Moncton Wildcast

WE ARE BACK for our Season 8 Premier as the Wildcats Training Camp gets underway!!  We take a look at the 2 Red / White games from Sunday, giving you a few names that stood out for us, not sure how many will be here when the Vets are here but some that stood out.  We start our look around the Maritimes Division Preview as we take a look at the Mooseheads who begin the rebuild after back to back Di...

The Wildcast Podccast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  The Draft has come and gone, which means we have made it to the finale, it was an exciting Draft Weekend at the Avenir Centre, but also exhausting weekend..lol  We get into the Wildcats recap, from the BIG trade on Thursday during the trade window, to the Wildcats having 17 picks in the draft.  We had former Wildcats GM and now Sags A...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alpha's Appliance Solutions It's that time of year again as it's DRAFT WEEK in the QMJHL and it's here in Moncton this Friday & Saturday! As we get you ready for the draft, we catch up with the host of the QMJHL Draft coverage on Eastlink TV this weekend Mavs Gillis. We get his thoughts on some teams he's keeping an eye on as well what it's like preparing to h...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  Were back with a JAM PACKED episode as we FINALLY have a new HC and GM as it was announced last Wednesday that Taylor MacDougall will be the new General Manager and UNB Legend Gardiner MacDougall will be the Moncton Wildcats new Head Coach. We get into our thoughts, but 1st we had the extreme pleasure to have new GM Taylor MacDougall j...

Wildcats Podcast Presented By Alphas Appliance Solutions  Quite the 2 weeks while we were away in terms of news, not only in the QMJHL, but also here in Moncton, as Sunday gave us quite the rumor mill with a tweet that Gardiner MacDougall would be the new coach of the Moncton Wildcats, while NOTHING has been made official, we still gave our thoughts on this.  As well we had the QMJHL Draft Lotto w...

The Wildcast Podcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions  We're back after couple weeks and we have our semifinal matchups set, as we give you our playoff picks and who we think will make it to the Gilles Courteau Trophy Finals.  As we're few weeks into the offseason and the draft is getting closer, we decided to invite Austin Robson from Puck Preps to discuss some names to keep in mind during...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions  Quite the week for news in the QMJHL as we have the offensive RoY nominees for the QMJHL including our Caleb Desnoyers. As well we have some news on the import draft and QMJHL playoff seeding & draft discussions. The Wildcats season is over in a 4 game sweep to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens ending what seemed like a promising season wit...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions  The 2023 QMJHL playoffs have begun and all 8 series are at 2-0 but only 2 of them are being aren't lead by the favourite! We take a look into the 7 other series that change venues, and who has a chance to get back into there series. The Wildcats had home ice, Easter Weekend they laid an egg. The Wildcats are down 0-2 in the series to Ch...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliances Solutions  The time has come, the regular season is over and the seeding is finished and we know now who we play in Round 1 its a matchup with the hottest team in the QMJHL in the past 20 games (16-4) Chicoutimi Sagueneens. So who are we picking in this series, well it was a tough choice.  We also go around the QMJHL to preview all the other matc...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions The Wildcats have an under whelming home stand, losing both games to the Eagles, who we want nothing to do in the playoffs, but we FINALLY broke the streak as we beat the Mooseheads AT HOME!! While we are hanging onto 3rd in the conference but can we stay there, going to be a exciting final week in the Western Conference Playoff Race wit...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions 2 weeks left in the regular season and the playoff races are heating up as we come down the stretch, and as we look ahead to the playoff, do we forecast an upset?! Some injury news around the league and we know the next class of QMJHL Hall of Famers. 2-1 on the weekend for the Wildcats sets up nicely to continue to stay in 3rd in the con...

Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  Jeremy is back from his "scouting mission", so were back with a little draft talk as the new CSR list was released, and some names that have caught Boucher's eye.  The Wildcats go 1-1 on the weekend, but they looked a little different in those games as Dan Lacroix was not behind the bench (family matter) and there was a different feel in B...

Wildcast Podcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  We had some BIG news this past week as the QMJHL voted & announced that the league will reduce the schedule from 68 to 64 games, each team dropping 2 home and 2 road games. Our guess would of course be divisional games, but with less games with the tickets be less? Well we're coming down the home stretch as we finish the month of Febru...

