2018-19 RVJAHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League season.  This is the league's third season under this name.  The league was known as the Rive-Sud Junior A Hockey League until the 2015-16 season.
The league's ten members were scheduled to play a limited interlocking schedule with the Rivers Junior A Hockey League with each of the teams playing a total of four games against their 7 teams, but the leagues merged under the Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League name.
==Membership Changes==
*The St-Hyacinthe Maskas were renamed the St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires
*The St-Basile Centurions and St-Bruno Aigles merged to form the Richelieu Phoenix
*The Brossard Phoenix are added to the league
*The Rouville Blizzard join the league
*The St-Remi Dragons return to the league after having dropped out during the 2016-17 season
*The Candiac Lions become the Roussillon Lions
*The Chambly Remparts, Delson Senators, and St-Hubert Jets leave the league.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Beloeil Tigers 	Beloeil 	Arena Andre-Saint-Laurent
Boucherville Seigneurs 	Boucherville 	Arena Gilles-Chabot
Brossard Phoenix 	Brossard, Quebec 	Centre Sportif Bell
La Prairie Hawks 	La Prairie 	Centre Sportif de la Prairie
Longueuil Sieurs 	Longueuil 	Arena Cynthia-Coull &Colisée Jean Béliveau
Montagnes Cougars 	Mont-St-Hilaire 	Complexe Sportif Sportscene
Napierville Mustangs 	Napierville 	Centre Sportif Louis-Cyr
Richelieu Phoenix 	St-Basil-Le-Grand/St-Bruno	Arena Jean-Rougeau & Arena St-Bruno
Roussillon Lions 	Candiac/Ste-Catherine 	Complexe Sportif Candiac &Le Sportium
Rouville Blizzard 	Marieville, Quebec 	Centre Sportif Rouville
St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires	St-Hyacinthe 	Isatis Comax
St-Jean Eagles 	St-Jean-sur-Richelieu 	Aréna Marcel-Larocque &Colisee Isabelle-Brasseur
Ste-Julie Grizzly 	Ste-Julie 	Arena Ste-Julie
St-Lambert Red Wings 	St Lambert 	Arena Eric-Sharp
St-Remi Dragons 	St-Remi 	Aréna St-Remi
Sorel-Tracy Mariniers 	Sorel-Tracy 	Colisee Cardin
Varennes Blitz 	Varennes 	Sportplex
==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
St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires	26	19	5 	2	154	79 	25 	65
Ste-Julie Grizzly 	26	18	4 	4	123	66 	23 	63
Roussillon Lions 	26	19	5 	2	121	78 	22 	62
Boucherville Seigneurs 	26	15	6 	5	115	82 	23 	58
St-Jean Eagles 	26	15	7 	4	94 	76 	24 	58
Longueuil Sieurs 	26	16	8 	2	131	92 	21 	55
Richelieu Phoenix 	26	13	7 	6	131	112	23 	55
Brossard Phoenix 	26	13	10	3	122	98 	23 	52
Varennes Blitz 	26	12	12	2	109	99 	24 	50
La Prairie Hawks 	26	11	14	1	81 	89 	25 	48
Montagnes Cougars 	26	12	10	4	87 	83 	19 	47
St-Lambert Red Wings 	26	7 	15	4	84 	111	23 	41
Napierville Mustangs 	26	7 	16	3	69 	106	23 	40
St-Remi Dragons 	26	9 	17	0	93 	116	16 	34
Beloeil Tigers 	26	6 	19	1	85 	115	16 	29
Rouville Blizzard 	26	5 	21	0	97 	171	14 	24
Sorel-Tracy Mariniers 	26	2 	23	1	62 	185	16 	21
League standings page
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The leagues were re-separated for the playoffs. Each region has its own champion. Both use an elimination tournament.
===Rives du Richelieu===
*St-Remi Dragons defeated Roussillon Lions 2-1
*Napierville Mustangs defeated St-Jean Eagles 4-3
*Longueuil Sieurs defeated St-Lambert Red Wings 11-1
*La Prairie Hawks defeated Brossard Phoenix 7-3
*St-Remi Dragons defeated St-Jean Eagles 6-3
*Longueuil Sieurs defeated Brossard Phoenix 9-2
*St-Lambert Red Wings defeated La Prairie Hawks 6-1
*Napierville Mustangs defeated Roussillon Lions 9-0
*Longueuil Sieurs defeated St-Jean Eagles 4-1
*Brossard Phoenix defeated St-Remi Dragons 7-6
*Napierville Mustangs defeated La Prairie Hawks 5-4
*Roussillon Lions defeated St-Lambert Red Wings 3-2
*Longueuil Sieurs defeated Napierville Mustangs 4-0
*Brossard Phoenix defeated Roussillon Lions 3-2
*Brossard Phoenix defeated Longueuil Sieurs 5-4
*Napierville Mustangs defeated Roussillon Lions 1-0 (forfeit)
Link to Ligue des Rives playoffs
===Vallee Richelieu===
#St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires defeated Varennes Blitz 4-3
#Beloeil Tigers defeated Sorel-Tracy Mariniers 10-4
#Boucherville Seigneurs defeated Rouville Blizzard 7-0
#Ste-Julie Grizzly defeated Montagnes Cougars 5-3
#Varennes Blitz defeated Richelieu Phoenix 9-5
#Ste-Julie Grizzly defeated Sorel-Tracy Mariniers 1-0 (forfeit)
#Boucherville Seigneurs defeated Richelieu Phoenix 6-3
#St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires defeated Rouville Blizzard 9-2
#Montagnes Cougars defeated Beloeil Tigers 7-3
#Ste-Julie Grizzly defeated Richelieu Phoenix 5-1
#Boucherville Seigneurs defeated Sorel-Tracy Mariniers 1-0 (forfeit)
#Montagnes Cougars defeated Varennes Blitz 6-3
# not needed
#St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires defeated Beloeil Tigers 8-1
#Montagnes Cougars defeated Rouville Blizzard 9-5
#St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires defeated Ste-Julie Grizzly 5-5
#Boucherville Seigneurs defeated Montagnes Cougars 5-3
#Boucherville Seigneurs defeated St-Hyacinthe Mousquetaires 7-2
Link to Richelieu Valley playoffs
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