(2) Truro Bearcats vs (3) Pictou County Weeks Crushers
- Game 1 – Friday, March 13th, 7 p.m. – Rath Eastlink Community Centre
- Game 2 – Sunday, March 15th, 7 p.m. – Pictou County Wellness Centre
- Game 3 – Tuesday, March 17th, 7 p.m. – Rath Eastlink Community Centre
- Game 4 – Thursday, March 19th, 7 p.m. – Pictou County Wellness Centre
- Game 5 – Saturday, March 21st, 7 p.m. – Rath Eastlink Community Centre*
- Game 6 – Tuesday, March 24th, 7 p.m. – Pictou County Wellness Centre*
- Game 7 – Thursday, March 26th, 7 p.m. – Rath Eastlink Community Centre*
*if necessary
| Truro | Pictou County | |
| 34-14-3-1 (2nd) | Record (MHL Rank) | 31-16-4-1 (5th) |
| 6-3-0-1 (1-0-0-0) | Last 10 Games (current streak) | 7-1-1-1 (0-1-0-0) |
| 194 (8th) | Goals For (MHL Rank) | 219 (4th) |
| 145 (1st) | Goals Against (MHL Rank) | 167 (2nd) |
| 26.9% (2nd) | Powerplay % (MHL Rank) | 18.3% (9th) |
| 80.3% (5th) | Penalty Kill % (MHL Rank) | 77.2% (9th) |
| Jake Todd – 16G, 42A (18th) | Top Scorer (MHL Rank) | Logan Crosby – 38G, 32A (5th) |
| Tristan St.Gelais – 4G, 25A | Top Scoring Defenseman | Cory MacGillivray – 12G, 40A |
| Louca Connolly – 19-5-2-1, 2.69 GAA, .908 SV%, 2 SO
Sam Berthiaume – 12-4-0-0, 2.29 GAA, .927 SV%, 2 SO |
Goaltenders | Yianni Karkoulas – 22-9-4-0, 3.08 GAA, .901 SV%, 1 SO
George Gallant – 11-6-2-2, 3.03 GAA, .894 SV% |
| 5-2-0-1 | Head-to-Head Record | 3-4-1-0 |
| Callum Aucoin – 6G, 3A Jake Todd – 2G, 7A |
Leading Scorer in Season Series | Logan Crosby – 8G, 2A |
Previous Meetings
- September 13th – Pictou County 2 Truro 3 (OT)
- September 28th – Pictou County 3 Truro 4
- October 9th – Truro 4 Pictou County 6
- November 13th – Truro 6 Pictou County 4
- December 18th – Pictou County 2 Truro 5
- January 22nd – Truro 2 Pictou County 3
- February 5th – Truro 5 Pictou County 0
- February 10th – Pictou County 4 Truro 3 (SO)
Notes
- This is a rematch of last season’s Eastlink South Final, where Pictou County swept Truro in four games. Three of the four were decided by just one goal. The Weeks Crushers went on to lose in the Metalfab MHL Cup Final to Edmundston in four games. Truro is 6-3 all-time in playoff series against Pictou County.
- Six of the eight meetings this season were decided by two or fewer goals, and two extended past regulation. Truro went 3-1-0-0 at home against Pictou County, while the Weeks Crushers were 2-2-0-0 against the Bearcats at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Overall, both teams were 19-5-1-1 at home this season.
- Truro allowed the fewest goals this season at 145, but Pictou County was second at 167. Only Summerside allowed fewer shots per game (29.63) than the Bearcats (30.23) and Weeks Crushers (30.29)
- The Bearcats had the fewest penalty minutes in the league at 656, while Pictou County was 8th at 956. Truro was shorthanded 45 fewer times than the Weeks Crushers. They each had 197 powerplays over the course of the season, but Truro scored seventeen more goals (53 to 36) than Pictou County.
- Both teams had contributions up and down their lineups this season. Pictou County had 20 players with double-digit points, while Truro had 17. The Weeks Crushers had eight players with at least ten goals, led by Logan Crosby’s 38. Truro had seven players with at least ten goals, led by Éli Baillargeon’s 30.
- Goaltenders George Gallant and Yianii Karkoulas posted similar numbers in the regular season for Pictou County. Gallant, after being acquired from Summerside, went 2-3-0-0 with a 2.97 goals against average and an .894 save percentage, compared to a 22-9-4-0 record for Karkoulas with a 3.08 goals against average and a .901 save percentage with one shutout. The Bearcats had a 1A/1B in goal this season. Louca Connolly went 19-5-2-1, leading the MHL with a 2.69 goals against average to go with a .908 save percentage, and two shutouts. 16-year-old Sam Berthiaume was just shy of being a qualified goaltender for league leaders, but went 12-4-0-0 with a 2.29 goals against average and a .927 save percentage with two shutouts.