1996–97 QMJHL season

Team changes

• The Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, becoming the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
• The Moncton Alpines are renamed the Moncton Wildcats.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

• complete list of standings.

Scoring leaders

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

• complete scoring statistics

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

Playoffs

| RD2-group1 = Lebel Division | RD2-group2 = Dillo Division

| RD1-seed01 = | RD1-team01 = | RD1-score01 = | RD1-seed02 = | RD1-team02 = | RD1-score02 =

| RD1-seed03 = L4 | RD1-team03 = Drummondville | RD1-score03 = 3 | RD1-seed04 = L5 | RD1-team04 = Laval | RD1-score04 = 0

| RD1-seed05 = | RD1-team05 = | RD1-score05 = | RD1-seed06 = | RD1-team06 = | RD1-score06 =

| RD1-seed07 = L3 | RD1-team07 = Val-d'Or | RD1-score07 = 3 | RD1-seed08 = L6 | RD1-team08 = Sherbrooke | RD1-score08 = 0

| RD1-seed09 = | RD1-team09 = | RD1-score09 = | RD1-seed10 = | RD1-team10 = | RD1-score10 =

| RD1-seed11 = D3 | RD1-team11 = Halifax | RD1-score11 = 3 | RD1-seed12 = D6 | RD1-team12 = Beauport | RD1-score12 = 1

| RD1-seed13 = | RD1-team13 = | RD1-score13 = | RD1-seed14 = | RD1-team14 = | RD1-score14 =

| RD1-seed15 = D4 | RD1-team15 = Chicoutimi | RD1-score15 = 3 | RD1-seed16 = D5 | RD1-team16 = Rimouski | RD1-score16 = 1

| RD2-seed01 = L1 | RD2-team01 = Hull | RD2-score01 = 4 | RD2-seed02 = L4 | RD2-team02 = Drummondville | RD2-score02 = 1

| RD2-seed03 = L2 | RD2-team03 = Granby | RD2-score03 = 1 | RD2-seed04 = L3 | RD2-team04 = Val-d'Or | RD2-score04 = 4

| RD2-seed05 = D2 | RD2-team05 = Shawinigan | RD2-score05 = 3 | RD2-seed06 = D3 | RD2-team06 = Halifax | RD2-score06 = 4

| RD2-seed07 = D1 | RD2-team07 = Victroiaville | RD2-score07 = 2 | RD2-seed08 = D4 | RD2-team08 = Chicoutimi | RD2-score08 = 4

| RD3-seed01 = L1 | RD3-team01 = Hull | RD3-score01 = 4 | RD3-seed02 = L3 | RD3-team02 = Val-d'Or | RD3-score02 = 1

| RD3-seed03 = D3 | RD3-team03 = Halifax | RD3-score03 = 3 | RD3-seed04 = D4 | RD3-team04 = Chicoutimi | RD3-score04 = 4

| RD4-seed01 = L1 | RD4-team01 = Hull | RD4-score01 = 4 | RD4-seed02 = D4 | RD4-team02 = Chicoutimi | RD4-score02 = 0

Division Quarterfinals

Lebel Division

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

|1-1-1 = 7:34 - Daniel Brière (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 12:51- Gordie Dwyer (1) 17:55 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (1) |1-2-2 = Jim Shepherd (1) - pp - 7:36 Martin Fillion (1) - pp - 9:24 |1-3-1 = 19:28 - Gordie Dwyer (2) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Pierre-Luc Therrien (42 saves / 44 shots) |goalie1-2 = Jean-Sébastien Aubin (26 saves / 30 shots)

|2-1-1 = Étienne Drapeau (2) - 3:04 Daniel Brière (2) - 5:11 |2-1-2 = 11:44 - pp - Martin Fillion (2) 18:48 - pp - Yannick Hubert (1) |2-2-1 = Gordie Dwyer (3) - pp - 15:35 |2-2-2 = 5:41 - pp - Dominic Perna (1) 7:49 - Dominic Perna (2) |2-3-1 = Gordie Dwyer (4) - 4:08 Frédérick Jobin (1) - pp - 15:36 |2-3-2 = 8:17 - Martin Fillion (3) |2-4-1 = Philippe Plante (1) - 7:43 |2-4-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Pierre-Luc Therrien (7 saves / 11 shots) Martin Bradette (19 saves / 20 shots) |goalie2-2 = Jean-Sébastien Aubin (42 saves / 48 shots)

|3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = Jason Bermingham (1) - 16:12 |3-2-1 = No scoring |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = 5:38 - Daniel Brière (3) 6:42 - Norbert Roy (1) |3-3-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Martin Bradette (28 saves / 29 shots) |goalie3-2 = Maxime Gingras (40 saves / 42 shots)