Wildcast Podcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  The Wildcats have punched there ticket to the QMJHL playoffs as they qualified sunday for the postseason after a much better weekend for the Wildcats.  Quick Question from fan Ryan on the play of Grenier this season. The Wildcats took 5 of 6 points on the weekend including 3 of 4 from Maritimes Division leading Mooseheads.  Eric Murray #St...

Wildcast Podcast Presented By Alphas Appliance Solutions. The Superbowl LVIII is behind us, we discussed the game, the halftime show and some this or that Superbowl snack wise. We're back and we tried REALLY hard to find the positives from this past Quebec road trip where the Wildcats lost all 3 and have now lost 8 of 10 to end January and start into February. Who is accountable to what's happened...

Wildcast Podcast presented by Alpha's Appliance Solutions. Well an up and down week for the Wildcats were the survive a Tuesday night then can't get out of their own way Sat, before dominating SJ Sunday. Home ice disadvantage since moving to the Avenir?! As we get ready for final Quebec roadie starting in Baie-Comeau we had a chance to chat with our friend from the Drakcast Louis-William Gagne abo...

The Moncton Wildcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions This feels like Deja vu all over again in Moncton as the Wildcats again have a losing streak of 4 games in the final week in January (lost 4 of 5 in 2023), this is a streak that they have been outplayed and outshot in each and every game. The offence is there, but where is the coverage in the Dzone?! We had a very special guest this week...

Wildcast Podcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions The Wildcats don't have the best road trip only getting 2 points of a possible 6, but is it more concerning the record they have with Desnoyers in the lineup?  We had 1st time guest Jerome Berube of Hockey Prospect join us this week to get you set for the Kubota Top Prospects Game from the Avenir Centre tonight, while we don't have a Wildcat...

The Wildcast Podcast Presented By Alphas Appliance Solutions  Bit of a bye week for the Wildcats with one game canceled but they got 3 of 4 points on the weekend, beating the Oceanic but then losing in OT to the Mooseheads again, which is something this team just can't seem to get over especially at the Avenir.  We were pleased to have our 1st interview with Commissioner of the QMJHL Mr Mario Cecc...

Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions We're back for the 2nd half of the season and we had A LOT to talk about as the league had the trade period, which was quite slow until close to the end of the deadline.  The Wildcats didn't have much movement in the trade period, but was that a good thing? We recap the 5 games over the Xmas break, which the Wildcats got some points to stay...

MEGA Christmas Wildcast Podcast Episode presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions As Christmas approaches this time is usually filled with trade rumours and deals, but sadly there hasn't been much, so we came up with our own Christmas list of players we'd like Wildcats to acquire.  We take a look back on the first half of the season that saw the Wildcats bring the record too 21-7-2-2, we don't go pl...

Wildcast Podcast Presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions. Should we be worried about 5, hasn't scored goal since Nov 4, but can we expect a bigger second half? What a road trip for the Wildcats as they pick up 5 of 6 points during a tough 3 in 3 road swing through Quebec (Sher-Que-Shaw-) We saw Warren get his 1st QMJHL shutout as well the rare road Teddy Bear Toss goal.  Hot take for the Wildcats...

Wildcast Podcast Presented By Alphas Appliance Solutions  Both Adam & Jeremy have recovered from their weekend Christmas parties and are back to get you set for the Christmas season.  We look back on a weekend that had games polar opposite of each other in a 7-4 loss to & 8-2 win over Sags to end the homestand 3-2, as well we get you set for the 3 in 3 road trip where the Wildcats have had...

The Wildcast Podcast presented by Alphas Appliance Solutions.  Quick question this week, does the franchise do enough to honour the past? What a kick off to the homestand as the Wildcats get a big win over the Isles on Thursday (finally winning a Thur game) then they got the victory on a big night as the Wildcats honored Corey Crawford by raising his number 29 to the rafters in what was a very nic...

Wildcast Podcast Presented By Alphas Appliance Solutions  The Monctonian tournament wrapped up this past weekend, so as the Christmas trade period approaches, Adam & Jeremy discuss who caught their eye in the prospect game Boys had a successful road trip this past week as they beat Bathurst and Cape Breton but how confident should we be with 2 of the Top contenders coming this weekend in Rouyn...