Standings
1. Trois-Rivieres Titans
2. Drummondville Les Rouges
3. Verdun Knights
4. Cape Breton Warriors
5. Laval Tigers
6. Portland Clippers
7. Moncton Bears
8. Fredericton Vikings
9. New Glasgow Highlanders
10. Shawinigan Voltages
11. Sherbrooke Loups
Season Story
The Shawinigan Voltages opened the first game of their inaugural season with a 3-1 loss to the Verdun Knights in front of a sold-out Voltage Arena. The first game shows some good signs for the city as, believe it or not, the city is getting a brand new arena in the next two years. “Things are indeed looking up here in Shawinigan.” Volts Owner Pierre Leflar said.
With being the bottom of the league, the Sherbrooke Loups made some moves to help them down the road. The Loups traded some players, but the most significant trade they did is traded the last member of the 1974 Valor Cup champions forward Paul Dupree to the Trois-Rivieres Titans for both 1st Round and 2nd Round picks for the 1978 draft.
The Fredericton Vikings made some good moves, but two of their top 3 players get the call up from the pros, which hurt the team. Luckily the team barely finished 8th with help from forward Sam Brady, who made 20 goals; 45 points this season kept the team from looking at the playoffs from the outside.
Both the Titans and the Les Rouges battled for 1st place in the league as they fought back and forth. Still, in one game, the Les Rouges suffered a 4-2 loss to the Portland Clippers that cost their chance to keep up with the Titans as Drummondville finished 2nd place just 10 points behind the Titans as they finish 1st for the second straight season.
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