1996–97 QMJHL season

1996-97 CHL season
1996-97 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL ; Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 ; QMJHL ; Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 ; WHL ; Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
Number of teams	60
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Hull Olympiques (QMHL) (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

1996-97 QMJHL season
1996-97 QMJHL season
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season ; Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 ; Playoffs ; March 17 – April 29, 1996
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Jean Rougeau Trophy	Hull Olympiques (3)
Season MVP	Daniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorer	Pavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Christian Bronsard (Olympiques)
Finals champions	Hull Olympiques
Runners-up	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
QMJHL seasons
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 QMJHL season was the 28th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continues explore new markets as the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser move north to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The New Faces Cup is renamed the RDS Cup, for its new sponsor, Réseau des sports. Fourteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Hull Olympiques finished first overall in the regular season winning their third Jean Rougeau Trophy, and won their fourth President's Cup, defeating the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the finals.

Team changes

The Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, becoming the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
The Moncton Alpines are renamed the Moncton Wildcats.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Dilio Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Victoriaville Tigres	70	43	23	4	90	293	216
Shawinigan Cataractes	70	41	24	5	87	277	232
Halifax Mooseheads	70	37	29	4	78	267	255
Chicoutimi Saguenéens	70	37	30	3	77	271	222
Rimouski Océanic	70	34	31	5	73	298	261
Beauport Harfangs	70	24	44	2	50	216	284
Moncton Wildcats	70	16	52	2	34	192	354

Lebel Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hull Olympiques	70	48	19	3	99	346	205
Granby Prédateurs	70	44	20	6	94	304	210
Val-d'Or Foreurs	70	40	28	2	82	268	230
Drummondville Voltigeurs	70	36	33	1	73	305	287
Laval Titan Collège Français	70	27	40	3	57	260	314
Sherbrooke Faucons	70	24	45	1	49	206	283
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	70	16	49	5	37	174	324

complete list of standings.

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pavel Rosa	Hull Olympiques	68	63	89	152	56
Martin Ménard	Hull Olympiques	60	59	82	141	57
Daniel Brière	Drummondville Voltigeurs	59	52	78	130	86
Martin Chouinard	Granby Prédateurs	69	41	83	124	126
Eric Normandin	Rimouski Océanic	65	47	75	122	236
Daniel Corso	Victoriaville Tigres	54	51	68	119	50
Éric Bélanger	Beauport/ Rimouski	62	39	78	107	66
Philippe Audet	Granby Prédateurs	67	52	56	108	150
Jean-Pierre Dumont	Val-d'Or Foreurs	62	44	64	108	88
Guy Loranger	Shawinigan Cataractes	70	44	62	106	101

complete scoring statistics

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Total ice time; W = Wins; L = Losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Marc Denis	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	41	2316	22	15	104	4	.905	2.69
Christian Bronsard	Hull Olympiques	43	2451	30	10	112	1	.908	2.74
Frédéric Henry	Granby Prédateurs	57	3327	33	16	161	4	.905	2.90
Mathieu Garon	Victoriaville Tigres	48	2808	33	11	148	6	.902	2.93
Sébastien Charpentier	Shawinigan Cataractes	62	3474	37	17	176	1	.899	3.04

Playoffs

Division Quarterfinals

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

League Finals

L1

Hull

4

L4

Drummondville

1

L4

Drummondville

3

L5

Laval

0

L1

Hull

4

Lebel Division

L3

Val-d'Or

1

L2

Granby

1

L3

Val-d'Or

4

L3

Val-d'Or

3

L6

Sherbrooke

0

L1

Hull

4

D4

Chicoutimi

0

D2

Shawinigan

3

D3

Halifax

4

D3

Halifax

3

D6

Beauport

1

D3

Halifax

3

D4

Chicoutimi

4

D1

Victroiaville

2

D4

Chicoutimi

4

D4

Chicoutimi

3

D5

Rimouski

1

Division Quarterfinals

Lebel Division

(L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français

March 17	Drummondville Voltigeurs		4 – 2	Laval Titan Collège Français	Centre Marcel Dionne
7:34 - Daniel Brière (1)		First period		No scoring
12:51- Gordie Dwyer (1) 17:55 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (1)		Second period		Jim Shepherd (1) - pp - 7:36 Martin Fillion (1) - pp - 9:24
19:28 - Gordie Dwyer (2)		Third period		No scoring
Pierre-Luc Therrien (42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Aubin (26 saves / 30 shots)

