Moncton Wildcats host Game 1 of QMJHL final

Four more wins.

That’s all the Moncton Wildcats need to repeat as QMJHL champions.

All that stands in their way are the Chicoutimi Sagueneéns, who finished second overall in the league behind the Wildcats.

“When you get to this point in the year, you want it to be one versus two,” Wildcats general manager Taylor MacDougall said.

So is there pressure on Moncton as they try to become the first back-to-back Q champs since the Saint John Sea Dogs in 2011 and 2012?

“It’s not something we worry about,” MacDougall said.

He said the roster he and his father, head coach Gardiner MacDougall, put together this year is full of players who look forward to playing in big games.

“A lot of the players that came to Moncton this year came with the intention of getting the opportunity to play in big games and feel pressure,” he said.

The Wildcats began the playoffs with a couple of sweeps, knocking out the Sea Dogs and the Val d’Or Foreurs in the first and second rounds.

The third-round matchup against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada was a little tougher.

That series went seven games and included a quadruple-overtime game, a line brawl, and plenty of back-and-forth action.

“It’s awesome for the group to go through it and feel all the different emotions that we felt in that series,” MacDougall said. “The highs and lows and kind of learned to try and keep a steady cadence to your emotions through that.”