2008–09 QMJHL season | |
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League: | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
Sport: | Hockey |
Duration: | Preseason Regular season Sept. 11, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009 Playoffs Mar. 20, 2009 – May 12, 2009 |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Playoffs Mvp Link: | Guy Lafleur Trophy |
Playoffs Mvp: | Yannick Riendeau (Voltigeurs) |
Finals Champ: | Drummondville Voltigeurs |
Finals Runner-Up: | Shawinigan Cataractes |
No Of Teams: | 18 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | Jean Rougeau Trophy |
Season Champs: | Drummondville Voltigeurs (1) |
Mvp Link: | Michel Brière Memorial Trophy |
Mvp: | Nicola Riopel (Moncton Wildcats) |
Top Scorer Link: | Jean Béliveau Trophy |
Top Scorer: | Yannick Riendeau (Drummondville Voltigeurs) |
Seasonslistnames: | QMJHL |
Prevseason Year: | 2007–08 |
Nextseason Year: | 2009–10 |
2008–09 CHL season | |
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League: | Canadian Hockey League |
Sport: | Hockey |
Duration: | OHL Sept. 17, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009 QMJHL Sept. 11, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009 WHL Sept. 18, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009 |
No Of Teams: | 60 |
Tv: | RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV |
Playoffs: | Memorial Cup |
Finals Champ: | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
Num Championships: | 1 |
Finals Runner-Up: | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008. Eighteen teams played 68 games each. The Drummondville Voltigeurs, who finished first overall in the regular season, went on to capture their first President's Cup vs. the Shawinigan Cataractes in a series they won 4–3.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
width=25% | Division Telus Centre | width=5% | GP | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | OTL | width=5% | SL | width=5% | GF | width=5% | GA | width=5% | Pts |
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Drummondville Voltigeurs z | 68 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 345 | 189 | 112 | |||||||||
Shawinigan Cataractes x | 68 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 308 | 183 | 105 | |||||||||
Victoriaville Tigres x | 68 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 219 | 249 | 68 | |||||||||
Lewiston Maineiacs x | 68 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 286 | 47 |
width=25% | Division Telus Est | width=5% | GP | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | OTL | width=5% | SL | width=5% | GF | width=5% | GA | width=5% | Pts |
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Québec Remparts z | 68 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 282 | 184 | 101 | |||||||||
Rimouski Océanic x | 68 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 267 | 223 | 89 | |||||||||
Chicoutimi Saguenéens x | 68 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 215 | 256 | 60 | |||||||||
Baie-Comeau Drakkar x | 68 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 297 | 53 |
width=25% | Division Atlantique | width=5% | GP | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | OTL | width=5% | SL | width=5% | GF | width=5% | GA | width=5% | Pts |
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Moncton Wildcats z | 68 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 236 | 149 | 102 | |||||||||
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x | 68 | 46 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 252 | 201 | 96 | |||||||||
Saint John Sea Dogs x | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 222 | 232 | 72 | |||||||||
P.E.I. Rocket x | 68 | 26 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 229 | 243 | 62 | |||||||||
Acadie-Bathurst Titan x | 68 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 187 | 256 | 53 | |||||||||
Halifax Mooseheads | 68 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 193 | 290 | 46 |
width=25% | Division Telus Ouest | width=5% | GP | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | OTL | width=5% | SL | width=5% | GF | width=5% | GA | width=5% | Pts |
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Gatineau Olympiques z | 68 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 232 | 232 | 81 | |||||||||
Montreal Junior Hockey Club x | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 211 | 202 | 72 | |||||||||
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x | 68 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 210 | 245 | 68 | |||||||||
Val-d'Or Foreurs | 68 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 206 | 293 | 46 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
width=5% | Rank | width=25% | Team | width=5% | GP | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | OTL | width=5% | SL | width=5% | GF | width=5% | GA | width=5% | Pts |
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1 | Drummondville Voltigeurs z | 68 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 345 | 189 | 112 | ||||||||||
2 | Moncton Wildcats z | 68 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 236 | 149 | 102 | ||||||||||
3 | Québec Remparts z | 68 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 282 | 184 | 101 | ||||||||||
4 | Gatineau Olympiques z | 68 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 232 | 232 | 81 | ||||||||||
5 | Shawinigan Cataractes x | 68 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 308 | 183 | 105 | ||||||||||
6 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x | 68 | 46 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 252 | 201 | 96 | ||||||||||
7 | Rimouski Océanic x | 68 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 267 | 223 | 89 | ||||||||||
8 | Montreal Junior Hockey Club x | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 211 | 202 | 72 | ||||||||||
9 | Saint John Sea Dogs x | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 222 | 232 | 72 | ||||||||||