March 18	Laval Titan Collège Français		5 – 6	OT	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Sportif
11:44 - pp - Martin Fillion (2) 18:48 - pp - Yannick Hubert (1)		First period			Étienne Drapeau (2) - 3:04 Daniel Brière (2) - 5:11
5:41 - pp - Dominic Perna (1) 7:49 - Dominic Perna (2)		Second period			Gordie Dwyer (3) - pp - 15:35
8:17 - Martin Fillion (3)		Third period			Gordie Dwyer (4) - 4:08 Frédérick Jobin (1) - pp - 15:36
No scoring		First overtime period			Philippe Plante (1) - 7:43
Jean-Sébastien Aubin (42 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Pierre-Luc Therrien (7 saves / 11 shots) Martin Bradette (19 saves / 20 shots)

March 20	Drummondville Voltigeurs		2 – 1	Laval Titan Collège Français	Centre Marcel Dionne
No scoring		First period		16:12 - Jason Bermingham (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Daniel Brière (3) - 5:38 Norbert Roy (1) - 6:42		Third period		No scoring
Martin Bradette (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Maxime Gingras (40 saves / 42 shots)

Drummondville won series 3 – 0

(L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons

March 17	Val-d'Or Foreurs		4 – 1	Sherbrooke Faucons	Palais des Sports
1:21 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 6:06 - Lucio DeMartinis (1) 7:32 - Olexei Lazarenko (1)		First period		No scoring
2:26 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)		Second period		Samuel Lacroix (1) - 3:36
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Roberto Luongo (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Frédérick Brind'Amour (29 saves / 33 shots)

March 18	Val-d'Or Foreurs		4 – 3	Sherbrooke Faucons	Palais des Sports
19:37 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (1)		First period		Éric Pinoul (1) - 1:55 Steve Thériault (1) - 9:51 Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 15:50
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
0:55 - pp - Olexei Lazarenko (2) 1:47 - Dominic Chiasson (1) 3:22 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1)		Third period		No scoring
Roberto Luongo (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Frédérick Brind'Amour (37 saves / 41 shots)

March 20	Sherbrooke Faucons		2 – 8	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet
9:05 - Sylvain Dufresne (1) 16:57 - pp - Sylvain Dufresne (2)		First period		François Archambault (1) - 10:13
No scoring		Second period		Olexei Lazarenko (3) - sh - 5:56 Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) - pp - 9:36 Dominic Chiasson (2) - 11:17
No scoring		Third period		Olexei Lazarenko (4) - pp - 4:41 Marc-Étienne Hubert (1) - sh - 8:12 Martin Lacaille (1) - pp - 12:41 Jonathan Gagnon (1) - 13:58
Frédérick Brind'Amour (22 saves / 30 shots) Claude Fernet (4 saves / 4 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (23 saves / 25 shots)

Val-d'Or won series 3 – 0

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Sherbrooke Faucons

March 17	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 9	Sherbrooke Faucons	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period		Sam Gagnon (1) - 6:35
9:49 - Jody Shelley (1)		Second period		Steve Simões (1) - 14:03 David Bernier (1) - pp - 15:16 Ramil Saïfoulline (1) - 15:59 Martin Moïse (1) - 18:33
4:00 - Jean-Simon Lemay (1) 17:13 - Alex Johnstone (1)		Third period		Patrick Savard (1) - pp - 1:41 Martin Moïse (2) - 7:57 Patrick Savard (2) - 8:11 Martin Moïse (3) - 16:21
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 19 shots) Martin Bilodeau (3 saves / 4 shots)		Goalie stats		Luc Vaillancourt (42 saves / 45 shots)

March 18	Halifax Mooseheads		7 – 4	Sherbrooke Faucons	Halifax Metro Centre
6:05 - Didier Tremblay (1) 10:48 - François Sasseville (1)		First period		No scoring
11:22 - pp - Elias Abrahamsson (1) 18:48 - Jamie Brown (1)		Second period		Patrick Savard (3) - 7:23 Mathieu Normandin (1) - 9:29
14:48 - Jason Troini (1) 15:44 - Marc Chouinard (1) 18:24 - en - François Sasseville (2)		Third period		Carlyle Lewis (1) - 3:33 Kurt Johnston (1) - 9:32
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 28 shots)

March 20	Sherbrooke Faucons		4 – 8	Halifax Mooseheads	Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard
16:58 - Martin Moïse (4)		First period		Jason Troini (2) - 7:48 Andrew Gilby (1) - 12:57 Alex Tanguay (1) - pp - 15:57
12:54 - David Bernier (2) 17:44 - Frédéric Levac (1)		Second period		François Sasseville (3) - 11:34
15:22 - Sam Gagnon (2)		Third period		Jason Troini (3) - 4:57 Alex Tanguay (2) - 6:54 Jamie Brown (2) - 12:45 François Sasseville (4) - sh - 18:01
Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 37 shots)

