2018-19 MJAAHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Metropolitaine Junior AA Hockey League season. This is the league's seventh season. The point totals include "FPP" (Fair Play Points) which are derived from penalty minutes and suspension or lack thereof. The league champion advances to the 2019 Coupe Dodge.
The league expanded its' boundaries with the addition of teams from the Lac St. Louis and Mauricie regions around greater Montreal.
==Membership Changes==
The league lost the Ahuntsic Braves and Rosemont Chevaliers but were pretty much well replaced by the West Royals and East Nationals respectively.
The league added the Aigles Trois Lacs, Cougars Suroit Chateauguay, Trois-Rivières Draveurs, Panthers Lakeshore, National Est, Panthers Nicolet, Phoenix St-Laurent (previously known as Trois-Cites Phenix in LSLJAAHL), Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers, and Royal Ouest
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Brossard Predateurs 	Brossard 	
Arena Michel-Normandin
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers	Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec	Centre Civique Dollard-des-Ormeaux
East Nationals 	Montreal 	Arena Martin-Brodeur & Arena Garon
Lakeshore Panthers 	Montreal (Kirkland) 	Arena Kirkland & Arena de Beaconsfield
Laval Maquis 	Laval 	Arena Richard-Trottier & Arena Samson
Laval Senateurs 	Laval 	Arena Mike-Bossy
Nicolet Panthers 	Nicolet, Quebec 	Arena Pierre Provencher
Richelieu Grand Ducs 	Richelieu 	Complexe Sportif Duval Auto & Sportplex de l'Energie
Richelieu Eclaireurs 	Richelieu 	Arena Andre-Saint-Laurent, Stade L.P. Gaucher, Complexe Sportif Sportscene, & Isatis Sport St-Hyacinthe
St-Laurent Phenix 	St. Laurent 	Raymond Bourque Arena
Trois-Lacs Aigles 	Vaudreuil 	Glace Dorion
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	Trois Rivieres 	Colisée-Arena Claude-Mongrain
West Royals 	Montreal 	
Arena Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Arena Francois-Boullon Arena Caroline Ouellette & Arena Bill-Durnan
==Standings==
The league (along with most junior leagues in Quebec) uses what is called a Fair Play Point which is a bonus point in the standings if the team meets certain requirements in terms of avoiding penalties.
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	FPP	Pts
Brossard Predateurs 	30	23	6 	1	153	73 	26 	73
St-Laurent Phenix 	30	22	7 	1	133	81 	22 	67
Richelieu Grand Ducs 	30	17	10	3	108	100	29 	66
Laval Maquis 	30	17	10	3	134	127	23 	60
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	30	16	10	4	131	108	20 	56
Laval Senateurs 	30	17	11	2	137	111	19 	55
West Royals 	30	14	13	3	112	84 	24 	55
Richelieu Eclaireurs 	30	15	13	2	97 	83 	22 	54
Trois-Lacs Aigles 	30	12	14	4	95 	121	25 	53
Nicolet Panthers 	30	9 	16	5	90 	137	23 	46
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers	30	7 	22	1	86 	132	15 	30
Cougars Suroit Chateauguay	30	3 	25	2	61 	137	6 	24
East Nationals 	16	0 	15	1	41 	84 	9 	10
The East Nationals forfeited games on December 15th and 16th, lost a game on December 19th and then folded.
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The 12 remaining teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams are pooled into 4 groups of 3 for the first round which consist of a single round robin. The top team in each pool advance directly to the semifinals. The second and third place teams play in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals, semifinals and final are single elimination. The semifinals and final are held at the Aréna Michel Normandin in Montreal March 23-24, 2019.
===Preliminary Round===
Note: A * next to the team's score for the game indicated that team received the Fair Play Point for that game.
====Pool A====
=====Results=====
*Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 5-3
*Brossard Predateurs defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 7*-5*
*Brossard Predateurs defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 8*-1*
====Pool B====
=====Results=====
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5-4*
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated Laval Senateurs 2-1*
*Laval Senateurs defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5*-3
====Pool C====
=====Results=====
*West Royals tied Nicolet Panthers 0-0*
*Richelieu Grand Ducs defeated Nicolet Panthers 2*-1*
*West Royals defeated Richelieu Grand Ducs 9*-1*
====Pool D====
=====Results=====
*Laval Maquis defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 6*-2*
*Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5-1
*Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Laval Maquis 7*-0
===2nd vs 3rd place Round===
*West Royals defeated Laval Maquis 6*-5* (so)
*Trois-Lacs Aigles defeated Nicolet Panthers 6*-2*
*Laval Senateurs tied Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 0*-0
*Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5*-2*
===Quarterfinals===
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated West Royals 5*-4*
*Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Richelieu Grand Ducs 5*-4*
*Brossard Predateurs defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5*-0*
*Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Laval Senateurs 2*-1*
===Semifinals===
*Brossard Predateurs defeated Richelieu Eclaireurs 6*-1*
*Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated St-Laurent Phenix 3*-2*
===Final===
*Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Brossard Predateurs 4-1
==2019 Coupe Dodge Regional Qualifiers==
===Laval Regional Qualifier===
The two Laval based teams play in a best-of-three series for the Laval regional spot in the 2019 Coupe Dodge.
*Laval Senateurs defeated Laval Marquis 2 games to none
===Lac St. Louis Regional Qualifier===
The four Lac St. Louis region teams compete in a double elimination tournament to decide the region's qualifier for the 2019 Coupe Dodge.
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 4-0
*Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5-4
*Trois-Lacs Aigles defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 4-1
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5-1
*Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 6-2
*St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 4-0
link to regional playoff
===Mauricie Regional Qualifier===
The two Mauricie region teams play a best-of-three series to for the region's spot in the 2019 Coupe Dodge.
*Trois-Rivieres Draveurs defeated Nicolet Panthers 2 games to 1
===Richelieu Reginal Qualifier===
The region's 2 teams (Richelieu Eclaireurs and  Richelieu Grand Ducs) appear to have two spots in the 2019 Coupe Dodge.  No seperate qualifier appears to be used for this year.  St. Laurent used to qualify via this region for the Coupe Dodge, they are qualifying via the Lac St. Louis region.
*Richelieu Grand Ducs defeated Richelieu Eclaireurs 4 games to 1
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