1970–71 QMJHL season

The 1970–71 QMJHL season was the 2nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ten teams played 62 games each in the schedule. The league dissolved the East and West Divisions. The Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy is first awarded to the most sportsmanlike player, after being the trophy for the West Division champions in the previous season.
The Quebec Remparts repeated as first place in the regular season, and won their second President's Cup, defeating the Shawinigan Bruins in the finals. After the winning the league championship, the Remparts prevailed three games to two in a controversial eastern Canada Final versus the St. Catharines Black Hawks of the Ontario Hockey Association. The Remparts then won the 1970-71 Memorial Cup Final in shortened series by defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings two games to none.
==Team changes==
* The Laval Saints ceased operations.
* East and West divisions are dissolved.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against 
Overall 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Quebec Remparts 	62	54	7 	1	109	437	205
Shawinigan Bruins 	62	38	23	1	77 	301	256
Trois-Rivières Ducs 	62	37	24	1	75 	302	245
Sherbrooke Castors 	62	30	31	1	61 	287	298
Verdun Maple Leafs 	62	27	33	2	56 	252	306
Sorel Éperviers 	62	25	36	1	51 	214	249
Saint-Jérôme Alouettes	62	25	36	1	51 	260	300
Drummondville Rangers 	62	24	35	3	51 	272	310
Rosemont National 	62	22	39	1	45 	263	353
Cornwall Royals 	62	22	40	0	44 	260	326
*complete list of standings.
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Guy Lafleur 	Quebec Remparts 	62	130	79	209	135
Michel Briere 	Quebec Remparts 	62	51 	93	144	35
Andre Savard 	Quebec Remparts 	61	50 	89	139	150
Norm Dubé 	Sherbrooke Castors 	62	72 	66	138	17
Rich Leduc 	Trois-Rivières Ducs	59	56 	76	132	195
Claude St. Sauveur	Sherbrooke Castors 	62	52 	67	119	80
Andre Peloffy 	Rosemont National 	60	49 	69	118	67
Jacques Richard 	Quebec Remparts 	55	53 	60	113	125
Serge Martel 	Verdun Maple Leafs 	62	41 	60	101	12
Richard Grenier 	Quebec Remparts 	62	23 	76	99 	74
==Playoffs==
Guy Lafleur was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 43 points (22 goals, 21 assists).
;Quarterfinals
* Quebec Remparts defeated Verdun Maple Leafs 9 points to 1. 
* Shawinigan Bruins defeated Saint-Jérôme Alouettes 8 points to 2. 
* Trois-Rivières Ducs defeated Sorel Éperviers 8 points to 6.
* Sherbrooke Castors defeated Drummondville Rangers 8 points to 4.
;Semifinals
* Quebec Remparts defeated Trois-Rivières Ducs 8 points to 0. 
* Shawinigan Bruins defeated Sherbrooke Castors 9 points to 1.
;Finals
* Quebec Remparts defeated Shawinigan Bruins 8 points to 2.
==All-star teams==
;First team
* Goalkeeper - Michel Deguise, Sorel Éperviers
* Left defence - Pierre Roy, Quebec Remparts
* Right defence - Richard Campeau, Sorel Éperviers
* Left winger - Jacques Richard, Quebec Remparts
* Centreman - Richard Leduc, Trois-Rivières Ducs
* Right winger - Guy Lafleur, Quebec Remparts
* Coach - Claude Dolbec, Shawinigan Bruins
;Second team 
* Goalkeeper - Raynald Bélanger, Shawinigan Bruins 
* Left defence - Pierre Archambault, Saint-Jérôme Alouettes
* Right defence - Michel Ruest, Cornwall Royals 
* Left winger - Normand Dubé, Sherbrooke Castors
* Centreman - André Savard, Quebec Remparts
* Right winger - Yves Bergeron, Shawinigan Bruins 
* Coach - Maurice Filion, Quebec Remparts
* List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
==Trophies and awards==
;Team
*President's Cup - Playoff champions, Quebec Remparts
*Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Quebec Remparts
;Player
*Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Guy Lafleur, Quebec Remparts
*Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Raynald Fortier, Quebec Remparts
*Michel Bergeron Trophy - Rookie of the Year, Bob Murphy, Cornwall Royals
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Normand Dubé, Sherbrooke Castors
==Team Photos==
==Game Ads==
70-71QMJHLShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Shawinigan
70-71QMJHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==References==
* Official QMJHL Website
* www.hockeydb.com/
QMJHL
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