March 21	Sherbrooke Faucons		2 – 3	Halifax Mooseheads	Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard
4:25 - Patrick Savard (4)		First period		Marc Chouinard (2) - pp - 4:25
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
10:12 - Mathieu Normandin (2)		Third period		1:08 - Martin Pouliot (1) 2:46 - Alexandre Mathieu (1)
Luc Vaillancourt (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)

Halifax won series 3 – 1

(D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic

March 17	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		6 – 2	Rimouski Océanic	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period		Vincent Lecavalier (1) - 8:29
3:27 - sh - David Gosselin (1) 4:44 - Frédéric Bouchard (1) 8:48 - Frédéric Bouchard (2) 18:39 - David Gosselin (2)		Second period		Éric Bélanger (1) - pp - 17:19
2:42 - Denis Hamel (1) 11:29 - Marc Bouchard (1)		Third period		No scoring
Marc Denis (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Nicolas Chabot (43 saves / 49 shots)

March 18	Rimouski Océanic		4 – 3	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée de Rimouski
Jonathan Beaulieu (1) - 5:46 Éric Normandin (1) - 13:34		First period		4:32 - sh - Denis Hamel (2) 8:53 - pp - Bruce Richardson (1)
Derrick Walser (1) - pp - 12:41 Éric Bélanger (2) - 16:33		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		7:00 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (3)
Nicolas Chabot (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (28 saves / 32 shots)

March 20	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		9 – 5	Rimouski Océanic	Centre Georges-Vézina
Marc Bouchard (2) - pp - 10:46		First period		14:47 - Vincent Lecavalier (2)
David Gosselin (3) - pp - 2:55 David Gosselin (4) - 3:44		Second period
Pavel Smirnov (1) - 3:25 Sacha Fillion (1) - 4:10 David Gosselin (5) - pp - 5:56 Ramzi Abid (1) - 9:14 Frédéric Bouchard (4) - pp - 11:31 Olivier Morin (1) - pp - 19:15		Third period		2:56 - pp - Russell Smith (1) 7:40 - Martin Poitras (1) 14:03 - pp - Martin Poitras (2) 14:14 - Derrick Walser (2)
Marc Denis (25 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Nicolas Chabot (28 saves / 34 shots) Philippe Sauvé (13 saves / 16 shots)

March 21	Rimouski Océanic		4 – 7	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée de Rimouski
No scoring		First period		No scoring
3:31 - Mathieu Sunderland (1) 8:05 - Vincent Lecavalier (3) 9:26 - pp - Russell Smith (2)		Second period		Frédéric Bouchard (5) - pp - 14:34 Frédéric Bouchard (6) - pp - 14:43
7:00 - Vincent Lecavalier (4)		Third period		Bruce Richardson (2) - 12:00 Marc Bouchard (3) - 12:49 Patrick Gingras (1) - 13:58 David Gosselin (6) - en - 19:02
Nicolas Chabot (40 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (30 saves / 34 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 3 – 1

Division Semifinals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs

March 25	Hull Olympiques		10 – 3	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
10:25 - pp - Martin Ménard (1) 12:54 - Martin Ménard (2) 14:46 - Colin White (1) 15:24 - Colin White (2) 16:33 - Marty Johnston (1)		First period		No scoring
0:22 - pp - Pavel Rosa (1) 2:40 - Mario Larocque (1) 4:20 - Mario Larocque (2)		Second period		Philippe Plante (2) - pp - 4:45 Jasmin Gélinas (1) - 7:36
0:43 - Jonathan Delisle (1) 7:58 - Donald MacLean (1)		Third period		Ľuboš Bartečko (1) - 0:59
Martin Biron (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Martin Bradette (34 saves / 40 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (8 saves / 12 shots)

