2008–09 QMJHL season
Sports season
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
Notable dates
Offseason
Regular season
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
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
x - team clinched QMJHL Playoff spot
z - team has clinched division
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
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
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 Michaël 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 Étienne Brodeur (LW)
Val-d'Or Foreurs Alex Noël (RW)
Gatineau Olympiques Yoan Pinette (RW)
Acadie-Bathurst Titan Stefan Fournier (RW)
Drummondville Voltigeurs Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc (D)
2008 NHL Entry Draft
In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft .
Trades
Date
Deal made
January 8, 2009
To Shawinigan Cataractes
Mathieu Bolduc
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
1st round pick, 2011
January 8, 2009
To Montreal Juniors
Philippe Fontaine
To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
5th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009
To Gatineau Olympiques
Dave Nolin John Esposito
To Victoriaville Tigres
Bradley MacDonald 2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Artem Demkov
To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009
To Shawinigan Cataractes
Nicolas Marcoux-Larocque
To Saint John Sea Dogs
5th round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads )
January 8, 2009
To Shawinigan Cataractes
Maxime Macenauer
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Brad Yetman 4th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Francis Schanck
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
10th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009
To PEI Rocket
Jarrad Struthers
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
2nd round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) 3rd round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan )
January 8, 2009
To Halifax Mooseheads
Andrew Smith
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Louis Leblanc Maxim Guérin Marc-André Carré
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
3rd round pick, 2009 9th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009
To Moncton Wildcats
Tomy Joly
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Julien Tremblay 2nd round pick, 2009 (Victoriaville Tigres ) 2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Jeremie Blain
To Victoriaville Tigres
Olivier Jannard 4th round pick, 2010 5th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009
To Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Anthony Taylor
To Montreal Juniors
Félix-Antoine Poulin
January 8, 2009
To Saint John Sea Dogs
Olivier Ouellet
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
2nd round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes )
January 7, 2009
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
Keven Charland-Guérette
To Saint John Sea Dogs
3rd round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads )
January 7, 2009
To Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Nathan Dunnett 7th round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies ) 3rd round pick, 2010
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Marco Cousineau
January 7, 2009
To Gatineau Olympiques
3rd round pick, 2009
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
3rd round pick, 2010 (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
January 7, 2009
To Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Jordan Bernier Charles Vouligny
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
5th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
January 7, 2009
To Baie-Comeau Drakkar
François Lacerte 4th round pick, 2009 (Lewiston Maineiacs )
To Rimouski Océanic
Maxime Ouimet
January 7, 2009
To Victoriaville Tigres
Tyler Noseworthy
To Moncton Wildcats
6th round pick, 2010
January 7, 2009
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
Michel Kowalew
To Montreal Juniors
10th round pick, 2009
January 6, 2009
To Saint John Sea Dogs
Mathieu Gingras Simon Giroux 1st round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Christopher DiDomenico
January 5, 2009
To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Brad Tesink
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Olivier Dame-Malka
January 6, 2009
To Rimouski Océanic
Marc-André Bourdon Matthew Dopud Justin MacNaughton
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
1st round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts ) 2nd round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) 7th round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 4th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009
To Halifax Mooseheads
Pascal Amyot 1st round pick, 2009 (EU)
To Saint John Sea Dogs
1st round pick, 2009 (EU) 4th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009
