Off the ice, Bibeau is taking two courses in CEGEP, a post-high school and pre-collegiate program unique to the Quebec education system. The self-proclaimed stats guy noted his enjoyment for studying numbers and applying them to circumstances on the ice and in everyday life. Even outside of his statistics course, Bibeau is dialed in to the use of advanced statistics and how they can be applied to helping his game.
"In every aspect of my life, I like stats. I like numbers," Bibeau said. "In hockey, I'm looking at stats, not only in points, but faceoff percentage. Or in the NHL right now, there's a lot of statistics I'm looking that. It's minutes that we played every night here, I'm looking at that. I'm looking at shots, I'm looking at the dangerous shots. I'm looking at everything. In one game, say you have seven shots and four dangerous shots, it can help you to know if you played a good game or not. I don't think it helps every night, but I think it can help in a full year to know the most dangerous shots that you have and the most chance that you have the better you're playing."
After a year he'll surely never forget, Bibeau looks forward to his future as a hockey player. For his time remaining at the junior level, he's relishing the experience and hoping to make an impact with the opportunity and second chance at hand.
"Last year when I won the [Memorial] Cup, we were a hard-working team and that was the key of our team, pretty much a lot like the Islanders," Bibeau said. "We weren't the most talented team, but we were working hard every night. [With Chicoutimi] it's a lot the same, a lot like the Islanders. We have a defensive mentality like them and believe that defense is the way to win. We have enough talent to score goals but you need to defend well. It's team first. Nobody has 100 points or is dominating. I think that mindset will help [down the stretch]. I'm excited to see what we can do."