March 26	Drummondville Voltigeurs		2 – 8	Hull Olympiques	Centre Marcel-Dionne
No scoring		First period		10:46 - pp - Peter Worrell (1)
Gordie Dwyer (5) - 11:33		Second period		1:19 - sh - Christian Dubé (1) 7:51 - pp - Francis Bélanger (1) 17:27 - Pavel Rosa (2)
Karol Bartanus (1) - 1:35		Third period		6:30 - Donald MacLean (2) 13:38 - Donald MacLean (3) 15:06 - pp - Donald MacLean (4) 16:26 - Martin Ménard (3)
Martin Bradette (35 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 28	Hull Olympiques		5 – 6	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
Martin Ménard (4) - 19:03		First period		No scoring
Jonathan Delisle (2) - 5:11 Pavel Rosa (3) - 5:22 Donald MacLean (5) - pp - 11:45 Christian Dubé (2) - 18:33		Second period		0:58 - pp - Daniel Brière (4) 7:24 - Daniel Brière (5) 10:03 - pp - Daniel Brière (6) 14:59 - pp - Frédérick Jobin (2)
No scoring		Third period		9:54 - pp - Steve Tardif (1) 13:34 - Derrick Pyke (1)
Martin Biron (10 saves / 14 shots) Christian Bronsard (9 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats		Pierre-Luc Therrien (24 saves / 27 shots) Martin Bradette (27 saves / 29 shots)

March 30	Drummondville Voltigeurs		3 – 6	Hull Olympiques	Centre Marcel-Dionne
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Martin Éthier (1) - 15:52 Christian Dubé (3) - 17:04 Martin Ménard (5) - pp - 19:56
5:58 - pp - Jean-Philippe Doyon (1) 6:23 - Gordie Dwyer (6) 19:20 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (3)		Third period		Christian Dubé (4) - 4:01 Jonathan Delisle (3) - 12:38 Jonathan Delisle (4) - 14:51
Martin Bradette (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Christian Bronsard (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 1	Hull Olympiques		9 – 1	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
0:20 - Éric Naud (1) 2:32 - Pavel Rosa (4) 3:13 - Donald MacLean (6) 7:41 - Colin White (3) 9:00 - sh - Christian Dubé (5) 15:57 - pp - Pavel Rosa (5)		First period		Daniel Brière (7) - pp - 10:22
7:54 - Donald MacLean (7)		Second period		No scoring
14:12 - Pavel Rosa (6) 17:58 - Jaret Sledz (1)		Third period		No scoring
Martin Biron (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Martin Bradette (14 saves / 20 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (16 saves / 19 shots)

Hull won series 4 – 1

(L2) Granby Prédateurs vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

March 25	Granby Prédateurs		4 – 1	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
16:47 - Christian Daigle (1)		First period		No scoring
13:18 - Daniel Payette (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:45 - Philippe Audet (1) 9:35 - Xavier Delisle (1)		Third period		Olexei Lazarenko (5) - 8:34
Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (35 saves / 39 shots)

March 26	Val-d'Or Foreurs		6 – 3	Granby Prédateurs	Palais des Sports
Dominic Chiasson (3) - pp - 11:01		First period		2:53 - pp - Daniel Payette (2) 17:25 - Jean-François Brunelle (1)
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2) - 2:55		Second period		9:18 - pp - Yannick Dupont (1)
Daniel Bienvenue (2) - 2:46 Yanick Evola (1) - pp - 8:15 Daniel Bienvenue (3) - 9:42 Olexei Lazarenko (6) - 10:17		Third period		No scoring
Roberto Luongo (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Frédéric Henry (31 saves / 37 shots)

March 28	Granby Prédateurs		3 – 4	OT	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
No scoring		First period			2:20 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (3) 10:40 - Daniel Bienvenue (4)
Daniel Payette (3) - 5:51 Philippe Audet (2) - 18:50		Second period			No scoring
Samy Nasreddine (1) - pp - 5:41		Third period			7:39 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)
No scoring		First overtime period			2:44 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (5)
Frédéric Henry (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (36 saves / 39 shots)

March 30	Val-d'Or Foreurs		7 – 2	Granby Prédateurs	Palais des Sports
0:59 - Yanick Evola (2) 4:06 - pp - Dominic Chiasson (4) 9:01 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (4) 9:45 - Lucio DeMartinis (2) 19:18 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (6)		First period		Philippe Audet (3) - pp - 15:52
13:47 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (7) 15:10 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (8)		Second period		Philippe Audet (4) - 3:22
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Roberto Luongo (38 saves / 40 shots) Patrick Couture (0 saves / 0 shots)		Goalie stats		Frédéric Henry (25 saves / 31 shots) Francis Larivée (0 saves / 1 shot)

April 1	Granby Prédateurs		2 – 3	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
2:56 - Christian Daigle (2)		First period		Dominic Chiasson (5) - sh - 8:56
6:54 - pp - Yannick Dupont (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Yanick Evola (3) - 3:44 Yanick Evola (4) - pp - 11:51
Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 33 shots)

