1996-97 QMJHL season | |
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League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
Sport | Hockey |
Duration | Regular season Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 Playoffs March 17 – April 29, 1996 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Regular season | |
Jean Rougeau Trophy | Hull Olympiques (3) |
Season MVP | Daniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres) |
Top scorer | Pavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Christian Bronsard (Olympiques) |
Finals champions | Hull Olympiques |
Runners-up | Chicoutimi Saguenéens |
1996-97 CHL season | |
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League | Canadian Hockey League |
Sport | Hockey |
Duration | OHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 QMJHL Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 WHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 |
Number of teams | 60 |
Memorial Cup | |
Finals champions | Hull Olympiques (QMHL) (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
The 1996–97 QMJHL season was the 28th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continues explore new markets as the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser move north to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The New Faces Cup is renamed the RDS Cup, for its new sponsor, Réseau des sports. Fourteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Hull Olympiques finished first overall in the regular season winning their third Jean Rougeau Trophy, and won their fourth President's Cup, defeating the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the finals.
Team changes
[edit]- The Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, becoming the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
- The Moncton Alpines are renamed the Moncton Wildcats.
Teams
[edit]Map of teams
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Dilio Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Victoriaville Tigres | 70 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 90 | 293 | 216 |
Shawinigan Cataractes | 70 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 87 | 277 | 232 |
Halifax Mooseheads | 70 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 78 | 267 | 255 |
Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 70 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 77 | 271 | 222 |
Rimouski Océanic | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 73 | 298 | 261 |
Beauport Harfangs | 70 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 50 | 216 | 284 |
Moncton Wildcats | 70 | 16 | 52 | 2 | 34 | 192 | 354 |
Lebel Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Hull Olympiques | 70 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 99 | 346 | 205 |
Granby Prédateurs | 70 | 44 | 20 | 6 | 94 | 304 | 210 |
Val-d'Or Foreurs | 70 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 82 | 268 | 230 |
Drummondville Voltigeurs | 70 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 73 | 305 | 287 |
Laval Titan Collège Français | 70 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 57 | 260 | 314 |
Sherbrooke Faucons | 70 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 49 | 206 | 283 |
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 70 | 16 | 49 | 5 | 37 | 174 | 324 |
Scoring leaders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Pavel Rosa | Hull Olympiques | 68 | 63 | 89 | 152 | 56 |
Martin Menard | Hull Olympiques | 60 | 59 | 82 | 141 | 57 |
Daniel Brière | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 59 | 52 | 78 | 130 | 86 |
Martin Chouinard | Granby Prédateurs | 69 | 41 | 83 | 124 | 126 |
Eric Normandin | Rimouski Océanic | 65 | 47 | 75 | 122 | 236 |
Daniel Corso | Victoriaville Tigres | 54 | 51 | 68 | 119 | 50 |
Éric Bélanger | Beauport / Rimouski | 62 | 39 | 78 | 107 | 66 |
Philippe Audet | Granby Prédateurs | 67 | 52 | 56 | 108 | 150 |
Jean-Pierre Dumont | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 62 | 44 | 64 | 108 | 88 |
Guy Loranger | Shawinigan Cataractes | 70 | 44 | 62 | 106 | 101 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]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
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Marc Denis | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 41 | 2316 | 22 | 15 | 104 | 4 | .905 | 2.69 |
Christian Bronsard | Hull Olympiques | 43 | 2451 | 30 | 10 | 112 | 1 | .908 | 2.74 |
Frédéric Henry | Granby Prédateurs | 57 | 3327 | 33 | 16 | 161 | 4 | .905 | 2.90 |
Mathieu Garon | Victoriaville Tigres | 48 | 2808 | 33 | 11 | 148 | 6 | .902 | 2.93 |
Sébastien Charpentier | Shawinigan Cataractes | 62 | 3474 | 37 | 17 | 176 | 1 | .899 | 3.04 |
Playoffs
[edit]Frederic Bouchard was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 51 points (22 goals, 29 assists).
Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | League Finals | ||||||||||||||||
L1 | Hull | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L4 | Drummondville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
L4 | Drummondville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
L5 | Laval | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
L1 | Hull | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Lebel Division | |||||||||||||||||||
L3 | Val-d'Or | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
L2 | Granby | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
L3 | Val-d'Or | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L3 | Val-d'Or | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
L6 | Sherbrooke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
L1 | Hull | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Chicoutimi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Shawinigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Halifax | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Halifax | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D6 | Beauport | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Halifax | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Chicoutimi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Victroiaville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Chicoutimi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Chicoutimi | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D5 | Rimouski | 1 |
Division Quarterfinals
[edit]Lebel Division
[edit](L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français
[edit]March 17 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 – 2 | Laval Titan Collège Français | Centre Marcel Dionne | ||||
7:34 - Daniel Brière (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
12:51- Gordie Dwyer 17:55 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (1) |
Second period | Jim Shepherd (1) - pp - 7:36 Martin Fillion (1) - pp - 9:24 | ||||||
19:28 - Gordie Dwyer (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Pierre-Luc Therrien (42 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Jean-Sébastien Aubin (26 saves / 30 shots) |
March 18 | Laval Titan Collège Français | 5 – 6 | OT | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Centre Sportif | |||
11:44 - pp - Martin Fillion (2) 18:48 - pp - Yannick Hubert (1) |
First period | Étienne Drapeau (2) - 3:04 Daniel Brière (2) - 5:11 | ||||||
