2008–09 QMJHL season
2008–09 QMJHL season | |
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League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
Duration | Preseason Regular season 2008-09-11–2009-03-15 Playoffs 2009-03-20–2009-05-12 |
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.
Team Changes
- The St. John's Fog Devils relocated to Verdun, Quebec, and are rename the Montreal Junior Hockey Club, and move from the Atlantic Division to the Telus West.
- The league switch from 2 division to 4. All 5 Maritime teams play in the Atlantic Division and all Quebec teams and the Lewiston Maineiacs are split into 3 Divisions Telus East, Telus Central, Telus West.
Notable dates
- Offseason
- June 20–21, 2008—27 QMJHL players were selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.[1]
- Regular season
- November 17, 2008–Team QMJHL defeats the Russian Selects 5–3 in Game 1 of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge held in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
- November 19, 2008–Team QMJHL defeated by Russian Selects 4–3 in Game 2 of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge held in Saint John, New Brunswick
- Playoffs
Standings
Division Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Division Telus Centre | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | 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 |
Division Telus Est | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | 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 |
Division Atlantique | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | 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 |
Division Telus Ouest | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | 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 |
Overall Standing
- determines standings for the second round of the playoffs.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | 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 cliched division
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Yannick Riendeau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 64 | 58 | 68 | 126 | 31 |
Dany Masse | 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 |
Felix 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 |
Leading goaltenders
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
Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | 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 | ||
Players
2008 QMJHL Entry Draft
- First round
- Moncton Wildcats Brandon Gormley (D)
- Drummondville Voltigeurs Sean Couturier (C)
- Victoriaville Tigres Brandon Hynes (RW)
- Val-d'Or Foreurs Cedrick Henley (LW)
- Prince Edward Island Rocket Ben Duffy (F)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Garrett Clarke (D)
- Shawinigan Cataractes Michael Bournival (C/LW)
- Montréal Juniors Guillaume Asselin (RW)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Michael Chaput (C)
- Québec Remparts Samuel Carrier (D)
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan Vincent Arseneau (LW)
- Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Logan Shaw (RW)
- Moncton Wildcats Louis Domingue (G)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Etienne Brodeur (LW)
- Val-d'Or Foreurs Alex Noel (RW)
- Gatineau Olympiques Yoan Pinette (RW)
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan Stefan Fournier (RW)
- Drummondville Voltigeurs Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (D)
2008 NHL Entry Draft
In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Trades
Off-season
QMJHL Playoffs
Übersicht
First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | QMJHL Championships | ||||||||||||||||
1C | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4C | Lewiston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Montreal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2O | Montreal | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3O | Rouyn-Noranda | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Rimouski | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1A | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4A | P.E.I. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Moncton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2E | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | Chicoutimi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4E | Baie-Comeau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Cape Breton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2A | Cape Breton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3A | Saint John | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Quebec | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1O | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5A | Acadie-Bathurst | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2C | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3C | Victoriaville | 0 |
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Canada Russia Challenge
The ADT Canada Russia Challenge is a six game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) versus Russia's National Junior hockey team. Within the Canadian Hockey League umbrella, one team from each of its three leagues — the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League — compete in two games against the Russian junior team.
The ADT Canada Russia Challenge has become a highlight on the CHL schedule and we are very proud to be associated with it.
These two nations have such a storied hockey history that fans from across the country tune in expecting to see a hard fought series.
We expect nothing short of world class hockey this November that hockey fans from across the country won't want to miss.— Joe O'Connell, Regional Vice-President of Canada[2]
The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge was held in six cities across Canada, with two cities for each league within the Canadian Hockey League. The series began on November 17, 2008, and concluded on November 27, 2008. All six games were televised nationally on Rogers Sportsnet, along with RDS televising both games from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.[3][4]
- Results
In the first game of the two part series between Team QMJHL and the Russian Selects, Team QMJHL scored five goals en route to a 5–3 win in front of 4,378 fans at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Kmitri Kugryshev of the Russian Selects and goaltender Olivier Roy of Team QMJHL were named the ADT Players of the Game for their respective teams.[5] The Russian Selects evened the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, winning the second game after having registered four goals in a 4–3 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 6,451 assembled at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.[6]
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Startseite | Attendance | Standort | Recap |
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1 | November 17, 2008 | Russian Selects | 3–5 | Team QMJHL | 4,378 | Sydney, Nova Scotia | [1] |
2 | November 19, 2008 | Russian Selects | 4–3 | Team QMJHL | 6,451 | Saint John, New Brunswick | [2] |
3 | November 20, 2008 | Russian Selects | 6–3 | Team OHL | 4,751 | Guelph, Ontario | [3] |
4 | November 24, 2008 | Russian Selects | 2–3 | Team OHL | 3,145 | St. Catharines, Ontario | [4] |
5 | November 26, 2008 | Russian Selects | 0–5 | Team WHL | 2,800 | Swift Current, Saskatchewan | [5] |
6 | November 27, 2008 | Russian Selects | 1–2 | Team WHL | 2,749 | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | [6] |
Memorial Cup
The 91st MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.[7]
All-star teams
- First team
- Goaltender - Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
- Defence - Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs & Marc-André Bourdon, Rimouski Océanic
- Left winger - Mike Hoffman, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Centreman - Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Right winger - Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Second team
- Goaltender - Charles Lavigne, Quebec Remparts
- Defence - Charles-Olivier Roussel, Shawinigan Cataractes & Sébastien Piché, Rimouski Océanic
- Left winger - Paul Byron, Gatineau Olympiques
- Centreman - Danny Masse, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Right winger - Nicholas Petersen, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Rookie team
- Goaltender - Christopher Holden, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- Defence - Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs & Brandon Gormley, Moncton Wildcats
- Left winger - Sergey Ostapchuk, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Centreman - Ben Duffy, P.E.I. Rocket
- Right winger - Dmitri Kugryshev, Quebec Remparts
Trophies and awards
- Team
- President's Cup - Playoff Champions: Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions: Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals: Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA: Moncton Wildcats
- Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
- Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer: Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP : Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA: Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
- Guy Carbonneau Trophy - Best Defensive Forward: Jean-Philip Chabot, Gatineau Olympiques
- Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Kevin Lowe Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman: Maxime Ouimet, Rimouski Oceanic
- Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kugryshev, Quebec Remparts
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player: Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Shawinigan Cataractes
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year: Matthew Pistilli, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player: Payton Liske, Saint John Sea Dogs
- Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year: Guy Boucher, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Executive
- Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year: Danny Flynn, Moncton Wildcats
- Maurice Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year: Dominic Ricard, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year: Louis Painchaud, Quebec Remparts
- Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year: Sylvie Fortier, Drummondville Voltigeurs
See also
- 2009 Memorial Cup
- List of QMJHL seasons
- 2008–09 OHL season
- 2008–09 WHL season
- 2008 NHL Entry Draft
- 2008 in ice hockey
- 2009 in ice hockey
References
- ^ "QMJHL sees 27 prospects selected". Faceoff.com. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "WHL and CHL Announce host centres for the 2008 ADT Canada/Russia Challenge". WHL. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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