2017-18 QMJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season.  This is the league's 49th season.
==Outdoor Game==
The Drummondville Voltigeurs are tentatively scheduled to host the 2018 QMJHL Winter Classic.  The site will be the Victor-Pepin rink.  The venue will have about 5,500 temporary seats installed for the event.  The University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières may also have an outdoor game at the facility.  The game will be the third outdoor game in QMJHL history after the two games hosted in Saint-Tite, Quebec by the Shawinigan Cataractes as part of the 2015 QMJHL Winter Classic.
==September Cancellations==
Cancellations due to weather are not uncommon in the QMJHL but two cancellations in September could be classified as a little unusual.
On September 26th a game between the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Gatineau Olympiques at the Robert Guertin Arena in Gatineau was suspended at the start of the third period due to a fog build-up (think Boston Garden for the Bruins-Oilers 1988 Stanley Cup Finals)  that became a safety concern for the players.  The game would be completed on January 28th.
The next day the Baie-Comeau Drakkar game against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens at the Centre Georges-Vezina was cancelled due to a water main break near the arena and a steady supply of water could not be guaranteed for the game so it was cancelled and rescheduled for December 5th.
==Franchise changes==
*none
==Member teams==
Division 	Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
TelusWest 	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Boisbriand, Quebec 	Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau	3,269
TelusWest 	Drummondville Voltigeurs 	Drummondville, Quebec 	Centre Marcel Dionne 	2,889
TelusWest 	Gatineau Olympiques 	Gatineau, Quebec 	Centre Robert Guertin 	3,196
TelusWest 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec 	Aréna Iamgold 	2,993
TelusWest 	Sherbrooke Phoenix 	Sherbrooke, Quebec 	Palais des Sports 	3,718
TelusWest 	Val-d'Or Foreurs 	Val-d'Or, Quebec 	Centre Air Creebec 	2,398
TelusEast 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar 	Baie-Comeau, Quebec 	Centre Henry-Leonard 	2,779
TelusEast 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	Saguenay, Quebec 	Centre Georges-Vézina 	3,759
TelusEast 	Quebec Remparts 	Quebec City, Quebec 	Videotron Centre 	18,482
TelusEast 	Rimouski Océanic 	Rimouski, Quebec 	Colisée de Rimouski 	4,415
TelusEast 	Shawinigan Cataractes 	Shawinigan, Quebec 	Centre Bionest de Shawinigan 	4,350
TelusEast 	Victoriaville Tigres 	Victoriaville, Quebec 	Colisée Desjardins 	2,753
TelusMaritimes	Acadie–Bathurst Titan 	Bathurst, New Brunswick 	K.C. Irving Regional Centre 	3,162
TelusMaritimes	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Sydney, Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Regional Municipality), Nova Scotia	Centre 200 	5,010
TelusMaritimes	Charlottetown Islanders 	Charlottetown, P.E.I. 	Eastlink Centre 	3,718
TelusMaritimes	Halifax Mooseheads 	Halifax, Nova Scotia 	Scotiabank Centre 	10,595
TelusMaritimes	Moncton Wildcats 	Moncton, New Brunswick 	Moncton Coliseum 	6,450
TelusMaritimes	Saint John Sea Dogs 	Saint John, New Brunswick 	Harbour Station 	6,297
==Standings==
===Telus West Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	68	50	11	4 	3 	276	184	107
Drummondville Voltigeurs 	68	44	20	3 	1 	277	194	92
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	68	39	19	7 	3 	239	179	88
Sherbrooke Phoenix 	68	34	23	7 	4 	228	234	79
Gatineau Olympiques 	68	32	27	5 	4 	213	215	73
Val D'Or Foreurs 	68	19	42	5 	2 	172	308	45
===Telus East Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Rimouski Oceanic 	68	42	17	6 	3 	231	174	93
Victoriaville Tigres 	68	42	20	4 	2 	270	195	90
Quebec Remparts 	68	40	22	3 	3 	227	202	86
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 	68	30	33	4 	1 	224	257	65
Chicoutimi Sagueneens	68	28	35	4 	1 	200	233	61
Shawinigan Cataractes	68	16	45	6 	1 	183	298	39
===Telus Maritimes Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 	68	43	15	8 	2 	270	183	96
Halifax Mooseheads 	68	43	18	6 	1 	270	223	93
Charlottetown Islanders 	68	37	24	7 	0 	209	219	81
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	68	32	28	6 	2 	235	259	72
Moncton Wildcats 	68	27	33	5 	3 	233	282	62
Saint John Sea Dogs 	68	14	43	9 	2 	181	301	39
==2018 President's Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top 16 teams qualify for the playoffs.  The three division winners are seeded 1, 2, and 3 based on record.  The balance of the teams are seeded 4 to 16 regardless of division.  Teams are re-seeded after each round.  All series are best-of-seven.
The President's Cup champion advances to the 2018 Memorial Cup being held a the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan and hosted by the Regina Pats.
===First Round===
*Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated Val-d'Or Foreurs 4 games to none
*Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4 games to 2
*Moncton Wildcats defeated Rimouski Oceanic 4 games to 3
*Halifax Mooseheads defeated Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4 games to 1
*Drummondville Voltigeurs defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to 1
*Victoriaville Tigres defeated Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 1
*Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 games to 3
*Charlottetown Islanders defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3
===Quarterfinals===
*Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 1
*Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 games to none
*Victoriaville Tigres defeated Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 games to 1
*Charlottetown Islanders defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to none
===Semifinals===
*Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated Charlottetown Islanders 4 games to 3
*Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to none
===Final===
*Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 2
The Acadie-Bathurst Titan advance to the 2018 Memorial Cup.  Titan captain   Jeffrey Truchon-Viel was awarded the Guy Lafleur Trophy as QMJHL Playoff MVP. He recorded 14 goals and 9 assists in 20 games leading the Titan to their first QMJHL title since 1999.
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