5:41 - pp - Dominic Perna (1) 7:49 - Dominic Perna (2) |
Second period | Gordie Dwyer (3) - pp - 15:35 | ||||||
8:17 - Martin Fillion (3) | Third period | Gordie Dwyer (4) - 4:08 Frédérick Jobin (1) - pp - 15:36 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Philippe Plante (1) - 7:43 | ||||||
Jean-Sébastien Aubin (42 saves / 48 shots) | Goalie stats | Pierre-Luc Therrien (7 saves / 11 shots) Martin Bradette (19 saves / 20 shots) |
March 20 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 2 – 1 | Laval Titan Collège Français | Centre Marcel Dionne | ||||
No scoring | First period | 16:12 - Jason Bermingham (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Daniel Brière (3) - 5:38 Norbert Roy (1) - 6:42 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Martin Bradette (28 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Maxime Gingras (40 saves / 42 shots) |
Drummondville won series 3 – 0 | |
(L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons
[edit]March 17 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 4 – 1 | Sherbrooke Faucons | Palais des Sports | ||||
1:21 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 6:06 - Lucio DeMartinis (1) 7:32 - Olexei Lazarenko (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
2:26 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (2) | Second period | Samuel Lacroix (1) - 3:36 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Roberto Luongo (27 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Frédérick Brind'Amour (29 saves / 33 shots) |
March 18 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 4 – 3 | Sherbrooke Faucons | Palais des Sports | ||||
19:37 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (1) | First period | Éric Pinoul (1) - 1:55 Steve Thériault (1) - 9:51 Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 15:50 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
0:55 - pp - Olexei Lazarenko (2) 1:47 - Dominic Chiasson (1) 3:22 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Roberto Luongo (17 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Frédérick Brind'Amour (37 saves / 41 shots) |
March 20 | Sherbrooke Faucons | 2 – 8 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | ||||
9:05 - Sylvain Dufresne (1) 16:57 - pp - Sylvain Dufresne (2) |
First period | François Archambault (1) - 10:13 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Olexei Lazarenko (3) - sh - 5:56 Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) - pp - 9:36 Dominic Chiasson (2) - 11:17 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Olexei Lazarenko (4) - pp - 4:41 Marc-Étienne Hubert (1) - sh - 8:12 Martin Lacaille (1) - pp - 12:41 Jonathan Gagnon (1) - 13:58 | ||||||
Frédérick Brind'Amour (22 saves / 30 shots) Claude Fernet (4 saves / 4 shots) |
Goalie stats | Roberto Luongo (23 saves / 25 shots) |
Val-d'Or won series 3 – 0 | |
Dilio Division
[edit](D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Sherbrooke Faucons
[edit]March 17 | Halifax Mooseheads | 3 – 9 | Sherbrooke Faucons | Halifax Metro Centre | ||||
No scoring | First period | Samuel Gagnon (1) - 6:35 | ||||||
9:49 - Jody Shelley (1) | Second period | Steve Simões (1) - 14:03 David Bernier (1) - pp - 15:16 Ramil Saïfoulline (1) - 15:59 Martin Moïse (1) - 18:33 | ||||||
4:00 - Jean-Simon Lemay (1) 17:13 - Alex Johnstone (1) |
Third period | Patrick Savard (1) - pp - 1:41 Martin Moïse (2) - 7:57 Patrick Savard (2) - 8:11 Martin Moïse (3) - 16:21 | ||||||
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 19 shots) Martin Bilodeau (3 saves / 4 shots) |
Goalie stats | Luc Vaillancourt (42 saves / 45 shots) |
March 18 | Halifax Mooseheads | 7 – 4 | Sherbrooke Faucons | Halifax Metro Centre |
March 20 | Sherbrooke Faucons | 4 – 8 | Halifax Mooseheads | Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard |
March 21 | Sherbrooke Faucons | 2 – 3 | Halifax Mooseheads | Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard |
Halifax won series 3 – 1 | |
(D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic
[edit]March 17 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 6 – 2 | Rimouski Océanic | Centre Georges-Vézina |
March 18 | Rimouski Océanic | 4 – 3 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | Colisée de Rimouski |
March 20 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 9 – 5 | Rimouski Océanic | Centre Georges-Vézina |
March 21 | Rimouski Océanic | 4 – 7 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | Colisée de Rimouski |
Chicoutimi won series 3 – 1 | |
All-star teams
[edit]- First team
- Goaltender - Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Left defence - Derrick Walser, Beauport Harfangs / Rimouski Océanic
- Right defence - Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Left winger - Philippe Audet, Granby Prédateurs
- Centreman - Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres
- Right winger - Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
- Coach - Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads
- Second team
- Goaltender - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads
- Left defence - Radoslav Suchy, Sherbrooke Faucons / Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Right defence - Frédéric Bouchard, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Left winger - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Val-d'Or Foreurs
- Centreman - Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Right winger - Eric Normandin, Rimouski Océanic
- Coach - Alain Rajotte, Victoriaville Tigres
- Rookie team
- Goaltender - Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
- Left defence - François Beauchemin, Laval Titan Collège Français & Jeffrey Sullivan, Granby Prédateurs / Halifax Mooseheads
- Right defence - Jonathan Girard, Laval Titan Collège Français
- Left winger - Alex Tanguay, Halifax Mooseheads
- Centreman - Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
- Right winger - Gregor Baumgartner, Laval Titan Collège Français
- Coach - Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes
- List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
Trophies and awards
[edit]- Team
- President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Hull Olympiques
- Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Hull Olympiques
- Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Hull Olympiques
- Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres
- Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
- Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
- Ford Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
- Ford Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads
- AutoPro Plaque - Best plus/minus total, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Roberto Luongo, Val-d'Or Foreurs
- RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
- Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, Jason Groleau, Victoriaville Tigres
- Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Luc Vaillancourt, Beauport Harfangs
- Executive
- Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads
- John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Harold MacKay, Halifax Mooseheads
- St-Clair Group Plaque - Marketing Director of the Year, Matt McKnight, Halifax Mooseheads
- Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Michel Therrien, Granby Prédateurs