2011–12 QMJHL season explained

2011–12 QMJHL season
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League:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Sport:Hockey
Duration:Regular season
September 2011 – March 2012
Playoffs
March – May 2012
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Mvp Link:Guy Lafleur Trophy
Playoffs Mvp:Charlie Coyle (Sea Dogs)
Finals Champ:Saint John Sea Dogs
Finals Runner-Up:Rimouski Océanic
No Of Teams:17
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:Jean Rougeau Trophy
Season Champs:Saint John Sea Dogs (3)
Mvp Link:Michel Brière Memorial Trophy
Mvp:Yanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top Scorer Link:Jean Béliveau Trophy
Top Scorer:Yanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Seasonslistnames:QMJHL
Prevseason Year:2010–11
Nextseason Year:2012–13
2011–12 CHL season
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League:Canadian Hockey League
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:OHL
September 2011 – March 2012
QMJHL
September 2011 – March 2012
WHL
September 2011 – March 2012
Playoffs:Memorial Cup
Finals Champ:Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Num Championships:1
Finals Runner-Up:London Knights (OHL)
No Of Teams:60
Tv:RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV

The 2011–12 QMJHL season was the 43rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season, which consisted of 17 teams playing 68 games each, began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. This season was Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's first season in the league, as the team relocated to Boisbriand from Verdun where they played as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club from 2008 to 2011. The league lost one of his charter teams when the Lewiston Maineiacs folded during after the previous season, the QMJHL later announce an expansion team to Sherbrooke for the 2012–13 season. In the playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs became the seventh team in league history to capture consecutive President's Cup championships.

Regular season

Division standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

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Saint John Sea Dogs z68501503298180103
Halifax Mooseheads x6839222525023885
Acadie–Bathurst Titan x6832312325026469
Moncton Wildcats x6830313419022867
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x6823421221930649
P.E.I. Rocket e 6819432420532044
width=25% Division Telus Eastwidth=5% GPwidth=5% Wwidth=5% Lwidth=5% OTLwidth=5% SLwidth=5% GFwidth=5% GAwidth=5% Pts
Shawinigan Cataractes z6845163427417997
Victoriaville Tigres x6844181531122894
Quebec Remparts x6843185227519193
Rimouski Océanic x6840262026023582
Chicoutimi Saguenéens x6835243623523279
Baie-Comeau Drakkar x6829341421724163
width=25% Division Telus Westwidth=5% GPwidth=5% Wwidth=5% Lwidth=5% OTLwidth=5% SLwidth=5% GFwidth=5% GAwidth=5% Pts
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada z6840224225821986
Val-d'Or Foreurs x6831320522426167
Drummondville Voltigeurs x6828312722124565
Gatineau Olympiques x6826325522327462
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x6824364422729656

x - team has clinched playoff spot

y - team is division leader

z - team has clinched division

e - team is eliminated from playoff contention

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

width=25% Playerwidth=25% Teamwidth=7.5% GPwidth=7.5% Gwidth=7.5% Awidth=7.5% Ptswidth=7.5% PIM
Yanni GourdeVictoriaville Tigres68378712470
Zach O'BrienAcadie–Bathurst Titan6350511010
Sébastien TrudeauAcadie–Bathurst Titan6731649514
Frederick RoyQuebec Remparts6427659288
Alex BelzileRimouski Océanic6322709285
Danick GauthierSaint John Sea Dogs6647398667
Brandon HynesVictoriaville Tigres6142448629
Mikhail GrigorenkoQuebec Remparts5940458512
Jonathan BrunelleCape Breton Screaming Eagles6830558545
Matthew BissonnetteAcadie–Bathurst Titan6536478349

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Total ice time; W = Wins; L = Losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

width=25% Playerwidth=25% Teamwidth=5% GPwidth=5% TOIwidth=5% Wwidth=5% Lwidth=5% GAwidth=5% SOwidth=5% SV%width=5% GAA
Mathieu Corbeil-ThériaultSaint John Sea Dogs482778:4037111106.9112.38
Gabriel GirardShawinigan Cataractes361937:122010794.9112.45
Alex DubeauShawinigan Cataractes402136:322513913.9042.56
Louis DomingueQuebec Remparts392161:582312944.9142.61
Étienne MarcouxBlainville-Boisbriand Armada432327:3528121053.9122.71

First round

(8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (9) Acadie–Bathurst Titan

Quarter-finals

(5) Quebec Remparts vs. (6) Halifax Mooseheads

Semi-finals

(6) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

QMJHL Championship

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Stanislav Galiev171618346
Charlie Coyle171519348
Zack Phillips17923324
Tomas Jurco1613162912
Nathan MacKinnon1713152812
Jonathan Drouin17917264
Alexandre Mallet2110152522
Alex Belzile217182528
Petr Straka211012226
Danick Gauthier171382128

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

PlayerTeamGPMinsWLGASOSv%GAA
7374341300.9192.08
1710751613910.9172.18
11679743000.8972.65
11673743210.8972.85
5293401400.8862.86

Memorial Cup

See main article: 2012 Memorial Cup.

Trophies and awards

Team

Saint John Sea Dogs

Player
Executive
All-Star Teams[1] First All-Star Team:


Second All-Star Team:


All-Rookie Team:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://theqmjhl.ca/article/the-golden-puck-awards-recognition-of-excellence The Golden Puck Awards: recognition of excellence