(L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons

|1-1-1 = 1:21 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 6:06 - Lucio DeMartinis (1) 7:32 - Olexei Lazarenko (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 2:26 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (2) |1-2-2 = Samuel Lacroix (1) - 3:36 |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Roberto Luongo (27 saves / 28 shots) |goalie1-2 = Frédérick Brind'Amour (29 saves / 33 shots)

|2-1-1 = 19:37 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (1) |2-1-2 = Éric Pinoul (1) - 1:55 Steve Thériault (1) - 9:51 Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 15:50 |2-2-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = 0:55 - pp - Olexei Lazarenko (2) 1:47 - Dominic Chiasson (1) 3:22 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1) |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Roberto Luongo (17 saves / 20 shots) |goalie2-2 = Frédérick Brind'Amour (37 saves / 41 shots)

|3-1-1 = François Archambault (1) - 10:13 |3-1-2 = 9:05 - Sylvain Dufresne (1) 16:57 - pp - Sylvain Dufresne (2) |3-2-1 = Olexei Lazarenko (3) - sh - 5:56 Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) - pp - 9:36 Dominic Chiasson (2) - 11:17 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = Olexei Lazarenko (4) - pp - 4:41 Marc-Étienne Hubert (1) - sh - 8:12 Martin Lacaille (1) - pp - 12:41 Jonathan Gagnon (1) - 13:58 |3-3-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Roberto Luongo (23 saves / 25 shots) |goalie3-2 = Frédérick Brind'Amour (22 saves / 30 shots) Claude Fernet (4 saves / 4 shots)

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Beauport Harfangs

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Sam Gagnon (1) - 6:35 |1-2-1 = 9:49 - Jody Shelley (1) |1-2-2 = Steve Simões (1) - 14:03 David Bernier (1) - pp - 15:16 Ramil Saïfoulline (1) - 15:59 Martin Moïse (1) - 18:33 |1-3-1 = 4:00 - Jean-Simon Lemay (1) 17:13 - Alex Johnstone (1) |1-3-2 = Patrick Savard (1) - pp - 1:41 Martin Moïse (2) - 7:57 Patrick Savard (2) - 8:11 Martin Moïse (3) - 16:21 |goalie1-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 19 shots) Martin Bilodeau (3 saves / 4 shots) |goalie1-2 = Luc Vaillancourt (42 saves / 45 shots)

|2-1-1 = 6:05 - Didier Tremblay (1) 10:48 - François Sasseville (1) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 11:22 - pp - Elias Abrahamsson (1) 18:48 - Jamie Brown (1) |2-2-2 = Patrick Savard (3) - 7:23 Mathieu Normandin (1) - 9:29 |2-3-1 = 14:48 - Jason Troini (1) 15:44 - Marc Chouinard (1) 18:24 - en - François Sasseville (2) |2-3-2 = Carlyle Lewis (1) - 3:33 Kurt Johnston (1) - 9:32 |goalie2-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (29 saves / 33 shots) |goalie2-2 = Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 28 shots)

|3-1-1 = Jason Troini (2) - 7:48 Andrew Gilby (1) - 12:57 Alex Tanguay (1) - pp - 15:57 |3-1-2 = 16:58 - Martin Moïse (4) |3-2-1 = François Sasseville (3) - 11:34 |3-2-2 = 12:54 - David Bernier (2) 17:44 - Frédéric Levac (1) |3-3-1 = Jason Troini (3) - 4:57

Alex Tanguay (2) - 6:54 Jamie Brown (2) - 12:45 François Sasseville (4) - sh - 18:01 |3-3-2 = 15:22 - Sam Gagnon (2) |goalie3-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 37 shots) |goalie3-2 = Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 30 shots)

|4-1-1 = Marc Chouinard (2) - pp - 4:25 |4-1-2 = 4:25 - Patrick Savard (4) |4-2-1 = No scoring |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = 1:08 - Martin Pouliot (1) 2:46 - Alexandre Mathieu (1) |4-3-2 = 10:12 - Mathieu Normandin (2) |goalie4-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots) |goalie4-2 = Luc Vaillancourt (31 saves / 34 shots)

