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. Shawinigan Cataractes in an intense series they won 4-3.
==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 cliched 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 Masse 	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
Felix 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 Bantam Draft===
===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 CataractesMathieu Bolduc 	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens1st round pick, 2011
January 8, 2009 	To Montreal JuniorsPhilippe Fontaine 	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles5th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009 	To Gatineau OlympiquesDave NolinJohn Esposito 	To Victoriaville TigresBradley MacDonald2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009 	To Acadie-Bathurst TitanArtem Demkov 	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009 	To Shawinigan CataractesNicolas Marcoux-Larocque 	To Saint John Sea Dogs5th round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads)
January 8, 2009 	To Shawinigan CataractesMaxime Macenauer 	To Rouyn-Noranda HuskiesBrad Yetman4th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009 	To Drummondville VoltigeursFrancis Schanck 	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies10th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009 	To PEI RocketJarrad Struthers 	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies2nd round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)3rd round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
January 8, 2009 	To Halifax MooseheadsAndrew Smith 	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009 	To Chicoutimi SaguenéensLouis LeblancMaxim GuérinMarc-André Carré 	To Val-d'Or Foreurs3rd round pick, 20099th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009 	To Moncton WildcatsTomy Joly 	To Acadie-Bathurst TitanJulien Tremblay2nd round pick, 2009 (Victoriaville Tigres)2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009 	To Acadie-Bathurst TitanJérémie Blain 	To Victoriaville TigresOlivier Jannard4th round pick, 20105th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009 	To Baie-Comeau DrakkarAnthony Taylor 	To Montreal JuniorsFélix-Antoine Poulin
January 8, 2009 	To Saint John Sea DogsOlivier Ouellet 	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens2nd round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes)
January 7, 2009 	To Val-d'Or ForeursKeven Charland-Guérette 	To Saint John Sea Dogs3rd round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads)
January 7, 2009 	To Baie-Comeau DrakkarNathan Dunnett7th round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)3rd round pick, 2010	To Drummondville VoltigeursMarco Cousineau
January 7, 2009 	To Gatineau Olympiques3rd round pick, 2009 	To Drummondville Voltigeurs3rd round pick, 2010 (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
January 7, 2009 	To Baie-Comeau DrakkarJordan BernierCharles Vouligny 	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan5th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
January 7, 2009 	To Baie-Comeau DrakkarFrancois Lacerte4th round pick, 2009 (Lewiston MAINEiacs) 	To Rimouski OcéanicMaxime Ouimet
January 7, 2009 	To Victoriaville TigresTyler Noseworthy 	To Moncton Wildcats6th round pick, 2010
January 7, 2009 	To Val-d'Or ForeursMichel Kowalew 	To Montreal Juniors10th round pick, 2009
January 6, 2009 	To Saint John Sea DogsMathieu GingrasSimon Giroux1st round pick, 20092nd round pick, 2010 	To Drummondville VoltigeursChristopher DiDomenico
January 5, 2009 	To Cape Breton Screaming EaglesBrad Tesink 	To Acadie-Bathurst TitanOlivier Dame-Malka
January 6, 2009 	To Rimouski OcéanicMarc-André BourdonMatthew DopudJustin MacNaughton 	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies1st round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts)2nd round pick, 20093rd round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts)7th round pick, 20091st round pick, 20104th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009 	To Halifax MooseheadsPascal Amyot1st round pick, 2009 (EU) 	To Saint John Sea Dogs1st round pick, 2009 (EU)4th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009 	To Shawinigan CataractesAlex Grant5th round pick, 2010 	to Saint John Sea DogsDanick Gauthier2nd round pick, 20091st round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009 	To Rimouski OcéanicJason Demers 	To Victoriaville Tigres8th round pick, 2009
