(1) Grand Falls Rapids vs (4) Chaleur Lightning
- Game 1 – Friday, March 13th, 7 p.m. – E. & P. Sénéchal Centre
- Game 2 – Sunday, March 15th, 4 p.m. – KC Irving Regional Centre
- Game 3 – Wednesday, March 18th, 7:30 p.m. – E. & P. Sénéchal Centre
- Game 4 – Friday, March 20th, 7 p.m. – KC Irving Regional Centre
- Game 5 – Sunday, March 22nd, 7:30 p.m. – E. & P. Sénéchal Centre*
- Game 6 – Wednesday, March 25th, 7 p.m. – KC Irving Regional Centre*
- Game 7 – Friday, March 27th, 7:30 p.m. – E. & P. Sénéchal Centre*
*if necessary
| Grand Falls | Chaleur | |
| 31-15-5-1 (3rd) | Record (MHL Rank) | 31-18-2-1 (8th) |
| 10-0-0-0 (10-0-0-0) | Last 10 Games (current streak) | 5-5-0-0 (3-0-0-0) |
| 206 (5th) | Goals For (MHL Rank) | 227 (2nd) |
| 181 (6th) | Goals Against (MHL Rank) | 196 (7th) |
| 20.3% (7th) | Powerplay % (MHL Rank) | 21.5% (4th) |
| 82.6% (3rd) | Penalty Kill % (MHL Rank) | 78.1% (8th) |
| Coen Miller – 28G, 39A (10th) | Top Scorer (MHL Rank) | Ben Cross – 42G, 36A (2nd) |
| Isaac Allard – 10G, 19A | Top Scoring Defenseman | Cohen McCallum – 12G, 40A |
| Adam Lecours – 25-10-2-1, 3.16 GAA, .903 SV%, 2 SO
Jeremy Thibodeau-Soucy – 6-5-3-0, 3.44 GAA, .886 SV% |
Goaltenders | Jack Flanagan – 19-17-1-1, 3.51 GAA, .897 SV%, 2 SO
George Foti – 10-6-0-0, 3.04 GAA, .911 SV% |
| 6-1-1-0 | Head-to-Head Record | 2-6-0-0 |
| Loïc Francoeur – 8G, 8A | Leading Scorer in Season Series | Carter Bromley – 4G, 7A |
Previous Meetings
- September 28th – Chaleur 4 Grand Falls 7
- October 24th – Grand Falls 5 Chaleur 3
- November 2nd – Chaleur 6 Grand Falls 5
- December 20th – Chaleur 3 Grand Falls 5
- January 16th – Grand Falls 3 Chaleur 4 (OT)
- January 24th – Grand Falls 6 Chaleur 4
- February 7th – Grand Falls 4 Chaleur 2
- February 27th – Chaleur 5 Grand Falls 6
Notes
- The Grand Falls Rapids have made the playoffs for the first time since the move from Woodstock before the 2018-19 season. The franchise was last in the playoffs in 2015-16, losing to the Dieppe Commandos (now the Edmundston Blizzard) in the first round.
- The Chaleur Lightning celebrated their first season in Bathurst by clinching a playoff spot. The team was last in the post-season in 2023-24 as the Fredericton Red Wings, where they were swept in the first round by Edmundston.
- The Rapids are 12-3-1-0 since the trade deadline on January 10th and finished the regular season as the hottest team in the league, rattling off ten wins in a row, two of which were against Chaleur. The Lightning are 12-7-0-0 over that same stretch.
- Except for the first meeting of the season, the margin of victory between these teams was two or fewer goals.
- Chaleur’s Ben Cross, Zachary Rushton, and Jack Hayne were all in the top-20 in league scoring, with Cross finishing second to Amherst’s Anthony Gaudet. For Grand Falls, Coen Miller, Jonah Leard, and Loïc Francoeur were also in the top-20 this season, all within five points of each other.
- Cross led the MHL with sixteen powerplay goals, and Chaleur were 4th in powerplay percentage this season, but they only went 7 for 39 (17.9%) against Grand Falls with the man advantage. On the flip side, Grand Falls was very efficient, going 12 for 28 (42.9%) on the powerplay against the Lightning.
- The goaltending battle will be something to watch in this series between the Rapids’ Adam Lecours and Chaleur’s Jack Flanagan. Lecours led the MHL with 25 wins and was top-5 in most goaltending statistics. Flanagan, meanwhile, is already an MHL champion from Miramichi’s run in 2024. Acquired at the trade deadline, he actually has a higher goals against average and lower save percentage with Chaleur than he had with the Timberwolves, but he has the pedigree for a long playoff run.