1977–78 QMJHL season

The 1977–78 QMJHL season was the 9th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurated two awards, the Robert Lebel Trophy for the team with best goals against average, and the Guy Lafleur Trophy for the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. Ten teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Trois-Rivières Draveurs finished first overall in the regular season winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy, and won the President's Cup defeating the Montreal Juniors in the finals.
==Team changes==
* The Sorel Éperviers relocated to Verdun, Quebec, and switched to the Lebel Division.
* The Sherbrooke Castors switched to the Dilio Division.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against 
Dilio Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Trois-Rivières Draveurs	72	47	18	7 	101	412	252
Sherbrooke Castors 	72	41	26	5 	87 	482	380
Québec Remparts 	72	28	35	9 	65 	334	339
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	72	16	45	11	43 	335	458
Shawinigan Dynamos 	72	3 	65	4 	10 	258	687
Lebel Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cornwall Royals 	72	46	18	8 	100	404	258
Montreal Juniors	72	41	25	6 	88 	397	327
Laval National 	72	35	26	11	81 	435	362
Verdun Éperviers	72	32	31	9 	73 	378	332
Hull Olympiques 	72	34	34	4 	72 	357	397
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Ron Carter 	Sherbrooke Castors 	71	88	86 	174	28
Kevin Reeves 	Montreal Juniors 	72	62	109	171	44
Sylvain Locas 	Chicoutimi/Sherbrooke	68	83	81 	164	138
Mark Green 	Sherbrooke Castors 	71	56	100	156	71
Rick Vaive 	Sherbrooke Castors 	68	76	79 	155	199
Denis Pomerleau	Hull/Trois-Rivières 	73	75	73 	148	45
Dan Metivier 	Hull Olympiques 	66	73	75 	148	59
Glen Currie 	Laval National 	72	63	82 	145	29
Dan Geoffrion 	Cornwall Royals 	71	68	75 	143	183
Rick Paterson 	Cornwall Royals 	71	58	80 	138	105
==Playoffs==
Richard David was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists).
;Quarterfinals
* Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Québec Remparts 8 points to 0.
* Cornwall Royals defeated Hull Olympiques 8 points to 0.
* Montreal Juniors defeated Verdun Éperviers 8 points to 0.
* Sherbrooke Castors defeated Laval National 9 points to 1.
;Semifinals
* Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Sherbrooke Castors 8 points to 2.
* Montreal Juniors defeated Cornwall Royals 8 points to 2.
;Finals
* Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Montreal Juniors 8 points to 0.
==All-star teams==
;First team
* Goalkeeper - Jacques Cloutier, Trois-Rivières Draveurs 
* Left Defence - Mark Hardy, Montreal Juniors
* Right Defence - Ray Bourque, Verdun Éperviers
* Left Winger - Patrick Daley, Laval National
* Centreman - Kevin Reeves, Montreal Juniors
* Right Winger - Ron Carter, Sherbrooke Castors 
* Coach - Michel Bergeron, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
;Second team
* Goalkeeper - Marco Baron, Montreal Juniors 
* Left Defence - Kevin Lowe, Québec Remparts
* Right Defence - Graeme Nicolson, Cornwall Royals 
* Left Winger - Michel Goulet, Québec Remparts 
* Centreman - Glen Currie, Laval National
* Right Winger - Daniel Metivier, Hull Olympiques
* Coach - Orval Tessier, Cornwall Royals
* List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
==Trophies and awards==
;Team
*President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
*Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
*Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
;Player
*Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Kevin Reeves, Montreal Juniors
*Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Ron Carter, Sherbrooke Castors
*Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Richard David, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
*Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Tim Bernhardt, Cornwall Royals
*Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Mark Hardy, Montreal Juniors
*Michel Bergeron Trophy - Rookie of the Year, Denis Savard, Montreal Juniors and Normand Rochefort, Trois-Rivières Draveurs 
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Kevin Reeves, Montreal Juniors
==References==
* Official QMJHL Website
* www.hockeydb.com/
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