2019-20 QJHL season

This is the 2019-20 Quebec Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's 32nd season overall and 6th season under this name. The league was previously known as the Quebec Provincial Junior Hockey League from 1988-1998 and as the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League from 1998-2014.
==Suspending of Play==
The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that effective Friday, March 13, all games and hockey-related activity involving its member clubs have been cancelled, until further notice, due to the continued threat of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic as well as potential exposure and contamination of its players, team staff members, on and off-ice officials, volunteers and fans.https://www.mjhlhockey.ca/mjhl-covid-19-update-2020-mjhl-playoffs
==Membership changes==
*During the Board of Governors meeting held in May of 2019 the termination of the Montreal-Nord Arctic was announcedhttps://www.lhjaaaq.com/en/publication/nouvelle/dissolution_de_larctic_de_montreal-nord.html, along with the sale and renaming of the Lac St-Louis Revolution to the West Island Shamrocks, and the addition of the Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors, based in Saint-Georges, Quebec which run by the college (vocational school) and will be based out of the Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil.https://www.lhjaaaq.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/vague_de_mouvements_dans_la_lhjaaaq.html Based on the wording of the announcement by the school, the team may be joining the league for the 2020-21 season.
==The Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Chambly Forts 	Chambly 	Centre Sportif Robert-Lebel
Cote-du-Sud Everest 	Montmagny 	Montmagny Arena
Gatineau Flames 	Gatineau 	Aréna de Buckingham
Granby Inouk 	Granby 	
Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
Longueuil Collège Français 	Longueuil 	Colisée Jean Béliveau
Montreal-Est Rangers 	Montréal-Est 	Centre récréatif Édouard Rivet
Princeville Titans 	Princeville 	Center Paul-de-la-Sablonnière
St-Gabriel-de-Brandon Predateurs	St-Gabriel de Brandon 	Familiprix Saint Gabriel Arena
St-Jérôme Panthers 	Saint-Jérôme 	Aréna Melançon
Terrebonne Cobras 	Terrebonne 	Complexe sportif de Terrebonne
Valleyfield Braves 	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Arena Salaberry
West Island Shamrocks 	Pierrefonds 	Sportsplexe Pierrefonds
==Standings==
===Division 91.9 Sports===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Longueuil College-Francais 	48	37	9 	1 	1 	255	111	76
Princeville Titans 	48	32	8 	2 	6 	283	213	72
Cote-du-Sud Everest 	48	28	18	2 	0 	215	182	58
Granby Inouk 	48	19	26	3 	0 	209	248	41
Chambly Forts 	48	19	27	2 	0 	185	247	39
St-Gabriel-de-Brandon Predateurs	48	10	36	1 	1 	160	285	22
===Division Trevi===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Valleyfield Braves 	48	36	9 	2 	1 	231	134	75
St-Jerome Panthers 	48	33	13	1 	1 	233	144	68
Terrebonne Cobras 	48	32	13	1 	2 	247	163	67
Montreal-Est Rangers 	48	17	28	1 	2 	173	236	37
West Island Shamrocks	48	13	32	2 	1 	160	282	29
Gatineau Flames 	48	12	34	2 	0 	154	260	26
Note: Longueuil College was required to forfeit three games in December and January
http://www.lhjaaaq.com/fr/stats/classement.html?season=1562&subSeason=1564&category=1093
==NAPA Cup Playoffs==
The NAPA Cup playoffs will be held after the completion of the regular season with
The playoff champion (or runner-up if the Saint-Jérôme Panthers win the league playoffs) will advance to the 2020 Fred Page Cup which will be held in Saint-Jerome, Quebec hosted by the Saint-Jérôme Panthers of the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The winner of that tournament advances to the 2020 Centennial Cup being held at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba hosted by the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
===Format===
The top twelve teams qualify. Each team plays six games in a crossover round robin weighted to favor the higher seeded teams. The top six teams from the regular season made up one pool and teams seven through twelve make up the other pool. Each team plays the teams in the other pool once. The top eight teams advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds are best-of-seven series.
Only one game of the league playoffs were played before the playoffs were cancelled. The St. Jerome Panthers defeated the Terrebonne Cobras 3-2 in overtime.
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League