2025 was a great draft year for the QMJHL. It might feel weird to point this out in a year where only three players were picked in the first round from the Q. But, where the record currently sits at six and is from a legendary draft year headlined by Nathan MacKinnon, the three selected [...]
Welcome back to the beginning of another NHL Draft cycle with the Dobber Prospects Draft Team. This year comes with a swath of changes to our group, bringing some exciting infusions of new blood into our ranks. Among the people we’ve added—whose info you can locate below—you’ll find a group of highly motivated and knowledgeable [...]
After a long wait, it's finally here: the Dobber Prospects Draft Team’s Final Ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. While in previous updates we’ve kept our rankings slimmer, this time around, we went through the long process of fleshing out our entire top 96. While a lot has been made about the strength of this [...]
We’re back! As regular seasons draw to a close around the hockey world, the Dobber Prospects’ team is taking our chance to get one last word in before playoffs start. With so much time between rankings, we certainly saw a lot of movement. Those changes start at the top, with our top four flip-flopping and [...]
Welcome to May’s edition of Dobber’s QMJHL update! With the playoffs underway as of May 5th, I thought it would be a good idea to get a look at a few players who have the potential to lead their teams on a deep playoff run and have a chance to play in the first [...]
On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is first joined by history maker, Kenzie Lalonde! She became the first woman to do play-by-play in the QMJHL on television last week. She talked about her journey to this point, why representation matters, the QMJHL season, and the Women's World coming to Halifax among other things! After [...]
The QMJHL has done a great job in evolving its initial plan from the beginning of the season and is getting increasingly better at continuing the season in a safe manner that adheres to Public Health guidelines, while also ensuring staff and player safety is at the highest priority. The Protected Environment Plan [...]
The QMJHL has now returned to action after its mid-season pause and moved forward with its Protected Environment Plan. The Quebec-based teams resumed their season on January 22nd using their host city format highlighted in last month’s article. Heading into the Protected Environment Event the League announced that through their first wave of COVID-19 [...]
On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined by Dylan Galloway, Head Scout of Eastern Canada for FC Hockey. They talk about scouting and Dylan's journey to this point and then dive into the QMJHL returning to play in their protected environments as well as look at some of the more intriguing QMJHL prospects [...]
Oscar Plandowski (#7) plays defense for the Islanders. Photo courtesy of Charlottetown Islanders. (charlottetownislanders.com) On this edition of Game Tape, Tony sits down with Oscar Plandowski of the Charlottetown Islanders to talk about growing up with a father who scouts and a mother who is a skating coach, how developing during a [...]
