Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League

The **Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League** (French: _la Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec_, shortened as _QMJHL_ in English, _LHJMQ_ in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which make up the Canadian Hockey League. Because the name of the league is so long, it is sometimes called the "Q". It was known as the **Quebec Major Junior Hockey League** until 2023.

There are 18 teams in the QMJHL that are in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in Canada. One of the New Brunswick teams will move to Newfoundland and Labrador after the 2024–25 season. The winner of the QMJHL plays against the winners of the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League for the Memorial Cup. Many good players go from the QMJHL to the National Hockey League, and nine players from the QMJHL are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

## History

The QMJHL was created in 1969 from two different junior leagues in Quebec, the **Quebec Junior Hockey League** and the **Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League**. These two teams wanted to make a better junior league for the province, so combined teams from their leagues. Eight teams were from the QJHL and two from the MMJHL and another team came from a town in Ontario on the Ontario-Quebec border. Nearly every team was within a close distance of Montreal, the largest city in Quebec, though no team played in Montreal.

In 1972 the QMJHL finally wanted a team in Montreal, and tried to get the Montreal Junior Canadiens, who played in the Ontario Hockey Association, to join. The OHA made a deal with the QMJHL and gave them the Junior Canadiens while creating a new team in a different city to keep an OHA team with the same name.

In December 2023, the league changed its logo and the name of the league to the **Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League**. This was done to recognize the Maritimes teams that are also in the league.

## Member teams

|Division|Team|City|Arena|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Blainville-Boisbriand Armada|Boisbriand, Quebec|Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau||
|Drummondville Voltigeurs|Drummondville, Quebec|Centre Marcel Dionne||
|Gatineau Olympiques|Gatineau, Quebec|Centre Robert Guertin||
|Rouyn-Noranda Huskies|Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec|Aréna Iamgold||
|Sherbrooke Phoenix|Sherbrooke, Quebec|Palais des Sports||
|Val-d'Or Foreurs|Val-d'Or, Quebec|Centre Air Creebec||
|Baie-Comeau Drakkar|Baie-Comeau, Quebec|Centre Henry-Leonard||
|Chicoutimi Saguenéens|Saguenay, Quebec|Centre Georges-Vézina||
|Quebec Remparts|Quebec City, Quebec|Centre Vidéotron||
|Rimouski Océanic|Rimouski, Quebec|Colisée de Rimouski||
|Shawinigan Cataractes|Shawinigan, Quebec|Centre Gervais Auto||
|Victoriaville Tigres|Victoriaville, Quebec|Colisée Desjardins||
|Acadie–Bathurst Titan|Bathurst, New Brunswick|K.C. Irving Regional Centre||
|Cape Breton Eagles|Sydney, Nova Scotia|Centre 200||
|Charlottetown Islanders|Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Eastlink Centre||
|Halifax Mooseheads|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Scotiabank Centre||
|Moncton Wildcats|Moncton, New Brunswick|Avenir Centre||
|Saint John Sea Dogs|Saint John, New Brunswick|TD Station||

## Other websites

- Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Official website
- Canadian Hockey League Official website
- Internet Hockey Database Archive of standings and statistics

## Infobox (sports league)

- **title**: Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
<small>_Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec_</small>
- **current season**: 2024–25 QMJHL season
- **pixels**: 125px
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **founded**: 1969
- **founder**: Robert Lebel (ice hockey), Robert Lebel
- **president**: Gilles Courteau
- **teams**: #Member_teams, 18
- **country**: Canada
- **champion**: Drummondville Voltigeurs (2)
- **most champs**: Gatineau Olympiques (7)
- **tv**: Sportsnet
Sportsnet One
EastLink TV
TVA Sports