(D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Vincent Lecavalier (1) - 8:29 |1-2-1 = 3:27 - sh - David Gosselin (1) 4:44 - Frédéric Bouchard (1) 8:48 - Frédéric Bouchard (2) 18:39 - David Gosselin (2) |1-2-2 = Éric Bélanger (1) - pp - 17:19 |1-3-1 = 2:42 - Denis Hamel (1) 11:29 - Marc Bouchard (1) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Marc Denis (18 saves / 20 shots) |goalie1-2 = Nicolas Chabot (43 saves / 49 shots)

|2-1-1 = 4:32 - sh - Denis Hamel (2) 8:53 - pp - Bruce Richardson (1) |2-1-2 = Jonathan Beaulieu (1) - 5:46 Éric Normandin (1) - 13:34 |2-2-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = Derrick Walser (1) - pp - 12:41 Éric Bélanger (2) - 16:33 |2-3-1 = 7:00 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (3) |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Marc Denis (28 saves / 32 shots) |goalie2-2 = Nicolas Chabot (32 saves / 35 shots)

|3-1-1 = Marc Bouchard (2) - pp - 10:46 |3-1-2 = 14:47 - Vincent Lecavalier (2) |3-2-1 = David Gosselin (3) - pp - 2:55 David Gosselin (4) - 3:44 |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = Pavel Smirnov (1) - 3:25 Sacha Fillion (1) - 4:10 David Gosselin (5) - pp - 5:56 Ramzi Abid (1) - 9:14 Frédéric Bouchard (4) - pp - 11:31 Olivier Morin (1) - pp - 19:15 |3-3-2 = 2:56 - pp - Russell Smith (1) 7:40 - Martin Poitras (1) 14:03 - pp - Martin Poitras (2) 14:14 - Derrick Walser (2) |goalie3-1 = Marc Denis (25 saves / 30 shots) |goalie3-2 = Nicolas Chabot (28 saves / 34 shots) Philippe Sauvé (13 saves / 16 shots)

|4-1-1 = No scoring |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Frédéric Bouchard (5) - pp - 14:34 Frédéric Bouchard (6) - pp - 14:43 |4-2-2 = 3:31 - Mathieu Sunderland (1) 8:05 - Vincent Lecavalier (3) 9:26 - pp - Russell Smith (2) |4-3-1 = Bruce Richardson (2) - 12:00 Marc Bouchard (3) - 12:49 Patrick Gingras (1) - 13:58 David Gosselin (6) - en - 19:02 |4-3-2 = 7:00 - Vincent Lecavalier (4) |goalie4-1 = Marc Denis (30 saves / 34 shots) |goalie4-2 = Nicolas Chabot (40 saves / 46 shots)

Division Semifinals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs

|1-1-1 = 10:25 - pp - Martin Ménard (1) 12:54 - Martin Ménard (2) 14:46 - Colin White (1) 15:24 - Colin White (2) 16:33 - Marty Johnston (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 0:22 - pp - Pavel Rosa (1) 2:40 - Mario Larocque (1) 4:20 - Mario Larocque (2) |1-2-2 = Philippe Plante (2) - pp - 4:45 Jasmin Gélinas (1) - 7:36 |1-3-1 = 0:43 - Jonathan Delisle (1) 7:58 - Donald MacLean (1) |1-3-2 = Ľuboš Bartečko (1) - 0:59 |goalie1-1 = Martin Biron (30 saves / 33 shots) |goalie1-2 = Martin Bradette (34 saves / 40 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (8 saves / 12 shots)

|2-1-1 = 10:46 - pp - Peter Worrell (1) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 1:19 - sh - Christian Dubé (1) 7:51 - pp - Francis Bélanger (1) 17:27 - Pavel Rosa (2) |2-2-2 = Gordie Dwyer (5) - 11:33 |2-3-1 = 6:30 - Donald MacLean (2) 13:38 - Donald MacLean (3) 15:06 - pp - Donald MacLean (4) 16:26 - Martin Ménard (3) |2-3-2 = Karol Bartanus (1) - 1:35 |goalie2-1 = Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots) |goalie2-2 = Martin Bradette (35 saves / 43 shots)

