Mr. Speaker, May 4, 2001, will go down in the annals of the Quebec junior major league as the date on which Simon Gamache of the Foreurs de Val-d'Or topped Mario Lemieux's record for the most points in a series.
In the second match of the Coupe du Président hockey final, number 22 of the Foreurs de Val-d'Or scored three goals and made two passes, giving him a point total for the 2001 series of 53, one more than Mario Lemieux's record in 1984 with the Voisins de Laval.
Supporters of the Foreurs de Val-d'Or gave Gamache an ovation lasting several minutes when he broke the record. At the end of the game, his fellow team mates lined up to honour him when he skated out as the first star.