To Shawinigan Cataractes
Alex Grant 5th round pick, 2010
to Saint John Sea Dogs
Danick Gauthier 2nd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009
To Rimouski Océanic
Jason Demers
To Victoriaville Tigres
8th round pick, 2009
January 5, 2009
To Quebec Remparts
Alexandre Néron
To Rimouski Océanic
1st round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009
January 2, 2009
To Gatineau Olympiques
Alexei Dostoinov
To Saint John Sea Dogs
5th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Drew Paris
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
4th round pick, 2009 4th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
Matthew Lachaine Jeremiah Coon-Come
To PEI Rocket
Jason Legault Maxime Lévesque
December 31, 2008
To Shawinigan Cataractes
Nicolas Deslongchamps 9th round pick, 2009
To Victoriaville Tigres
Jean-Michel Fortier
December 30, 2008
To Moncton Wildcats
Joe Dillon
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
12th round pick, 2009
December 30, 2008
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Mickael Audette
To Quebec Remparts
2nd round pick, 2009 (Drummondville Voltigeurs )
December 29, 2008
To Val-d'Or Foreurs ----
Sasha Famin
To Moncton Wildcats
Mitch Morgan 3rd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 (EU)
December 27, 2008
To Shawinigan Cataractes
4th round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes)
To Lewiston Maineiacs
5th round pick, 2009
December 27, 2008
To Halifax Mooseheads
Jan Stransky
To Gatineau Olympiques
5th round pick, 2010 (Chicoutimi Saguenéens )
December 26, 2008
To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Michael Ward Stephen Horyl
To Lewiston Maineiacs
Samuel Finn Murdock MacLellan 5th round pick, 2010
December 26, 2008
To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Taylor MacDougall
To Montreal Juniors
Jérémy Gouchie
December 23, 2008
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Gabriel Coté
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
7th round pick, 2009 (Val-d'Or Foreurs )
December 23, 2008
To Rimouski Océanic
Logan MacMillan
to Halifax Mooseheads
Guillaume Pelletier 4th round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010 2nd round pick, 2011 3rd round pick, 2011
December 22, 2008
To Saint John Sea Dogs
Benjamin Lecomte
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
6th round pick, 2009 (Rimouski Océanic )
December 22, 2008
To Lewiston Maineiacs
Nick Huard
To Victoriaville Tigres
Pierre-Luc Pelletier
December 22, 2008
To PEI Rocket
Joel ChampagneChristopher Guay 6th round pick, 2010
To Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Mathieu Tousignant 6th round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts )
December 22, 2008
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Marc-Antoine Dupuis
To Acadie-Bathurst
8th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
December 20, 2008
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
Raphael Neiderer
To PEI Rocket
William Beaudoin
December 20, 2008
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Danick Malouin
To PEI Rocket
3rd round pick, 2009
November 25, 2008
To Gatineau Olympiques
Kyle Paige
To Saint John Sea Dogs
9th round pick, 2010
October 15, 2008
To Drummondville Voltigeurs
Patrik Prokop
To Gatineau Olympiques
6th round pick, 2008 (Gatineau Olympiques) 3rd round pick, 2010
October 9, 2008
To Halifax Mooseheads
Radek Vlasanek
To Acadie-Bathurst Titan
5th round pick, 2010
October 6, 2008
To Val-d'Or Foreurs
Francois Gauthier 5th round pick, 2009
To Saint John Sea Dogs
1st round pick, 2009 (EU)
October 1, 2008
To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Antoine Lafleur
To PEI Rocket
8th round pick (Drummondville Voltigeurs )
September 20, 2008
To Quebec Remparts
Maxime Pomerleau
To Halifax Mooseheads
7th round pick, 2009
Off-season
QMJHL Playoffs
Overview
First round
Division Telus Centre
(1C) Drummondville vs. (4C) Lewiston
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Lewiston 3
12 Drummondville
March 21
Lewiston 1
10 Drummondville
March 24
Drummondville 7
2 Lewiston
March 25
Drummondville 9
3 Lewiston
Drummondville wins 4–0
(2C) Shawinigan vs. (3C) Victoriaville
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Victoriaville 2
5 Shawinigan
March 21
Victoriaville 1
7 Shawinigan
March 24
Shawinigan 4
3 Victoriaville (OT)
March 25
Shawinigan 2
1 Victoriaville (OT)
Shawinigan wins 4–0
Division Telus Est
(1E) Québec vs. (4E) Baie-Comeau
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Baie-Comeau 1
8 Québec
March 21
Baie-Comeau 2
5 Québec
March 24
Québec 3
4 Baie-Comeau
March 25
Québec 5
2 Baie-Comeau
March 27
Baie-Comeau 1
7 Québec
Québec wins 4–1
(2E) Rimouski vs. (3E) Chicoutimi
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Chicoutimi 2
8 Rimouski
March 21
Chicoutimi 1
5 Rimouski
March 24
Rimouski 6
3 Chicoutimi
March 25
Rimouski 4
3 Chicoutimi
Rimouski wins 4–0
Division Atlantique
(1A) Moncton vs. (4A) P.E.I.