|3-1-1 = Martin Ménard (4) - 19:03 |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Jonathan Delisle (2) - 5:11 Pavel Rosa (3) - 5:22 Donald MacLean (5) - pp - 11:45 Christian Dubé (2) - 18:33 |3-2-2 = 0:58 - pp - Daniel Brière (4) 7:24 - Daniel Brière (5) 10:03 - pp - Daniel Brière (6) 14:59 - pp - Frédérick Jobin (2) |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = 9:54 - pp - Steve Tardif (1) 13:34 - Derrick Pyke (1) |goalie3-1 = Martin Biron (10 saves / 14 shots) Christian Bronsard (9 saves / 11 shots) |goalie3-2 = Pierre-Luc Therrien (24 saves / 27 shots) Martin Bradette (27 saves / 29 shots)

|4-1-1 = No scoring |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Martin Éthier (1) - 15:52 Christian Dubé (3) - 17:04 Martin Ménard (5) - pp - 19:56 |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = Christian Dubé (4) - 4:01 Jonathan Delisle (3) - 12:38 Jonathan Delisle (4) - 14:51 |4-3-2 = 5:58 - pp - Jean-Philippe Doyon (1) 6:23 - Gordie Dwyer (6) 19:20 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (3) |goalie4-1 = Christian Bronsard (28 saves / 31 shots) |goalie4-2 = Martin Bradette (30 saves / 36 shots)

|5-1-1 = 0:20 - Éric Naud (1) 2:32 - Pavel Rosa (4) 3:13 - Donald MacLean (6) 7:41 - Colin White (3) 9:00 - sh - Christian Dubé (5) 15:57 - pp - Pavel Rosa (5) |5-1-2 = Daniel Brière (7) - pp - 10:22 |5-2-1 = 7:54 - Donald MacLean (7) |5-2-2 = No scoring |5-3-1 = 14:12 - Pavel Rosa (6) 17:58 - Jaret Sledz (1) |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Martin Biron (26 saves / 27 shots) |goalie5-2 = Martin Bradette (14 saves / 20 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (16 saves / 19 shots)

(L2) Granby Prédateurs vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

|1-1-1 = 16:47 - Christian Daigle (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 13:18 - Daniel Payette (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 7:45 - Philippe Audet (1) 9:35 - Xavier Delisle (1) |1-3-2 = Olexei Lazarenko (5) - 8:34 |goalie1-1 = Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 21 shots) |goalie1-2 = Roberto Luongo (35 saves / 39 shots)

|2-1-1 = 2:53 - pp - Daniel Payette (2) 17:25 - Jean-François Brunelle (1) |2-1-2 = Dominic Chiasson (3) - pp - 11:01 |2-2-1 = 9:18 - pp - Yannick Dupont (1) |2-2-2 = Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2) - 2:55 |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Daniel Bienvenue (2) - 2:46 Yanick Evola (1) - pp - 8:15 Daniel Bienvenue (3) - 9:42 Olexei Lazarenko (6) - 10:17 |goalie2-1 = Frédéric Henry (31 saves / 37 shots) |goalie2-2 = Roberto Luongo (30 saves / 33 shots)

|3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = 2:20 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (3) 10:40 - Daniel Bienvenue (4) |3-2-1 = Daniel Payette (3) - 5:51 Philippe Audet (2) - 18:50 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = Samy Nasreddine (1) - pp - 5:41 |3-3-2 = 7:39 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (4) |3-4-1 = No scoring |3-4-2 = 2:44 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (5) |goalie3-1 = Frédéric Henry (19 saves / 23 shots) |goalie3-2 = Roberto Luongo (36 saves / 39 shots)

|4-1-1 = Philippe Audet (3) - pp - 15:52 |4-1-2 = 0:59 - Yanick Evola (2) 4:06 - pp - Dominic Chiasson (4) 9:01 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (4) 9:45 - Lucio DeMartinis (2) 19:18 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (6) |4-2-1 = Philippe Audet (4) - 3:22 |4-2-2 = 13:47 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (7) 15:10 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (8) |4-3-1 = No scoring |4-3-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Frédéric Henry (25 saves / 31 shots) Francis Larivée (0 saves / 1 shot) |goalie4-2 = Roberto Luongo (38 saves / 40 shots) Patrick Couture (0 saves / 0 shots)

|5-1-1 = 2:56 - Christian Daigle (2) |5-1-2 = Dominic Chiasson (5) - sh - 8:56 |5-2-1 = 6:54 - pp - Yannick Dupont (2) |5-2-2 = No scoring |5-3-1 = No scoring |5-3-2 = Yanick Evola (3) - 3:44 Yanick Evola (4) - pp - 11:51 |goalie5-1 = Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 23 shots) |goalie5-2 = Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 33 shots)

