1998–99 QMJHL season

The 1998–99 QMJHL season was the 30th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continued its trend of teams relocating into the Atlantic Canada market, when Laval moved to Bathurst, New Brunswick. Fifteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Québec Remparts repeated as first overall in the regular season winning their second consecutive Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Acadie-Bathurst Titan won the President's Cup, defeating the Hull Olympiques in the finals.
==Team changes==
* Laval Titan Collège Français relocated to Bathurst, New Brunswick, becoming the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, and switched to the Dilio Division.
* The Sherbrooke Faucons are renamed the Sherbrooke Castors, reviving a historic franchise name.
==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
Québec Remparts 	70	51	13	6	108	316	207
Halifax Mooseheads 	70	46	20	4	96 	298	206
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 	70	42	25	3	87 	315	255
Moncton Wildcats 	70	38	25	7	81 	257	235
Rimouski Océanic 	70	30	32	8	68 	270	263
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	70	22	44	4	48 	226	272
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 	70	18	44	8	44 	208	297
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	70	20	48	2	42 	200	344
Lebel Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Shawinigan Cataractes 	70	44	22	4 	92 	275	212
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	70	36	23	11	83 	314	261
Victoriaville Tigres 	70	34	30	6 	74 	275	253
Sherbrooke Castors 	70	31	34	5 	67 	268	272
Val-d'Or Foreurs 	70	30	35	3 	65 	312	319
Hull Olympiques 	70	23	38	9 	55 	276	298
Drummondville Voltigeurs	70	18	48	4 	40 	233	349
*complete list of standings.
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Mike Ribeiro 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	69	67	100	167	137
James Desmarais 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	66	62	73 	135	127
Jerome Tremblay 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	69	38	94 	132	36
Brad Richards 	Rimouski Océanic 	59	39	92 	131	55
Ladislav Nagy 	Halifax Mooseheads 	63	71	55 	126	148
Simon Gagne 	Québec Remparts 	61	50	70 	120	42
Benoit Dusablon 	Val-d'Or Foreurs 	67	42	74 	116	63
Patrick Grandmaitre	Victoriaville Tigres 	70	37	78 	115	139
Mathieu Benoit 	Chicoutimi / Acadie-Bathurst	68	62	47 	109	34
Eric Chouinard 	Québec Remparts 	62	50	59 	109	56
* complete scoring statistics
==Playoffs==
Mathieu Benoit was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists).
;Division quarterfinals
Byes earned by: Québec Remparts, Halifax Mooseheads, Shawinigan Cataractes, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
* Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to 1.
* Rimouski Océanic defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 0.
* Hull Olympiques defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to 2.
* Sherbrooke Castors defeated Val-d'Or Foreurs 4 games to 2.
;Division semifinals
* Québec Remparts defeated Rimouski Océanic 4 games to 3.
* Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to 1.
* Hull Olympiques defeated Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 2.
* Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 3.
;Division finals
* Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Québec Remparts 4 games to 2.
* Hull Olympiques defeated Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 games to 0.
;League finals
* Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Hull Olympiques 4 games to 3.
==All-star teams==
;First team
* Goalkeeper - Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes 
* Left defence - Jiri Fischer, Hull Olympiques 
* Right defence - Jonathan Girard, Acadie-Bathurst Titan 
* Left winger - Jerome Tremblay, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 
* Centreman - Mike Ribeiro, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 
* Right winger - James Desmarais, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 
* Coach - Guy Chouinard, Québec Remparts
;Second team 
* Goalkeeper - Maxime Ouellet, Québec Remparts 
* Left defence - Simon Tremblay, Québec Remparts 
* Right defence - Dmitri Tolkunov, Québec Remparts 
* Left winger - David Thibeault, Victoriaville Tigres 
* Centreman - Simon Gagne, Québec Remparts 
* Right winger - Mathieu Benoit, Chicoutimi Saguenéens / Acadie-Bathurst Titan
* Coach - Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes
;Rookie team 
* Goalkeeper - Alexei Volkov, Halifax Mooseheads 
* Left defence - Andrew Carver, Hull Olympiques 
* Right defence - Dimitri Kalinin, Moncton Wildcats 
* Left winger - Juraj Kolnik, Québec Remparts / Rimouski Océanic
* Centreman - Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads 
* Right winger - Guillaume Lamoureux, Val-d'Or Foreurs 
* Coach - Bruce Campbell, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
* List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
==Trophies and awards==
;Team
*President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
*Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Québec Remparts
*Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Halifax Mooseheads
;Player
*Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes 
*Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Mike Ribeiro, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
*Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Mathieu Benoit, Acadie-Bathurst Titan 
*Telus Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, James Desmarais, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 
*Telus Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes 
*AutoPro Plaque - Best plus/minus total, Simon Tremblay, Québec Remparts
*Philips Plaque - Best faceoff percentage, Eric Demers, Moncton Wildcats 
*Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Maxime Ouellet, Québec Remparts
*Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Jiri Fischer, Hull Olympiques 
*Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts 
*RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads 
*Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads 
*Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Alexei Volkov, Halifax Mooseheads 
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Eric Chouinard, Québec Remparts 
*QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, Philippe Sauvé, Rimouski Océanic 
*Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Christian Robichaud, Victoriaville Tigres 
*Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Simon Gagne, Québec Remparts 
;Executive
*Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Guy Chouinard, Québec Remparts 
*John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Charles Henry, Hull Olympiques 
*St-Clair Group Plaque - Marketing Director of the Year, Matt McKnight, Halifax Mooseheads
98-99CBSE.jpg|Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
98-99MonWil.jpg|Moncton Wildcats
==References==
* Official QMJHL Website
* www.hockeydb.com/
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