Val-d'Or won series 4 – 1

Dilio Division

(D1) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

March 25	Victoriaville Tigres		2 – 3	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée des Bois-Francs
No scoring		First period		Denis Hamel (3) - sh - 19:59
3:32 - Christian Robichaud (1) 13:25 - pp - Patrick Grandmaître (1)		Second period		Frédéric Bouchard (8) - pp - 4:54
No scoring		Third period		Frédéric Bouchard (9) - 7:47
Mathieu Garon (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)

March 26	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 5	Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
Frédéric Bouchard (10) - 8:42		First period		15:11 - Emmanuel Labranche (1)
Denis Hamel (4) - 6:15		Second period		5:12 - Christian Robichaud (2) 9:03 - sh - David Thibeault (1) 12:28 - Michel Massie (1)
Radoslav Suchý (1) - 14:51		Third period		9:35 - pp - Carl Paradis (1)
Marc Denis (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathieu Garon (57 saves / 60 shots)

March 28	Victoriaville Tigres		2 – 7	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée des Bois-Francs
David Thibeault (2) - pp - 8:36 Christian Robichaud (3) - 10:28		First period		12:47 - pp - Sébastien Bêty (1) 17:50 - pp - Radoslav Suchý (2)
No scoring		Second period		4:57 - Sacha Fillion (2) 7:34 - Sébastien Bêty (2) 17:52 - Denis Hamel (5)
No scoring		Third period		0:30 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (11) 15:11 - pp - Olivier Morin (2)
Mathieu Garon (23 saves / 29 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (12 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (26 saves / 28 shots) Rémi Bergeron (1 save / 1 shot)

March 30	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 2	OT	Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
10:29 - sh - Denis Hamel (6) 13:39 - sh - David Gosselin (7)		First period			Michel Massie (2) - pp - 7:45
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			David Thibeault (3) - pp - 12:34
1:08 - Denis Hamel (7)		First overtime period			No scoring
Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Garon (38 saves / 41 shots)

April 1	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		1 – 4	Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Radoslav Suchý (3) - pp - 8:25		Second period		7:07 - François Pagé (1) 15:26 - pp - Michel Massie (3) 15:50 - François Cloutier (1)
No scoring		Third period		18:23 - sh - en - Patrick Grandmaître (2)
Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathieu Garon (36 saves / 37 shots)

April 4	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		7 – 0	Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
2:34 - pp - Denis Hamel (8) 14:56 - Radoslav Suchý (4)		First period		No scoring
1:12 - Frédéric Bouchard (12) 19:07 - pp - Marc Bouchard (4)		Second period		No scoring
5:34 - Patrick Gingras (2) 5:51 - Radoslav Suchý (5) 8:55 - Bruce Richardson (3)		Third period		No scoring
Marc Denis (19 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathieu Garon (33 saves / 40 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (3 saves / 3 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 4 – 2

(D2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (D3) Halifax Mooseheads

March 25	Shawinigan Cataractes		7 – 5	Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
8:37 - pp - Guy Loranger (1) 17:56 - David Beauregard (1)		First period		Jody Shelley (2) - pp - 11:10
15:27 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (1)		Second period		Alex Tanguay (3) - 5:12 Marc Chouinard (3) - 10:49
6:29 - Sylvain Rodier (1) 16:19 - Stéphane Robidas (2) 16:52 - David Beauregard (2) 19:15 - en - Sylvain Rodier (2)		Third period		Martin Pouliot (2) - pp - 1:06 Jamie Brown (3) - 2:11
Sébastien Charpentier (16 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (43 saves / 49 shots)

March 26	Shawinigan Cataractes		1 – 3	Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
4:36 - pp - Guy Loranger (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Alex Tanguay (4) - 3:23 Todd Row (1) - sh - 14:20 Marc Chouinard (4) - en - 19:37
Sébastien Charpentier (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (34 saves / 35 shots)

March 28	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 6	OT	Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
5:48 - Jamie Brown (4)		First period			Sylvain Rodier (3) - 0:40 Roberto Baldris (1) - 1:40 Stéphane Robidas (3) - pp - 10:33
3:48 - Marc Chouinard (5) 18:58 - Éric Laplante (1)		Second period			Sylvain Rodier (4) - 11:27 Guy Loranger (3) - 15:22
2:09 - Jason Troini (4) 12:19 - Andrew Gilby (2)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Alexandre Jacques (1) - 3:31
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (25 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Sébastien Charpentier (35 saves / 40 shots)