January 5, 2009 	To Quebec RempartsAlexandre Néron 	To Rimouski Océanic1st round pick, 20093rd round pick, 2009
January 2, 2009 	To Gatineau OlympiquesAlexei Dostoinov 	To Saint John Sea Dogs5th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008 	To Chicoutimi SaguenéensDrew Paris 	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan4th round pick, 20094th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008 	To Val-d'Or ForeursMatthew LachaineJeremiah Coon-Come 	To PEI RocketJason LegaultMaxime Lévesque
December 31, 2008 	To Shawinigan CataractesNicolas Deslongchamps9th round pick, 2009 	To Victoriaville TigresJean-Michel Fortier
December 30, 2008 	To Moncton WildcatsJoe Dillon 	To Val-d'Or Foreurs12th round pick, 2009
December 30, 2008 	To Rouyn-Noranda HuskiesMickael Audette 	To Quebec Remparts2nd round pick, 2009 (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
December 29, 2008 	To Val-d'Or ForeursSasha Famin 	To Moncton WildcatsMitch Morgan3rd round pick, 20091st round pick, 2010 (EU)
December 27, 2008 	To Shawinigan Cataractes4th round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes) 	To Lewiston MAINEicas5th round pick, 2009
December 27, 2008 	To Halifax MooseheadsJan Stransky 	To Gatineau Olympiques5th round pick, 2010 (Chicoutimi Saguenées)
December 26, 2008 	To Cape Breton Screaming EaglesMichael WardStephen Horyl 	To Lewiston MAINEiacsSamuel FinnMurdock MacLellan5th round pick, 2010
December 26, 2008 	To Cape Breton Screaming EaglesTaylor MacDougall 	To Montreal JuniorsJérémy Gouchie
December 23, 2008 	To Drummondville VoltigeursGabriel Coté 	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan7th round pick, 2009 (Val-d'Or Foreurs)
December 23, 2008 	To Rimouski OcéanicLogan MacMillan 	to Halifax MooseheadsGuillaume Pelletier4th round pick, 20092nd round pick, 20102nd round pick, 20113rd round pick, 2011
December 22, 2008 	To Saint John Sea DogsBenjamin Lecomte 	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies6th round pick, 2009 (Rimouski Océanic)
December 22, 2008 	To Lewiston MAINEiacsNick Huard 	To Victoriaville TigresPierre-Luc Pelletier
December 22, 2008 	To PEI RocketJoel ChampagneChristopher Guay6th round pick, 2010 	To Chicoutimi SaguenéensMathieu Tousignant6th round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts)
December 22, 2008 	To Drummondville VoltigeursMarc-Antoine Dupuis 	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan8th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
December 20, 2008 	To Val-d'Or ForeursRaphael Neiderer 	To PEI RocketWilliam Beaudoin
December 20, 2008 	To Acadie-Bathurst TitanDanick Malouin 	To PEI Rocket3rd round pick, 2009
November 25, 2008 	To Gatineau OlympiquesKyle Paige 	To Saint John Sea Dogs9th round pick, 2010
October 15, 2008 	To Drummondville VoltigeursPatrik Prokop 	To Gatineau Olympiques6th round pick, 2008 (Gatineau Olympiques)3rd round pick, 2010
October 9, 2008 	To Halifax MooseheadsRadek Vlasanek 	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan5th round pick, 2010
October 6, 2008 	To Val-d'Or ForeursFrancois Gauthier5th round pick, 2009 	To Saint John Sea Dogs1st round pick, 2009 (EU)
October 1, 2008 	To Rouyn-Noranda HuskiesAntoine Lafleur 	To PEI Rocket8th round pick (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
September 20, 2008	To Quebec RempartsMaxime Pomerleau 	To Halifax Mooseheads7th round pick, 2009
====Off-season====
==QMJHL Playoffs==
===Overview===
==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 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.
==References==
08-09ShaCat.jpg|Shawinigan Falls Cataractes
==External links==
* Official QMJHL website
* Official CHL website
* Official website of the MasterCard Memorial Cup
* Official website of the Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
* Official website of the ADT Canada Russia Challenge
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