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1996-97 QMJHL season
LeagueQuebec Major Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997
Playoffs
March 17 – April 29, 1996
Number of teams14
Regular season
Jean Rougeau TrophyHull Olympiques (3)
Season MVPDaniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorerPavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPChristian Bronsard (Olympiques)
Finals championsHull Olympiques
  Runners-upChicoutimi Saguenéens
QMJHL seasons
← 1995-96
1997-98 →
1996-97 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
QMJHL
Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997
WHL
Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
Number of teams60
Memorial Cup
Finals championsHull Olympiques (QMHL) (2nd title)
  Runners-upLethbridge 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

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Teams

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1996–97 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Division Team City Arena
Dilio Beauport Harfangs Beauport, Quebec Aréna Marcel-Bédard
Chicoutimi Saguenéens Chicoutimi, Quebec Centre Georges-Vézina
Halifax Mooseheads Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Metro Centre
Moncton Wildcats Moncton, New Brunswick Moncton Coliseum
Rimouski Océanic Rimouski, Quebec Colisée de Rimouski
Shawinigan Cataractes Shawinigan, Quebec Aréna Jacques Plante
Victoriaville Tigres Victoriaville, Quebec Colisée des Bois-Francs
Lebel Drummondville Voltigeurs Drummondville, Quebec Drummondville Civic Centre
Granby Prédateurs Granby, Quebec Aréna Léonard-Grondin
Hull Olympiques Hull, Quebec Robert Guertin Arena
Laval Titan Collège Français Laval, Quebec Colisée de Laval
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Aréna Dave-Keon
Sherbrooke Faucons Sherbrooke, Quebec Palais des Sports
Val-d'Or Foreurs Val-d'Or, Quebec Centre Val-d'Or

Map of teams

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Dilio Division Lebel Division

Final standings

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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
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
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

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
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

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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
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

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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

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Lebel Division

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(L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français

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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

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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

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(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Sherbrooke Faucons

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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

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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

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First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

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Team
Player
Executive

See also

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References

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Preceded by QMJHL seasons Succeeded by
source: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_QMJHL_season

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