# 2008–09 QMJHL 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

* 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 6 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.

### 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 clinched division

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Yannick Riendeau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 64 | 58 | 68 | 126 | 31 |
| Dany Massé | 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 |
| Félix 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 |
| 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 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 | 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 Champagne Christopher 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 | First Round | First Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | QMJHL Championships | QMJHL Championships | QMJHL Championships |
| 1C | Drummondville | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4C | Lewiston | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4C | Lewiston | 0 | 1 | Drummondville | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Montreal | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2O | Montreal | 4 | 8 | Montreal | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 3O | Rouyn-Noranda | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3O | Rouyn-Noranda | 2 | | | | 1 | Drummondville | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Rimouski | 0 | | | | |
| 1A | Moncton | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | Rimouski | 0 | | | | |
| 4A | P.E.I. | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4A | P.E.I. | 1 | 2 | Moncton | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Rimouski | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2E | Rimouski | 4 | 7 | Rimouski | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3E | Chicoutimi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3E | Chicoutimi | 0 | | | | | | | | 1 | Drummondville | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Shawinigan | 3 |
| 1E | Quebec | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Shawinigan | 3 |
| 4E | Baie-Comeau | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4E | Baie-Comeau | 1 | 3 | Quebec | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Cape Breton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2A | Cape Breton | 4 | 6 | Cape Breton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 3A | Saint John | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3A | Saint John | 0 | | | | 3 | Quebec | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | | | | |
| 1O | Gatineau | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | | | | |
| 5A | Acadie-Bathurst | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5A | Acadie-Bathurst | 1 | 4 | Gatineau | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2C | Shawinigan | 4 | 5 | Shawinigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3C | Victoriaville | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### First round
#### (1C) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (4C) Lewiston Maineiacs

* Drummondville won series 4 – 0

#### (2C) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (3C) Victoriaville Tigres

* Shawinigan won series 4 – 0

#### (1A) Moncton Wildcats vs. (4A) P.E.I. Rocket

* Moncton won series 4 – 1

#### (2A) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs. (3A) Saint John Sea Dogs

* Cape Breton won series 4 – 0

#### (1O) Gatineau Olympiques vs. (5A) Acadie–Bathurst Titan

* Gatineau won series 4 – 1

#### (2O) Montreal Junior Hockey Club vs. (3O) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

* Montreal won series 4 – 2

#### (1E) Quebec Remparts vs. (4E) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

* Quebec won series 4 – 1

#### (2E) Rimouski Océanic vs. (3E) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

* Rimouski won series 4 – 0

### Quarter-finals
#### (1) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (8) Montreal Junior Hockey Club

* Drummondville won series 4 – 0

#### (2) Moncton Wildcats vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

* Rimouski won series 4 – 1

#### (3) Quebec Remparts vs. (6) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

* Quebec won series 4 – 3

#### (4) Gatineau Olympiques vs. (5) Shawinigan Cataractes

* Shawinigan won series 4 – 1

### Semi-finals
#### (1) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

* Drummondville won series 4 – 0

#### (3) Quebec Remparts vs. (5) Shawinigan Cataractes

* Shawinigan won series 4 – 1

### QMJHL Championship
#### (1) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (5) Shawinigan Cataractes

* Drummondville won series 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.
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.

### 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. 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.
| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Attendance | Location |
| 1 | November 17, 2008 | Russian Selects | 3–5 | Team QMJHL | 4,378 | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| 2 | November 19, 2008 | Russian Selects | 4–3 | Team QMJHL | 6,451 | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 3 | November 20, 2008 | Russian Selects | 6–3 | Team OHL | 4,751 | Guelph, Ontario |
| 4 | November 24, 2008 | Russian Selects | 2–3 | Team OHL | 3,145 | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 5 | November 26, 2008 | Russian Selects | 0–5 | Team WHL | 2,800 | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| 6 | November 27, 2008 | Russian Selects | 1–2 | Team WHL | 2,749 | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |

## Memorial Cup

The 91st MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.

## 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 - Dany Massé, 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