2014–15 QMJHL season explained

2014–15 QMJHL season
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League:	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season September 10, 2014 – March 22, 2015 Playoffs March 26, 2015 – May 18, 2015
Finals Champ:	Rimouski Océanic (3)
No Of Teams:	18
Tv:	Eastlink TV
Seasonslistnames:	QMJHL
Prevseason Year:	2013–14
Nextseason Year:	2015–16

The 2014–15 QMJHL season is the 46th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season consisted of eighteen teams playing 68 games each, beginning on September 10, 2014, and ending on March 22, 2015.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title

GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
68	46	19	0	3	95	287	232	2
68	35	28	1	4	75	226	243	9
68	32	26	4	6	74	237	241	10
68	32	30	4	2	70	227	242	12
68	31	31	3	3	68	258	246	13
68	17	43	6	2	42	158	271	18

GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
68	47	16	3	2	99	279	198	1
68	40	25	1	2	83	267	232	4
68	39	26	1	2	81	259	214	5
68	35	25	5	3	78	227	237	7
68	29	32	4	3	65	203	238	15
68	27	34	3	4	61	248	275	16

GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
68	41	18	2	7	91	244	185	3
68	35	25	3	5	78	283	266	6
68	36	26	2	4	78	228	245	8
68	33	30	4	1	71	246	245	11
68	31	31	0	6	68	234	242	14
68	26	38	1	3	56	195	254	17

Note: Tiebreaker for 6th, 7th and 8th based on regulation and overtime wins only. Val-d'Or had 31, Baie-Comeau had 30, Sherbrooke had 29.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Conor Garland	Moncton Wildcats	67	35	94	129	66
Danick Martel	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	64	48	54	102	85
Nikolaj Ehlers	Halifax Mooseheads	51	37	64	101	67
Nikita Jevpalovs	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	64	49	51	100	30
Angelo Miceli	Victoriaville Tigres	64	38	58	96	50
Alexis Loiseau	Rimouski Océanic	68	35	61	96	42
Ivan Barbashev	Moncton Wildcats	57	45	50	95	59
Anthony Beauvillier	Shawinigan Cataractes	67	42	52	94	72
Anthony DeLuca	Rimouski Océanic	68	44	47	91	63
Anthony Richard	Val-d'Or Foreurs	66	43	48	91	78

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	OTL	SL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Philippe Desrosiers	Rimouski Océanic	44	2469	29	9	1	2	103	5	.901	2.50
Samuel Montembeault	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	52	3104	33	11	2	5	134	3	.891	2.59
Marvin Cupper	Shawinigan Cataractes	59	3486	36	20	0	2	163	4	.912	2.80
Louis-Philip Guindon	Rimouski Océanic	37	2112	18	15	1	2	103	2	.895	2.92
Alex Dubeau	Moncton Wildcats	58	3255	41	13	0	1	162	4	.900	2.99

First round

(8) Sherbrooke Phoenix vs. (9) Charlottetown Islanders

Quarter-finals

(6) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (7) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Semi-finals

(2) Moncton Wildcats vs. (4) Quebec Remparts

President's Cup Finals

(1) Rimouski Océanic vs. (4) Quebec Remparts

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nikolaj Ehlers	Halifax Mooseheads	14	10	21	31	14
Adam Erne	Quebec Remparts	22	21	9	30	17
Alexis Loiseau	Rimouski Océanic	20	9	17	26	8
Anthony Duclair	Quebec Remparts	22	8	18	26	18
Kurt Etchegary	Quebec Remparts	22	8	18	26	12
Christopher Clapperton	Rimouski Océanic	18	12	13	25	20
Conor Garland	Moncton Wildcats	16	3	22	25	17
Ivan Barbashev	Moncton Wildcats	16	13	11	24	14
Anthony Richard	Val-d'Or Foreurs	17	12	10	22	10
Michael Joly	Rimouski Océanic	20	12	9	21	20

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Louis-Philip Guindon	Rimouski Océanic	15	813	11	1	25	3	.926	1.84
Samuel Montembeault	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	6	352	2	4	14	0	.878	2.38
Marvin Cupper	Shawinigan Cataractes	7	475	3	4	19	0	.929	2.40
Philippe Desrosiers	Rimouski Océanic	9	411	5	3	17	0	.910	2.48
Francois Brassard	Gatineau Olympiques	11	599	5	6	25	1	.911	2.50

Memorial Cup

See main article: 2015 Memorial Cup.

Trophies and awards

President's Cup - Playoff Champions: Rimouski Océanic
Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions: Rimouski Océanic
Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team with the best goals for average: Moncton Wildcats
Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA: Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Player

Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Conor Garland, Moncton Wildcats
Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer: Conor Garland, Moncton Wildcats
Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP: Adam Erne, Quebec Remparts
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Top Goaltender: Philippe Desrosiers, Rimouski Océanic
Guy Carbonneau Trophy - Best Defensive Forward: Frédérik Gauthier, Rimouski Océanic
Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year: Jan Košťálek, Rimouski Océanic
Kevin Lowe Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman: Jan Košťálek, Rimouski Oceanic
Michael Bossy Trophy - Top Prospect: Timo Meier, Halifax Mooseheads
RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year: Dmytro Timashov, Quebec Remparts
Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year: Dmytro Timashov, Quebec Remparts
Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year: Samuel Girard, Shawinigan Cataractes
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player: Kyle Farrell, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year: Danick Martel, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player: Jérémy Grégoire, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year: Nikolaj Ehlers, Halifax Mooseheads

Executive

Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year: Joël Bouchard, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Maurice Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year: Martin Moudou, Shawinigan Cataractes
John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year:
Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year:

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team:

Marvin Cupper, Goaltender, Shawinigan Cataractes
Jan Košťálek, Defenceman, Rimouski Océanic
Daniel Walcott, Defenceman, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Danick Martel, Centre, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Nikolaj Ehlers, Left Wing, Halifax Mooseheads
Conor Garland, Right Wing, Moncton Wildcats

Second All-Star Team:

Philippe Cadorette, Goaltender, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Nikolas Brouillard, Defenceman, Quebec Remparts
Alexandre Carrier, Defenceman, Gatineau Olympiques
Anthony Beauvillier, Centre, Shawinigan Cataractes
Nikita Jevpalovs, Left Wing, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Timo Meier, Right Wing, Halifax Mooseheads

All-Rookie Team:

Evan Fitzpatrick, Goaltender, Sherbrooke Phoenix
Samuel Girard, Defenceman, Shawinigan Cataractes
Jakub Zbořil, Defenceman, Saint John Sea Dogs
Filip Chlapík, Centre, Charlottetown Islanders
Dmytro Timashov, Left Wing, Quebec Remparts
Evgeny Svechnikov, Right Wing, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles