After losing the first three games of their quarterfinal series against the Quebec Remparts in the 2012 QMJHL playoffs, Ducharme's Halifax Mooseheads responded with 2-1 and 3-2 wins to force Game 6.
Led by 16-year-old Nathan MacKinnon, they followed that up with a 5-2 victory before securing a thrilling 5-4 overtime decision in Game 7.
The stakes are much higher some nine years later in the summer of 2021 with Montreal down 0-3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the clinical defending champions looking to become just the second team to repeat since 1999.
Ducharme's overarching blueprint to get back in this series, however, remains the same.