrooke to spend the holidays with him! This way they get a taste of both Quebec & Belarus.
@davemeltzerWON
I don't think these people realise the outlier that Quebec City has a major league size arena but isn't a true major size market. Under 900K metro. Not to say AEW can't do better, but it's not the disaster people are making it out to be.
On this day in 2001, the Eagles rallied from down 2-0 against Chicoutimi. The Eagles won the game 3-2, but still trailed the series 3-1... however, a historic comeback was brewing!
Current Eagles scout Stuart MacRae (pictured) scored twice & Daniel Boisclair made 35 saves.
This week I got to interview rookie forward
@davematthewsbnd
from the
@CBWestIslanders
Want to thank Dave for what might be one of our more memorable interviews.
You may have seen it through other twitter feeds, didn't get the chance to share until now. Big thanks to
@CBPost_Jeremy
for this write up on me in the Cape Breton Post!
Biggest swerve of draft so far: Halifax taking Dube in round one. Second biggest swerve: Vending machine giving me diet coke after I ordered blue powerade.
Newfoundland producing a first rounder in the NHL draft three consecutive years is incredible. Awesome stuff, glad to see four Q guys in round one as well.
A pair of 17 year old Nova Scotian forwards added to the CBSE training camp list on the league website. Matthew Raike of the CB West Islanders & Kinnon Williams of the CB Trademsen
For the first time ever, the QMJHL gets its ultimate marquee final matchup: Quebec vs Halifax.
Rousseau vs Rousseau in goal.
Quebec has been incredibly dominant, but based on the last four games, Halifax can't be counted out.
Great work by
@RyanMacD_CTV
. I've learned of so many great, inspiring quotes from Rachel in the last week. What I love about this is how Declan told the story of the assist, and Ryan ties it into the story. As a PS, his billet brother Kalmikov scored the goal he assisted on.
While some people have had amusing observations re: Ivan, let's not forget this is a tremendous hockey player making his World Junior debut. Really have enjoyed watching him play this year in every zone, fun getting to know him as well, great person off the ice.
Going through the Q summaries today- in the early going I have to say the play of Bathurst goalie Chad Arsenault is the best "pandemic" story in the QMHL thus far!
This is the trip that is causing a lot controversy here in Game 4 as Eagles forward Jacob Newcombe goes crashing into the boards on the rush off the Charles-Edward Gravel major penalty.
Early report Jacob Newcombe at the hospital with an upper body injury and his status for Game
Mind boggling that scoring 50 goals at 17 and then leading the Q playoffs in points doesn't get Justin Poirier drafted in the first four rounds of the NHL draft.
With mounting injuries on the blueline the Eagles have recalled 16 year old defenseman Lincoln Waugh for tonight's game. 16 year old D was picked in the third round, has four points in five games with Jr A
@SsideCapitals
this year.
Waking up in round three on the job for the first time ever today! Landing in Sydney at 2:30 which is much preferable to having to stay on the road for a few more days. Bring on the semis!
Having watched the OT winner from last night several times it's hard to believe that in the space of 44 hours the Eagles & Volts will go from playing a 3 OT game against each other, to sharing an airplane, to playing another game against each other in a different province...
Speaking to Eagles GMJacques Carrière and he says that Mikhail Nizovkin 100% wants to play in Cape Breton, was very excited. Has already been in contact with Egor Sokolov.
Carrière describes Nizovkin as similar to Max Lazarev, and is an offensive forward who is a great shooter.
The Mooseheads have defeated the Quebec Remparts 3-1 to win their series 4-3. It's official: the Screaming Eagles will begin round two on the road.
If Moncton wins, the Eagles will start in Rimouski.
If Baie-Comeau wins, the Eagles will start in Halifax.
Words can't express for how proud I am, and excited for, extremely long time close friend
@MavsGillis
who is hours away from calling professional wrestling for one of the world's biggest organizations,
@njpwglobal
@njpwworld
. Good luck Mavs I know you're going to be a star!
just watched the final few minutes and I still don't believe it. Is Shawinigan winning two of the first four against Rouyn-Noranda the biggest upset you've seen in sports? Thinking this may be ahead of Belarus/Sweden, Leicester City , etc....
Four Eagles listed in latest Central Scouting ranking for 2020 NHL draft. Francis ranked 42 among NA skaters, Sokolov 94th, Ivan 144th, and Grimard 15th among goaltenders.
- Perfect five game home stand
- Seven in a row in total
- Twelve in a row at home (new team record)
- 14-1 in the second half, best record in the Q at that time.
Six game road trip through Quebec is always tough but hard to go into it in any better form!
In addition to McQuaid & Bell, the Eagles have recalled Jacob Christie, Trey Sturge, and Tanner Greatorex for today's game. Possible we see all five in the lineup today- would be Greatorex's Q debut if he plays this afternoon.
2/ Hockey players are a homogenous group. Nothing WRONG w/ a typical hky guy, have had great experience in my job, but if everyone is same, it means either A) ppl who are different are excluded and/or B) ppl are pretending in order to fit in. Neither is a healthy scenario.
Congratulations to the
@ABTitan
on bringing the Memorial Cup back to the QMJHL! First title in franchise history and first Q champion since 2013. Things didn't always go as planned in the first half but they fought through adversity and built a champion. Well Done!
#MemorialCup
This is absolutely gut wrenching news to read. One of the nicest guys you'll ever met. He's a fighter though, we've all got your back in this fight. Kick cancer's ass Jacob!
Your Eagles announce that forward Jacob Newcombe has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Our thoughts and support are with Jacob and his family as he embarks on his journey to overcome this challenge.
@QMJHL
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@CHLHockey
Congratulations to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on capturing the President's Cup. Well deserved title, dominant team from start of the season until now. Halifax has shown they can compete with them in a single game, Memorial Cup will be interesting.
Well said by Maxime Comtois. And of course this is a problem not just limited to the sport of hockey, nor sports in general, nor any specific age group.
Big congrats to former Eagle William Carrier on winning the Stanley Cup! For as quickly as Vegas won the title, he's one of the few guys left from day one. Skill player in jr, had to redfine his game in the pros and ended up being on the ice for timely goals in the playoffs.
The other big news coming out of this WHL press release is that all three CHL leagues (Including QMJHL) have a NEW streaming service. Details to be announced at a later date.
SJ coach Greg Gilbert NOT mincing words in pre-game show about his team.
"We have skill guys who are supposed to be goal scorers, you look down the line and see 0, 1 goals, because they think it's a fancy game. Won't shoot the puck, go to tough areas, and it's costing us games."
😱 Voici de quoi aura l’air notre aréna durant la saison! Nous avions l’objectif de remplir nos estrades et grâce à nos précieux partenaires et aux 400 personnes qui nous ont envoyé une photo pour être dans les gradins...notre souhait s’est réalisé! WOW!
#HuskiesRN
⚫️🔴⚪️
It's been fascinating the higher than normal number of people who work in the OHL & WHL who have messaged me regarding Q's operations for this season. All eyes on our league come this Friday, that's for sure.