10 | Victoriaville Tigres x | 68 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 219 | 249 | 68 | ||||||||||
11 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x | 68 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 210 | 245 | 68 | ||||||||||
12 | P.E.I. Rocket x | 68 | 26 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 229 | 243 | 62 | ||||||||||
13 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens x | 68 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 215 | 256 | 60 | ||||||||||
14 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar x | 68 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 297 | 53 | ||||||||||
15 | Acadie-Bathurst Titan x | 68 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 187 | 256 | 53 | ||||||||||
16 | Lewiston MAINEiacs x | 68 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 286 | 47 | ||||||||||
17 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 68 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 206 | 293 | 46 | ||||||||||
18 | Halifax Mooseheads | 68 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 193 | 290 | 46 |
x - team clinched QMJHL Playoff spot
z - team has clinched division
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
width=30% | Player | width=30% | Team | width=7.5% | GP | width=7.5% | G | width=7.5% | A | width=7.5% | Pts | width=7.5% | PIM |
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Yannick Riendeau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 64 | 58 | 68 | 126 | 31 | |||||||
Dany Massé | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 68 | 44 | 66 | 110 | 52 | |||||||
Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll | Shawinigan Cataractes | 65 | 38 | 66 | 104 | 22 | |||||||
Paul Byron | Gatineau Olympiques | 65 | 33 | 66 | 99 | 32 | |||||||
Mike Hoffman | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 62 | 52 | 42 | 94 | 86 | |||||||
Nicholas Petersen | Shawinigan Cataractes | 68 | 37 | 53 | 90 | 42 | |||||||
Félix Petit | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 68 | 25 | 65 | 90 | 28 | |||||||
Matthew Pistilli | Shawinigan Cataractes | 63 | 45 | 41 | 86 | 37 | |||||||
Alexandre Quesnel | Gatineau Olympiques | 63 | 37 | 45 | 82 | 88 | |||||||
Robert Slaney | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 63 | 36 | 45 | 81 | 78 |
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
width=25% | Player | width=25% | Team | width=5% | GP | width=5% | Min | width=5% | W | width=5% | L | width=5% | GA | width=5% | SO | width=5% | Sv% | width=5% | GAA |
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Nicola Riopel | Moncton Wildcats | 59 | 3487 | 43 | 15 | 117 | 5 | .931 | 2.01 | ||||||||||
Charles Lavigne | Quebec Remparts | 51 | 2839 | 34 | 13 | 112 | 6 | .916 | 2.37 | ||||||||||
Gabriel Girard | Shawinigan Cataractes | 30 | 1638 | 22 | 5 | 70 | 2 | .895 | 2.57 | ||||||||||
Timo Pielmeier | Shawinigan Cataractes | 43 | 2408 | 29 | 11 | 106 | 2 | .914 | 2.64 | ||||||||||
Antoine Tardif | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 43 | 2378 | 32 | 7 | 109 | 0 | .893 | 2.75 | ||||||||||
First round
In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Date | Deal made | ||
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January 8, 2009 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----Mathieu Bolduc | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens---- 1st round pick, 2011 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Montreal Juniors----Philippe Fontaine | To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles----5th round pick, 2010 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Gatineau Olympiques----Dave Nolin John Esposito | To Victoriaville Tigres----Bradley MacDonald 2nd round pick, 2010 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----Artem Demkov | To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles----8th round pick, 2009 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----Nicolas Marcoux-Larocque | To Saint John Sea Dogs----5th round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads) | |
January 8, 2009 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----Maxime Macenauer | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----Brad Yetman 4th round pick, 2009 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Francis Schanck | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----10th round pick, 2009 | |
January 8, 2009 | To PEI Rocket----Jarrad Struthers | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----2nd round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) 3rd round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan) | |
January 8, 2009 | To Halifax Mooseheads----Andrew Smith | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens----8th round pick, 2009 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens----Louis Leblanc Maxim Guérin Marc-André Carré | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----3rd round pick, 2009 9th round pick, 2009 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Moncton Wildcats----Tomy Joly | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----Julien Tremblay 2nd round pick, 2009 (Victoriaville Tigres) 2nd round pick, 2010 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----Jeremie Blain | To Victoriaville Tigres----Olivier Jannard 4th round pick, 2010 5th round pick, 2010 | |
January 8, 2009 | To Baie-Comeau Drakkar----Anthony Taylor | To Montreal Juniors----Félix-Antoine Poulin | |
January 8, 2009 | To Saint John Sea Dogs----Olivier Ouellet | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens----2nd round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes) | |
January 7, 2009 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Keven Charland-Guérette | To Saint John Sea Dogs----3rd round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads) | |
January 7, 2009 | To Baie-Comeau Drakkar----Nathan Dunnett 7th round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) 3rd round pick, 2010 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Marco Cousineau | |