Dilio Division

(D1) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Denis Hamel (3) - sh - 19:59 |1-2-1 = 3:32 - Christian Robichaud (1) 13:25 - pp - Patrick Grandmaître (1) |1-2-2 = Frédéric Bouchard (8) - pp - 4:54 |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = Frédéric Bouchard (9) - 7:47 |goalie1-1 = Mathieu Garon (28 saves / 31 shots) |goalie1-2 = Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)

|2-1-1 = 15:11 - Emmanuel Labranche (1) |2-1-2 = Frédéric Bouchard (10) - 8:42 |2-2-1 = 5:12 - Christian Robichaud (2) 9:03 - sh - David Thibeault (1) 12:28 - Michel Massie (1) |2-2-2 = Denis Hamel (4) - 6:15 |2-3-1 = 9:35 - pp - Carl Paradis (1) |2-3-2 = Radoslav Suchý (1) - 14:51 |goalie2-1 = Mathieu Garon (57 saves / 60 shots) |goalie2-2 = Marc Denis (19 saves / 24 shots)

|3-1-1 = David Thibeault (2) - pp - 8:36 Christian Robichaud (3) - 10:28 |3-1-2 = 12:47 - pp - Sébastien Bêty (1) 17:50 - pp - Radoslav Suchý (2) |3-2-1 = No scoring |3-2-2 = 4:57 - Sacha Fillion (2) 7:34 - Sébastien Bêty (2) 17:52 - Denis Hamel (5) |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = 0:30 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (11) 15:11 - pp - Olivier Morin (2) |goalie3-1 = Mathieu Garon (23 saves / 29 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (12 saves / 13 shots) |goalie3-2 = Marc Denis (26 saves / 28 shots) Rémi Bergeron (1 save / 1 shot)

|4-1-1 = Michel Massie (2) - pp - 7:45 |4-1-2 = 10:29 - sh - Denis Hamel (6) 13:39 - sh - David Gosselin (7) |4-2-1 = No scoring |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = David Thibeault (3) - pp - 12:34 |4-3-2 = No scoring |4-4-1 = No scoring |4-4-2 = 1:08 - Denis Hamel (7) |goalie4-1 = Mathieu Garon (38 saves / 41 shots) |goalie4-2 = Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)

|5-1-1 = No scoring |5-1-2 = No scoring |5-2-1 = 7:07 - François Pagé (1) 15:26 - pp - Michel Massie (3) 15:50 - François Cloutier (1) |5-2-2 = Radoslav Suchý (3) - pp - 8:25 |5-3-1 = 18:23 - sh - en - Patrick Grandmaître (2) |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Mathieu Garon (36 saves / 37 shots) |goalie5-2 = Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)

|6-1-1 = No scoring |6-1-2 = 2:34 - pp - Denis Hamel (8) 14:56 - Radoslav Suchý (4) |6-2-1 = No scoring |6-2-2 = 1:12 - Frédéric Bouchard (12) 19:07 - pp - Marc Bouchard (4) |6-3-1 = No scoring |6-3-2 = 5:34 - Patrick Gingras (2) 5:51 - Radoslav Suchý (5) 8:55 - Bruce Richardson (3) |goalie6-1 = Mathieu Garon (33 saves / 40 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (3 saves / 3 shots) |goalie6-2 = Marc Denis (19 saves / 19 shots)

