2018-19 LNAH season

This is the 2018-19 Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey season. This is the league's 23rd season overall dating back to its' founding in 1996 as the semi-professional Quebec Semi Professional Hockey League. This is the league's 14th season under this name.
==Racist Incident at Game==
A February 23rd game was marred by an incident where a crowd in St Jerome had become threatening to Jonathan Diaby, a player with the Jonquière Marquis, and his family. Racial slurs and anti-immigrant comments were made to Diaby's father, sister, and girlfriend. Diaby was a third round draft choice of the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.https://www.lnah.com/en/publication/nouvelle/les_propos_a_caractere_raciste_nont_pas_leur_place_dans_la_lnah.htmlhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-hockey-player-and-his-family-taunted-by-racist-fans-1.5034645
==Membership Changes==
*The Trois-Rivières Draveurs (LNAH) foldedhttps://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-5383089
*a team from Berlin, New Hampshire is being added to the league for the 2018-19 season.  The owner of the team had reportedly dropped out of the Federal Hockey League after the 2016-17 season citing travel expenses.https://lnah.com/news/berlin-confirme-son-adhesion-a-la-lnah/ The Berlin BlackJacks was chosen name for the team.  The team was plagued with attendance issues  and was taken over by the league in early December.  The league was able to find a new operator.  The team was relocated to Saint-Jerome and was renamed Les Petroliers du Nord.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined
Les Pétroliers du Nord 	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec	Aréna régional de la Rivière-du Nord	2018
Jonquière Marquis 	Saguenay 	Palais des Sports de Saguenay 	1996
Rivière-du-Loup 3L 	Rivière-du-Loup 	Centre Premier Tech 	2008
Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5	Saint-Georges 	Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil 	1996
Sorel-Tracy Éperviers 	Sorel-Tracy 	Colisée Cardin 	1996
Thetford Mines Assurancia 	Thetford Mines 	Centre Mario Gosselin 	1996
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Thetford Mines Assurancia 	36	22	10	4 	0 	140	109	48
Rivière-du-Loup 3L 	36	20	14	1 	1 	148	138	42
Sorel-Tracy Éperviers 	36	19	13	3 	1 	117	124	42
Jonquière Marquis 	36	20	15	1 	0 	148	136	41
Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5	36	15	18	1 	2 	125	138	33
Les Pétroliers du Nord 	36	12	23	0 	1 	114	147	25
==Playoffs==
All six teams qualify for the playoffs. The two highest seeded quarterfinal losers advances to a repechage (2nd chance round) which is best-of-three. The winner of that series advances to the semifinals. All other rounds are best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinals===
*Thetford Mines Assurancia defeated Les Pétroliers du Nord 4 games to none
*Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 defeated Rivière-du-Loup 3L 4 games to none
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Jonquière Marquis 4 games to 1
===Repechage===
* Jonquière Marquis defeated Rivière-du-Loup 3L 2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 4 games to 1
*Jonquière Marquis defeated Thetford Mines Assurancia 4 games to 3
===Final===
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Jonquière Marquis 4 games to 2
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey seasons