Date
Away
Home
March 20
P.E.I. 1
7 Moncton
March 21
P.E.I. 0
5 Moncton
March 24
Moncton 3
2 P.E.I. (OT)
March 25
Moncton 4
5 P.E.I.
March 28
P.E.I. 3
4 Moncton
Moncton wins 4–1
(2A) Cape Breton vs. (3A) Saint John
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Saint John 4
5 Cape Breton (OT)
March 21
Saint John 2
5 Cape Breton
March 24
Cape Breton 8
3 Saint John
March 25
Cape Breton 3
2 Saint John
Cape Breton wins 4–0
Division Telus Ouest
(1O) Gatineau vs. (5A) Acadie-Bathurst
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Acadie-Bathurst 4
5 Gatineau (OT)
March 21
Acadie-Bathurst 2
8 Gatineau
March 24
Gatineau 3
5 Acadie-Bathurst
March 25
Gatineau 4
0 Acadie-Bathurst
March 27
Gatineau 4
3 Acadie-Bathurst (OT)
Gatineau wins 4–1
(2O) Montréal vs. (3O) Rouyn-Noranda
Date
Away
Home
March 20
Rouyn-Noranda 3
5 Montréal
March 21
Rouyn-Noranda 4
3 Montréal
March 24
Montréal 4
1 Rouyn-Noranda
March 25
Montréal 2
3 Rouyn-Noranda
March 27
Rouyn-Noranda 0
7 Montréal
March 29
Montréal 4
3 Rouyn-Noranda
Montréal wins 4–2
Quarter-finals
(1) Drummondville vs. (8) Montréal
Date
Away
Home
March 29
Montréal 4
3 Drummondville
April 3
Montréal 1
7 Drummondville
April 4
Drummondville 4
3 Montréal (OT)
April 7
Drummondville 6
1 Montréal
April 8
Drummondville 5
3 Montréal
Drummondville wins 4–1
(2) Moncton vs. (7) Rimouski
Date
Away
Home
April 3
Rimouski 2
1 Moncton
April 4
Rimouski 0
3 Moncton
April 7
Moncton 2
3 Rimouski (OT)
April 8
Moncton 2
4 Rimouski
April 10
Rimouski 1
0 Moncton
Rimouski wins 4–1
(3) Québec vs. (6) Cape Breton
Date
Away
Home
April 3
Cape Breton 3
2 Québec (OT)
April 5
Cape Breton 5
3 Québec
April 7
Québec 3
2 Cape Breton
April 8
Québec 5
2 Cape Breton
April 10
Québec 2
3 Cape Breton
April 13
Cape Breton 0
3 Québec
April 14
Cape Breton 0
3 Québec
Québec wins 4–3
(4) Gatineau vs. (5) Shawinigan
Date
Away
Home
April 3
Shawinigan 4
3 Gatineau
April 4
Shawinigan 3
5 Gatineau
April 7
Gatineau 3
6 Shawinigan
April 8
Gatineau 2
4 Shawinigan
April 10
Shawinigan 5
2 Gatineau
Shawinigan wins 4–1
Semi-finals
(1) Drummondville vs. (7) Rimouski
Date
Away
Home
April 17
Rimouski 1
8 Drummondville
April 19
Rimouski 3
4 Drummondville
April 21
Drummondville 6
4 Rimouski
April 22
Drummondville 7
2 Rimouski
Drummondville wins 4–0
(3) Québec vs. (5) Shawinigan
Date
Away
Home
April 17
Shawinigan 2
4 Québec
April 18
Shawinigan 4
3 Québec
April 21
Québec 1
4 Shawinigan
April 22
Québec 4
5 Shawinigan
April 24
Shawinigan 6
1 Québec
Shawinigan wins 4–1
QMJHL Championship
(1) Drummondville vs. (5) Shawinigan
Date
Away
Home
May 1
Shawinigan 1
2 Drummondville
May 2
Shawinigan 5
3 Drummondville
May 5
Drummondville 5
4 Shawinigan
May 6
Drummondville 9
2 Shawinigan
May 8
Shawinigan 4
1 Drummondville
May 10
Drummondville 1
2 Shawinigan (OT)
May 12
Shawinigan 2
3 Drummondville
Drummondville wins 4–3
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]
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Date
Visitor
Score
Home
Attendance
Location
Recap
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
Second team
Rookie team
Trophies and awards
Team
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
See also
References
External links
Links to related articles
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