(D2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (D3) Halifax Mooseheads

|1-1-1 = 8:37 - pp - Guy Loranger (1) 17:56 - David Beauregard (1) |1-1-2 = Jody Shelley (2) - pp - 11:10 |1-2-1 = 15:27 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (1) |1-2-2 = Alex Tanguay (3) - 5:12 Marc Chouinard (3) - 10:49 |1-3-1 = 6:29 - Sylvain Rodier (1) 16:19 - Stéphane Robidas (2) 16:52 - David Beauregard (2) 19:15 - en - Sylvain Rodier (2) |1-3-2 = Martin Pouliot (2) - pp - 1:06 Jamie Brown (3) - 2:11 |goalie1-1 = Sébastien Charpentier (16 saves / 21 shots) |goalie1-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (43 saves / 49 shots)

|2-1-1 = 4:36 - pp - Guy Loranger (2) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Alex Tanguay (4) - 3:23 Todd Row (1) - sh - 14:20 Marc Chouinard (4) - en - 19:37 |goalie2-1 = Sébastien Charpentier (26 saves / 28 shots) |goalie2-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (34 saves / 35 shots)

|3-1-1 = Sylvain Rodier (3) - 0:40 Roberto Baldris (1) - 1:40 Stéphane Robidas (3) - pp - 10:33 |3-1-2 = 5:48 - Jamie Brown (4) |3-2-1 = Sylvain Rodier (4) - 11:27 Guy Loranger (3) - 15:22 |3-2-2 = 3:48 - Marc Chouinard (5) 18:58 - Éric Laplante (1) |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = 2:09 - Jason Troini (4) 12:19 - Andrew Gilby (2) |3-4-1 = Alexandre Jacques (1) - 3:31 |3-4-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Sébastien Charpentier (35 saves / 40 shots) |goalie3-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (25 saves / 31 shots)

|4-1-1 = Guy Loranger (4) - pp - 3:35 |4-1-2 = 8:37 - pp - Jamie Brown (5) 14:43 - Jamie Brown (6) |4-2-1 = Guy Loranger (5) - pp - 6:30 |4-2-2 = 15:25 - pp - Jamie Brown (7) |4-3-1 = Peter Šlamiar (1) - 9:25 Jean-Philippe Paré (1) - 19:49 |4-3-2 = 8:53 - Marc Chouinard (6) |4-4-1 = No scoring |4-4-2 = 17:31 - Jamie Brown (8) |goalie4-1 = Sébastien Charpentier (5 saves / 6 shots) Mathieu Chouinard (36 saves / 40 shots) |goalie4-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (41 saves / 45 shots)

|5-1-1 = No scoring |5-1-2 = Martin Pouliot (3) - 4:38 |5-2-1 = 18:53 - pp - Alexandre Jacques (2) |5-2-2 = No scoring |5-3-1 = 9:19 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (4) 10:16 - Jean-Philippe Paré (2) 17:51 - David Bahl (1) |5-3-2 = Jody Shelley (3) - pp - 0:21 François Sasseville (5) - pp - 1:37 |goalie5-1 = Mathieu Chouinard (14 saves / 17 shots) |goalie5-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (42 saves / 46 shots)

|6-1-1 = Alexandre Jacques (3) - 0:12 François Méthot (1) - pp - 9:16 |6-1-2 = 13:48 - François Sasseville (6) |6-2-1 = No scoring |6-2-2 = 9:16 - pp - Jamie Brown (9) |6-3-1 = No scoring |6-3-2 = 3:44 - Jody Shelley (4) 5:44 - Marc Chouinard (7) |goalie6-1 = Mathieu Chouinard (35 saves / 39 shots) |goalie6-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)

|7-1-1 = No scoring |7-1-2 = Jean-Simon Lemay (2) - 8:05 Jean-Simon Lemay (3) - 14:38 |7-2-1 = 12:54 - David-Alexandre Beauregard (3) |7-2-2 = Jamie Brown (10) - 8:42 François Sasseville (7) - pp - 15:23 |7-3-1 = 6:07 - Jean-Philippe Paré (3) 8:53 - pp - François Méthot (2) |7-3-2 = Todd Row (2) - en - 19:47 |goalie7-1 = Mathieu Chouinard (20 saves / 24 shots) |goalie7-2 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (52 saves / 55 shots)

Division Finals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

|1-1-1 = 4:04 - pp - Pavel Rosa (7) 15:25 - Martin Ménard (6) 15:40 - Jonathan Delisle (5) |1-1-2 = Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5) - pp - 0:59 Marc-Étienne Hubert (2) - 10:50 |1-2-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 6:30 - Martin Éthier (2) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Martin Biron (18 saves / 20 shots) |goalie1-2 = Roberto Luongo (34 saves / 38 shots)

