A viral trophy celebration controversy video has led to the expulsion of a Quebec hockey team
The Petroliers de Laval and head coach Mike Maclure are now tied to one of the LNAH's most stunning fallout stories of the year.
Just weeks after finishing off a championship run, Laval was expelled from the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey following a Friday meeting of league governors.
The timing makes the story hit even harder.
On May 2, Laval closed out the Bataillon de Saint-Hyacinthe with a 4-0 win to complete a sweep and capture the Coupe Gilles-Rousseau.
That spring high didn't last. Videos from the club's post-title celebration spread across social media and showed the trophy taking major damage.
One sequence drew the most heat. An individual was seen dropping an elbow on the Coupe Gilles-Rousseau, and the clip quickly made the rounds across Quebec.
The league had already suspended the organization indefinitely while it reviewed the file.
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League officials viewed the conduct as incompatible with the values and traditions of the circuit.
A championship turns into a league crisis in the LNAH
In its official position, the LNAH said the events damaged its image and integrity. The fallout is expected to leave the league with 7 teams next season.
Laval didn't stay quiet after the ruling. The organization answered with a statement of its own only hours after the decision came down.
The club argued that «the league does not have the power to legally dissolve the company.» It also said the process leading to the expulsion was «inequitable and excessive.»
The league describes these acts as «disgraceful» and considers them a blatant lack of respect toward the champion teams of previous editions, as well as toward the integrity and image of the LNAH.
As a result, the LNAH announces the suspension of the Laval Pétroliers organization until further notice. This measure is intended to preserve the standards of respect and professionalism expected within the league.
Independently of this decision, the LNAH is ending André Brassard's association with the league as Vice-President of Hockey Operations.
The LNAH reiterates its commitment to promoting values of respect, integrity, and pride toward its traditions and trophies.
That response makes this more than a discipline story. It now looks like a fight that could move from the hockey world into the courts.
Team representatives are reviewing their options and have already raised the possibility of legal action. That puts the next phase of this story far beyond the bench and locker room.
No matter what comes next, Laval's title run now carries a very different ending. What should have been a clean championship moment has turned into one of the biggest scandals the LNAH has seen in recent years.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 29, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexander Nikishin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Phillip Danault | - | - | - | |
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