We now know the fourth team this year that is participating at the 2026 Memorial Cup starting Friday. Joining the Western Hockey League champion Everett Silvertips, the Ontario Hockey League champion Kitchener Rangers, and the host Kelowna Rockets are the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
On Sunday, the Sagueneens defeated the Moncton Wildcats 5-1 at the Centre Georges-Vezina in Chicoutimi, Quebec. With the win, the Sagueneens won the Gilles-Courteau Trophy, as they beat the Wildcats four games to two in the best out of seven series.
In game six, three Sagueneens players had a multi-point game. They were centre Mavrick Lachance of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, left winger and captain Emmanuel Vermette of Quebec City, Quebec, and left winger Christophe Berthelot of Saint-Eustache, Quebec. Lachance, Vermette and Berthelot all had one goal and one assist for two points. The other two Sagueneens goal scorers were right winger Liam Lefebvre of Montreal, Quebec and centre Alexis Toussaint of Windsor, Quebec.
The Wildcats were one of four teams that the Sagueneens beat in the 2026 QMJHL playoffs. Chicoutimi also swept the Halifax Mooseheads in the first round, swept the Quebec Remparts in the quarterfinals and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in six games in the semifinals.
This was the third Gilles-Courteau Trophy for Chicoutimi. They previously won in 1991 and 1994.