|2-1-1 = 8:28 - pp - Christian Dubé (6) 15:43 - Éric Naud (2) |2-1-2 = Olexei Lazarenko (7) - 17:27 |2-2-1 = 8:22 - Pavel Rosa (8) |2-2-2 = Martin Lacaille (2) - pp - 13:28 |2-3-1 = 8:02 - Jonathan Delisle (6) 18:19 - pp - Pavel Rosa (9) 19:51 - Francis Bélanger (2) |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Christian Bronsard (17 saves / 19 shots) |goalie2-2 = Roberto Luongo (32 saves / 38 shots)

|3-1-1 = Martin Ménard (7) - pp - 8:22 Martin Ménard (8) - 16:24 Francis Nault (1) - 18:19 |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Steven Low (1) - 8:35 Pavel Rosa (10) - pp - 18:08 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = Francis Nault (2) - 13:58 |3-3-2 = 10:05 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (9) |goalie3-1 = Christian Bronsard (21 saves / 22 shots) |goalie3-2 = Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 36 shots) Patrick Couture (11 saves / 12 shots)

|4-1-1 = Pavel Rosa (11) - 11:48 |4-1-2 = 19:59 - Yanick Evola (5) |4-2-1 = Martin Ménard (9) - pp - 6:38 Martin Ménard (10) - 9:13 |4-2-2 = 2:55 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (5) 8:35 - pp - Jonathan Fauteux (1) |4-3-1 = Steven Low (2) - pp - 16:38 |4-3-2 = 14:10 - Lucio DeMartinis (3) |4-4-1 = No scoring |4-4-2 = 14:24 - François Hardy (1) |goalie4-1 = Martin Biron (24 saves / 29 shots) |goalie4-2 = Roberto Luongo (45 saves / 49 shots)

|5-1-1 = 2:20 - Donald MacLean (8) 15:58 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (7) |5-1-2 = No scoring |5-2-1 = 6:56 - Pavel Rosa (12) 9:55 - Marty Johnston (2) |5-2-2 = Lee Cousineau (1) - 10:50 |5-3-1 = 13:26 - Pavel Rosa (13) |5-3-2 = Daniel Bienvenue (6) - pp - 4:09 |goalie5-1 = Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots) |goalie5-2 = Roberto Luongo (37 saves / 42 shots)

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

|1-1-1 = 3:59 - Alexandre Mathieu (2) |1-1-2 = Patrick Gingras (3) - 5:34 Frédéric Bouchard (13) - pp - 18:12 |1-2-1 = 8:34 - François Sasseville (8) 18:36 - Elias Abrahamsson (2) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = Denis Hamel (9) - 13:07 |1-4-1 = No scoring |1-4-2 = Marc Bouchard (5) - 3:26 |goalie1-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (36 saves / 40 shots) |goalie1-2 = Marc Denis (29 saves / 32 shots)

|2-1-1 = 2:18 - pp - Marc Chouinard (8) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 6:47 - Éric Laplante (2) 13:39 - pp - Jody Shelley (5) |2-2-2 = Frédéric Bouchard (14) - 11:24 |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Olivier Morin (3) - 7:41 |goalie2-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots) |goalie2-2 = Marc Denis (24 saves / 27 shots)

|3-1-1 = Todd Row (3) - 10:06 |3-1-2 = 5:14 - pp - Bruce Richardson (4) 12:53 - Patrick Gingras (4) |3-2-1 = Jody Shelley (6) - pp - 19:31 |3-2-2 = 16:58 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (15) |3-3-1 = Marc Chouinard (9) - sh - 12:12 |3-3-2 = 7:39 - Denis Hamel (10) 19:19 - sh - en - Sacha Fillion (3) |goalie3-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 35 shots) |goalie3-2 = Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)

|4-1-1 = Marc Chouinard (10) - sh - 11:01 |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Elias Abrahamsson (3) - pp - 4:21 |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = Jason Troini (5) - pp - 16:23 Todd Row (4) - en - 18:06 |4-3-2 = 13:24 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (16) |goalie4-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 31 shots) Martin Bilodeau (16 saves / 17 shots) |goalie4-2 = Marc Denis (14 saves / 17 shots)

|5-1-1 = No scoring |5-1-2 = Radoslav Suchý (6) - pp - 6:52 |5-2-1 = 7:33 - Jamie Brown (11) 8:16 - François Sasseville (9) 18:25 - Éric Laplante (3) |5-2-2 = Frédéric Bouchard (17) - 2:57 Olivier Morin (4) - 17:40 |5-3-1 = 15:48 - Elias Abrahamsson (4) 19:37 - sh - en - François Sasseville (10) |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Martin Bilodeau (29 saves / 32 shots) |goalie5-2 = Marc Denis (36 saves / 40 shots)