March 29	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 4	2OT	Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
8:37 - pp - Jamie Brown (5) 14:43 - Jamie Brown (6)		First period			Guy Loranger (4) - pp - 3:35
15:25 - pp - Jamie Brown (7)		Second period			Guy Loranger (5) - pp - 6:30
8:53 - Marc Chouinard (6)		Third period			Peter Šlamiar (1) - 9:25 Jean-Philippe Paré (1) - 19:49
17:31 - Jamie Brown (8)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (41 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Sébastien Charpentier (5 saves / 6 shots) Mathieu Chouinard (36 saves / 40 shots)

March 31	Shawinigan Cataractes		4 – 3	Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
No scoring		First period		Martin Pouliot (3) - 4:38
18:53 - pp - Alexandre Jacques (2)		Second period		No scoring
9:19 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (4) 10:16 - Jean-Philippe Paré (2) 17:51 - David Bahl (1)		Third period		Jody Shelley (3) - pp - 0:21 François Sasseville (5) - pp - 1:37
Mathieu Chouinard (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (42 saves / 46 shots)

April 2	Halifax Mooseheads		4 – 2	Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
13:48 - François Sasseville (6)		First period		Alexandre Jacques (3) - 0:12 François Méthot (1) - pp - 9:16
9:16 - pp - Jamie Brown (9)		Second period		No scoring
3:44 - Jody Shelley (4) 5:44 - Marc Chouinard (7)		Third period		No scoring
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathieu Chouinard (35 saves / 39 shots)

April 5	Shawinigan Cataractes		3 – 5	Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
No scoring		First period		Jean-Simon Lemay (2) - 8:05 Jean-Simon Lemay (3) - 14:38
12:54 - David-Alexandre Beauregard (3)		Second period		Jamie Brown (10) - 8:42 François Sasseville (7) - pp - 15:23
6:07 - Jean-Philippe Paré (3) 8:53 - pp - François Méthot (2)		Third period		Todd Row (2) - en - 19:47
Mathieu Chouinard (20 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (52 saves / 55 shots)

Halifax won series 4 – 3

Division Finals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

April 8	Hull Olympiques		4 – 2	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
4:04 - pp - Pavel Rosa (7) 15:25 - Martin Ménard (6) 15:40 - Jonathan Delisle (5)		First period		Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5) - pp - 0:59 Marc-Étienne Hubert (2) - 10:50
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
6:30 - Martin Éthier (2)		Third period		No scoring
Martin Biron (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (34 saves / 38 shots)

April 9	Val-d'Or Foreurs		2 – 6	Hull Olympiques	Palais des Sports
Olexei Lazarenko (7) - 17:27		First period		8:28 - pp - Christian Dubé (6) 15:43 - Éric Naud (2)
Martin Lacaille (2) - pp - 13:28		Second period		8:22 - Pavel Rosa (8)
No scoring		Third period		8:02 - Jonathan Delisle (6) 18:19 - pp - Pavel Rosa (9) 19:51 - Francis Bélanger (2)
Roberto Luongo (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Christian Bronsard (17 saves / 19 shots)

April 11	Hull Olympiques		6 – 1	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
Martin Ménard (7) - pp - 8:22 Martin Ménard (8) - 16:24 Francis Nault (1) - 18:19		First period		No scoring
Steven Low (1) - 8:35 Pavel Rosa (10) - pp - 18:08		Second period		No scoring
Francis Nault (2) - 13:58		Third period		10:05 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (9)
Christian Bronsard (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 36 shots) Patrick Couture (11 saves / 12 shots)

April 13	Val-d'Or Foreurs		5 – 4	OT	Hull Olympiques	Palais des Sports
19:59 - Yanick Evola (5)		First period			Pavel Rosa (11) - 11:48
2:55 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (5) 8:35 - pp - Jonathan Fauteux (1)		Second period			Martin Ménard (9) - pp - 6:38 Martin Ménard (10) - 9:13
14:10 - Lucio DeMartinis (3)		Third period			Steven Low (2) - pp - 16:38
14:24 - François Hardy (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (45 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats			Martin Biron (24 saves / 29 shots)

April 15	Hull Olympiques		5 – 2	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
2:20 - Donald MacLean (8) 15:58 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (7)		First period		No scoring
6:56 - Pavel Rosa (12) 9:55 - Marty Johnston (2)		Second period		Lee Cousineau (1) - 10:50
13:26 - Pavel Rosa (13)		Third period		Daniel Bienvenue (6) - pp - 4:09
Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Roberto Luongo (37 saves / 42 shots)