January 7, 2009 | To Gatineau Olympiques----3rd round pick, 2009 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----3rd round pick, 2010 (Drummondville Voltigeurs) | |
January 7, 2009 | To Baie-Comeau Drakkar----Jordan Bernier Charles Vouligny | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----5th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan) | |
January 7, 2009 | To Baie-Comeau Drakkar----François Lacerte 4th round pick, 2009 (Lewiston Maineiacs) | To Rimouski Océanic----Maxime Ouimet | |
January 7, 2009 | To Victoriaville Tigres----Tyler Noseworthy | To Moncton Wildcats----6th round pick, 2010 | |
January 7, 2009 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Michel Kowalew | To Montreal Juniors----10th round pick, 2009 | |
January 6, 2009 | To Saint John Sea Dogs----Mathieu Gingras Simon Giroux 1st round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Christopher DiDomenico | |
January 5, 2009 | To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles----Brad Tesink | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----Olivier Dame-Malka | |
January 6, 2009 | To Rimouski Océanic----Marc-André Bourdon Matthew Dopud Justin MacNaughton | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----1st round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) 2nd round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) 7th round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 4th round pick, 2010 | |
January 5, 2009 | To Halifax Mooseheads----Pascal Amyot 1st round pick, 2009 (EU) | To Saint John Sea Dogs----1st round pick, 2009 (EU) 4th round pick, 2010 | |
January 5, 2009 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----Alex Grant 5th round pick, 2010 | to Saint John Sea Dogs----Danick Gauthier 2nd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 | |
January 5, 2009 | To Rimouski Océanic----Jason Demers | To Victoriaville Tigres----8th round pick, 2009 | |
January 5, 2009 | To Quebec Remparts----Alexandre Néron | To Rimouski Océanic----1st round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009 | |
January 2, 2009 | To Gatineau Olympiques----Alexei Dostoinov | To Saint John Sea Dogs----5th round pick, 2010 | |
December 31, 2008 | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens----Drew Paris | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----4th round pick, 2009 4th round pick, 2010 | |
December 31, 2008 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Matthew Lachaine Jeremiah Coon-Come | To PEI Rocket----Jason Legault Maxime Lévesque | |
December 31, 2008 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----Nicolas Deslongchamps 9th round pick, 2009 | To Victoriaville Tigres----Jean-Michel Fortier | |
December 30, 2008 | To Moncton Wildcats----Joe Dillon | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----12th round pick, 2009 | |
December 30, 2008 | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----Mickael Audette | To Quebec Remparts----2nd round pick, 2009 (Drummondville Voltigeurs) | |
December 29, 2008 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Sasha Famin | To Moncton Wildcats----Mitch Morgan 3rd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 (EU) | |
December 27, 2008 | To Shawinigan Cataractes----4th round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes) | To Lewiston Maineiacs----5th round pick, 2009 | |
December 27, 2008 | To Halifax Mooseheads----Jan Stransky | To Gatineau Olympiques----5th round pick, 2010 (Chicoutimi Saguenéens) | |
December 26, 2008 | To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles----Michael Ward Stephen Horyl | To Lewiston Maineiacs----Samuel Finn Murdock MacLellan 5th round pick, 2010 | |
December 26, 2008 | To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles----Taylor MacDougall | To Montreal Juniors----Jérémy Gouchie | |
December 23, 2008 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Gabriel Coté | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----7th round pick, 2009 (Val-d'Or Foreurs) | |
December 23, 2008 | To Rimouski Océanic----Logan MacMillan | to Halifax Mooseheads----Guillaume Pelletier 4th round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010 2nd round pick, 2011 3rd round pick, 2011 | |
December 22, 2008 | To Saint John Sea Dogs----Benjamin Lecomte | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----6th round pick, 2009 (Rimouski Océanic) | |
December 22, 2008 | To Lewiston Maineiacs----Nick Huard | To Victoriaville Tigres----Pierre-Luc Pelletier | |
December 22, 2008 | To PEI Rocket----Joel Champagne Christopher Guay 6th round pick, 2010 | To Chicoutimi Saguenéens----Mathieu Tousignant 6th round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) | |
December 22, 2008 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Marc-Antoine Dupuis | To Acadie-Bathurst----8th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan) | |
December 20, 2008 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Raphael Neiderer | To PEI Rocket----William Beaudoin | |
December 20, 2008 | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----Danick Malouin | To PEI Rocket----3rd round pick, 2009 | |
November 25, 2008 | To Gatineau Olympiques----Kyle Paige | To Saint John Sea Dogs----9th round pick, 2010 | |
October 15, 2008 | To Drummondville Voltigeurs----Patrik Prokop | To Gatineau Olympiques----6th round pick, 2008 (Gatineau Olympiques) 3rd round pick, 2010 | |
October 9, 2008 | To Halifax Mooseheads----Radek Vlasanek | To Acadie-Bathurst Titan----5th round pick, 2010 | |
October 6, 2008 | To Val-d'Or Foreurs----Francois Gauthier 5th round pick, 2009 | To Saint John Sea Dogs----1st round pick, 2009 (EU) | |
October 1, 2008 | To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies----Antoine Lafleur | To PEI Rocket----8th round pick (Drummondville Voltigeurs) | |
September 20, 2008 | To Quebec Remparts----Maxime Pomerleau | To Halifax Mooseheads----7th round pick, 2009 |
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