|6-1-1 = No scoring |6-1-2 = 2:54 - pp - Denis Hamel (11) 14:01 - pp - Marc Bouchard (6) 14:59 - Mathieu Benoît (1) |6-2-1 = Jamie Brown (12) - sh - 19:41 |6-2-2 = 1:53 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (18) 4:39 - Patrick Gingras (5) |6-3-1 = Jason Troini (6) - 17:54 |6-3-2 = 1:10 - pp - Denis Hamel (12) 2:40 - Bruce Richardson (5) 3:12 - pp - Olivier Morin (5) 19:08 - pp - Patrick Gingras (6) |goalie6-1 = Martin Bilodeau (23 saves / 28 shots) Steve Mongrain (30 saves / 34 shots) |goalie6-2 = Marc Denis (13 saves / 14 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)

|7-1-1 = No scoring |7-1-2 = Marc Bouchard (7) - 4:05 |7-2-1 = 15:03 - Andrew Gilby (3) |7-2-2 = Sébastien Bêty (3) - 2:43 Bruce Richardson (6) - 8:41 Frédéric Bouchard (19) - 15:24 |7-3-1 = No scoring |7-3-2 = Denis Hamel (13) - 13:34 |goalie7-1 = Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 15 shots) Martin Bilodeau (14 saves / 15 shots) |goalie7-2 = Marc Denis (28 saves / 29 shots)

President's Cup Finals

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

|1-1-1 = 7:08 - pp - Christian Dubé (7) |1-1-2 = Bruce Richardson (7) - 1:19 |1-2-1 = 3:12 - Éric Hunter (1) 7:42 - Jonathan Delisle (8) 14:22 - Ryan Lauzon (1) 16:29 - Matthieu Descoteaux (1) |1-2-2 = Ramzi Abid (2) - 6:02 |1-3-1 = 4:51 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (9) 6:45 - pp - Martin Ménard (11) 11:02 - Marty Johnston (3) |1-3-2 = Denis Hamel (14) - pp - 9:25 |goalie1-1 = Christian Bronsard (33 saves / 36 shots) |goalie1-2 = Marc Denis (17 saves / 24 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)

|2-1-1 = 17:01 - pp - Donald MacLean (9) |2-1-2 = Patrick Gingras (7) - 19:19 |2-2-1 = 2:16 - pp - Steven Low (3) 2:56 - Donald MacLean (10) 13:30 - Jonathan Delisle (10) |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Mathieu Benoît (2) - pp - 1:12 Frédéric Bouchard (20) - 14:34 |goalie2-1 = Christian Bronsard (24 saves / 27 shots) |goalie2-2 = Marc Denis (38 saves / 42 shots)

|3-1-1 = Pavel Rosa (14) - 5:37 |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Pavel Rosa (15) - 3:02 Donald MacLean (11) - 4:10 Pavel Rosa (16) - 19:18 |3-2-2 = 9:50 - Marc Bouchard (8) |3-3-1 = Martin Ménard (12) - 4:40 Jonathan Delisle (11) - 10:32 |3-3-2 = 0:57 - Frédéric Bouchard (21) |goalie3-1 = Christian Bronsard (40 saves / 42 shots) |goalie3-2 = Marc Denis (28 saves / 34 shots)

|4-1-1 = Peter Worrell (2) - pp - 6:42 Peter Worrell (3) - 7:08 Pavel Rosa (17) - 11:53 |4-1-2 = 17:17 - Patrick Gingras (8) |4-2-1 = Éric Naud (3) - 11:11 |4-2-2 = 4:10 - David Gosselin (8) 13:26 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (22) 16:34 - David Gosselin (9) |4-3-1 = Éric Naud (4) - 11:03 Pavel Rosa (18) - 19:55 |4-3-2 = 8:03 - Denis Hamel (15) |goalie4-1 = Martin Biron (20 saves / 24 shots) Christian Bronsard (11 saves / 12 shots) |goalie4-2 = Marc Denis (40 saves / 46 shots)

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Playoff 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

All-star teams

;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 Suchý, 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

;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

References

• Official QMJHL Website
• www.hockeydb.com/

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