Hull won series 4 – 1

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 7	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 4	OT	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
3:59 - Alexandre Mathieu (2)		First period			Patrick Gingras (3) - 5:34 Frédéric Bouchard (13) - pp - 18:12
8:34 - François Sasseville (8) 18:36 - Elias Abrahamsson (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Denis Hamel (9) - 13:07
No scoring		First overtime period			Marc Bouchard (5) - 3:26
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (36 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (29 saves / 32 shots)

April 8	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 2	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
2:18 - pp - Marc Chouinard (8)		First period		No scoring
6:47 - Éric Laplante (2) 13:39 - pp - Jody Shelley (5)		Second period		Frédéric Bouchard (14) - 11:24
No scoring		Third period		Olivier Morin (3) - 7:41
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 11	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		5 – 3	Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
5:14 - pp - Bruce Richardson (4) 12:53 - Patrick Gingras (4)		First period		Todd Row (3) - 10:06
16:58 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (15)		Second period		Jody Shelley (6) - pp - 19:31
7:39 - Denis Hamel (10) 19:19 - sh - en - Sacha Fillion (3)		Third period		Marc Chouinard (9) - sh - 12:12
Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 35 shots)

April 13	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		1 – 4	Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period		Marc Chouinard (10) - sh - 11:01
No scoring		Second period		Elias Abrahamsson (3) - pp - 4:21
13:24 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (16)		Third period		Jason Troini (5) - pp - 16:23 Todd Row (4) - en - 18:06
Marc Denis (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 31 shots) Martin Bilodeau (16 saves / 17 shots)

April 15	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 3	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period		Radoslav Suchý (6) - pp - 6:52
7:33 - Jamie Brown (11) 8:16 - François Sasseville (9) 18:25 - Éric Laplante (3)		Second period		Frédéric Bouchard (17) - 2:57 Olivier Morin (4) - 17:40
15:48 - Elias Abrahamsson (4) 19:37 - sh - en - François Sasseville (10)		Third period		No scoring
Martin Bilodeau (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (36 saves / 40 shots)

April 18	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		9 – 2	Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
2:54 - pp - Denis Hamel (11) 14:01 - pp - Marc Bouchard (6) 14:59 - Mathieu Benoît (1)		First period		No scoring
1:53 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (18) 4:39 - Patrick Gingras (5)		Second period		Jamie Brown (12) - sh - 19:41
1:10 - pp - Denis Hamel (12) 2:40 - Bruce Richardson (5) 3:12 - pp - Olivier Morin (5) 19:08 - pp - Patrick Gingras (6)		Third period		Jason Troini (6) - 17:54
Marc Denis (13 saves / 14 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats		Martin Bilodeau (23 saves / 28 shots) Steve Mongrain (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 20	Halifax Mooseheads		1 – 5	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period		Marc Bouchard (7) - 4:05
15:03 - Andrew Gilby (3)		Second period		Sébastien Bêty (3) - 2:43 Bruce Richardson (6) - 8:41 Frédéric Bouchard (19) - 15:24
No scoring		Third period		Denis Hamel (13) - 13:34
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 15 shots) Martin Bilodeau (14 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (28 saves / 29 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3

President's Cup Finals

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 22	Hull Olympiques		8 – 3	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Centre Robert Guertin
7:08 - pp - Christian Dubé (7)		First period		Bruce Richardson (7) - 1:19
3:12 - Éric Hunter (1) 7:42 - Jonathan Delisle (8) 14:22 - Ryan Lauzon (1) 16:29 - Matthieu Descoteaux (1)		Second period		Ramzi Abid (2) - 6:02
4:51 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (9) 6:45 - pp - Martin Ménard (11) 11:02 - Marty Johnston (3)		Third period		Denis Hamel (14) - pp - 9:25
Christian Bronsard (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (17 saves / 24 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)

April 25	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 4	Hull Olympiques	Centre Georges-Vézina
Patrick Gingras (7) - 19:19		First period		17:01 - pp - Donald MacLean (9)
No scoring		Second period		2:16 - pp - Steven Low (3) 2:56 - Donald MacLean (10) 13:30 - Jonathan Delisle (10)
Mathieu Benoît (2) - pp - 1:12 Frédéric Bouchard (20) - 14:34		Third period		No scoring
Marc Denis (38 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Christian Bronsard (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 27	Hull Olympiques		6 – 2	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Centre Robert Guertin
Pavel Rosa (14) - 5:37		First period		No scoring
Pavel Rosa (15) - 3:02 Donald MacLean (11) - 4:10 Pavel Rosa (16) - 19:18		Second period		9:50 - Marc Bouchard (8)
Martin Ménard (12) - 4:40 Jonathan Delisle (11) - 10:32		Third period		0:57 - Frédéric Bouchard (21)
Christian Bronsard (40 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Marc Denis (28 saves / 34 shots)

