Junior hockey starts earlier than the pros, and in turn, so do the playoffs. It started with the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday, but now all CHL teams will be in post-season action to lift a trophy for their respective league. And if you’re a Montreal Canadiens fan, you’ll have even more invested in those games as every single prospect in the OHL, WHL, and QMJHL is on a team that made it.
Nick Suzuki, Cam Hillis and Allan McShane will be battling for the J. Ross Robertson Cup. Hillis and McShane didn’t make it out of the first round last year as the Guelph Storm, and Oshawa Generals were eliminated by the Kitchener Rangers and Niagara Ice Dogs respectively.