April 29	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		5 – 6	Hull Olympiques	Centre Georges-Vézina
17:17 - Patrick Gingras (8)		First period		Peter Worrell (2) - pp - 6:42 Peter Worrell (3) - 7:08 Pavel Rosa (17) - 11:53
4:10 - David Gosselin (8) 13:26 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (22) 16:34 - David Gosselin (9)		Second period		Éric Naud (3) - 11:11
8:03 - Denis Hamel (15)		Third period		Éric Naud (4) - 11:03 Pavel Rosa (18) - 19:55
Marc Denis (40 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Martin Biron (20 saves / 24 shots) Christian Bronsard (11 saves / 12 shots)

Hull won series 4 – 0

Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frédéric Bouchard	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	21	22	29	51	42
Martin Ménard	Hull Olympiques	14	12	23	35	17
Pavel Rosa	Hull Olympiques	14	18	13	31	16
Martin Chouinard	Halifax Mooseheads	18	10	16	26	12
Marc Bouchard	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	21	8	18	28	14
Denis Hamel	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	20	15	10	25	65
Jonathan Delisle	Hull Olympiques	14	11	13	24	48
Jamie Brown	Halifax Mooseheads	18	12	11	23	39
François Sasseville	Halifax Mooseheads	18	10	13	23	16
Christian Dubé	Hull Olympiques	14	7	16	23	14

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Total ice time; W = Wins; L = Losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SV%	GAA
Jean-Sébastien Giguère	Halifax Mooseheads	16	953	9	7	58	.899	3.65
Jean-Sébastien Aubin	Laval Titan Collège Français	2	127	0	2	10	.872	4.70
Frédérick Brind'Amour	Sherbrooke Faucons	3	173	0	3	16	.846	5.54
Sébastien Charpentier	Shawinigan Cataractes	4	195	2	1	13	.863	3.99
Nicolas Chabot	Rimouski Océanic	4	225	1	3	21	.872	5.58

All-star teams

First team

Goaltender - Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Left defence - Derrick Walser, Beauport Harfangs / Rimouski Océanic
Right defence - Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes
Left winger - Philippe Audet, Granby Prédateurs
Centreman - Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres
Right winger - Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
Coach - Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads

Second team

Goaltender - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads
Left defence - Radoslav Suchý, Sherbrooke Faucons / Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Right defence - Frédéric Bouchard, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Left winger - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Val-d'Or Foreurs
Centreman - Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Right winger - Eric Normandin, Rimouski Océanic
Coach - Alain Rajotte, Victoriaville Tigres

Rookie team

Goaltender - Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
Left defence - François Beauchemin, Laval Titan Collège Français & Jeffrey Sullivan, Granby Prédateurs / Halifax Mooseheads
Right defence - Jonathan Girard, Laval Titan Collège Français
Left winger - Alex Tanguay, Halifax Mooseheads
Centreman - Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
Right winger - Gregor Baumgartner, Laval Titan Collège Français
Coach - Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes
List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.

Trophies and awards

Team

President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Hull Olympiques
Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Hull Olympiques
Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Hull Olympiques

Player

Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres
Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
Ford Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
Ford Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads
AutoPro Plaque - Best plus/minus total, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes
Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Roberto Luongo, Val-d'Or Foreurs
RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic
Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs
QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, Jason Groleau, Victoriaville Tigres
Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Luc Vaillancourt, Beauport Harfangs

Executive

Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads
John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Harold MacKay, Halifax Mooseheads
St-Clair Group Plaque - Marketing Director of the Year, Matt McKnight, Halifax Mooseheads
Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Michel Therrien, Granby Prédateurs

References

Preceded by 1995–96 QMJHL season	QMJHL seasons	Succeeded by 1997–98 QMJHL season

Team changes

Final standings

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Playoffs

Division Quarterfinals

Lebel Division

(L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français

(L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Sherbrooke Faucons

(D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic

Division Semifinals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs

(L2) Granby Prédateurs vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

Dilio Division

(D1) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

(D2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (D3) Halifax Mooseheads

Division Finals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

President's Cup Finals

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Playoff scoring leaders

Playoff leading goaltenders

All-star teams

Trophies and awards

See also

References