2003–04 QMJHL season
2003–04 QMJHL season | |
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League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
Sport | Hockey |
Duration | Regular season September 11, 2003 – March 14, 2004 Playoffs March 19 – May 9, 2004 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | James Sheppard |
Picked by | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles |
Regular season | |
Jean Rougeau Trophy | Gatineau Olympiques (4) |
Season MVP | Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Océanic) |
Top scorer | Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Océanic) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Maxime Talbot (Olympiques) |
Finals champions | Gatineau Olympiques |
Runners-up | Moncton Wildcats |
2003–04 CHL season | |
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League | Canadian Hockey League |
Sport | Hockey |
Duration | OHL Sept. 17, 2003 – Mar. 14, 2004 QMJHL Sept. 11, 2002 – Mar. 14, 2004 WHL Sept. 19, 2003 – Mar. 14, 2004 |
Number of teams | 60 |
Memorial Cup | |
Finals champions | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
Runners-up | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
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The 2003–04 QMJHL season was the 35th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continued to expand to new eastern markets, with teams relocating to Maine and Prince Edward Island. Conferences were abandoned and teams were divided into three divisions by geography. Sixteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule.
The Lewiston Maineiacs became the league's second American-based team in history after the Plattsburgh Pioneers, and first to survive a full season. The P.E.I. Rocket also became the first major junior hockey team based on Prince Edward Island.
Rookie Sidney Crosby led the league in scoring as a 16-year-old, and won the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy as the MVP of the regular season.
The Gatineau Olympiques finished first overall in the regular season winning their fourth Jean Rougeau Trophy, and also won their sixth President's Cup, defeating the Moncton Wildcats in the finals.
Team changes
[edit]- The Hull Olympiques were renamed the Gatineau Olympiques.
- The Montreal Rocket relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, becoming the P.E.I. Rocket.
- The Sherbrooke Castors relocated to Lewiston, Maine, becoming the Lewiston Maineiacs.
Final standings
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Western Division | GP | W | L | T | OL | Pts | GF | GA |
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y-Gatineau Olympiques | 70 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 107 | 306 | 179 |
x-Shawinigan Cataractes | 70 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 259 | 215 |
x-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 70 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 260 | 265 |
x-Val-d'Or Foreurs | 70 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 70 | 213 | 222 |
x-Drummondville Voltigeurs | 70 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 210 | 224 |
Victoriaville Tigres | 70 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 204 | 295 |
Eastern Division | GP | W | L | T | OL | Pts | GF | GA |
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y-Rimouski Océanic | 70 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 284 | 252 |
x-Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 70 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 218 | 220 |
x-Lewiston Maineiacs | 70 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 233 | 215 |
x-Quebec Remparts | 70 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 210 | 245 |
x-Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 70 | 21 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 195 | 285 |
Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | T | OL | Pts | GF | GA |
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y-Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 70 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 103 | 273 | 164 |
x-Moncton Wildcats | 70 | 46 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 270 | 206 |
x-P.E.I. Rocket | 70 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 91 | 251 | 189 |
Halifax Mooseheads | 70 | 17 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 194 | 274 |
Acadie-Bathurst Titan | 70 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 184 | 314 |
- y-received first-round bye
- x-made playoffs
Scoring leaders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Sidney Crosby | Rimouski Océanic | 59 | 54 | 81 | 135 | 74 |
Dany Roussin | Rimouski Océanic | 66 | 59 | 58 | 117 | 70 |
Maxime Talbot | Gatineau Olympiques | 51 | 25 | 73 | 98 | 41 |
Jean-Michel Daoust | Gatineau Olympiques | 60 | 31 | 65 | 96 | 82 |
Benoît Mondou | Shawinigan Cataractes | 68 | 34 | 61 | 95 | 32 |
Pascal Pelletier | Shawinigan Cataractes | 64 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 85 |
Yannick Tifu | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 70 | 42 | 48 | 90 | 39 |
Guillaume Fournier | Victoriaville/ Gatineau | 65 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 28 |
François-Pierre Guenette | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 69 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 26 |
Karl Gagné | Moncton Wildcats | 68 | 24 | 60 | 84 | 20 |
Michael Lambert | P.E.I. Rocket | 67 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 53 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]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 |
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Martin Houle | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 51 | 2950:48 | 34 | 15 | 114 | 3 | .921 | 2.32 |
Corey Crawford | Moncton Wildcats | 54 | 3019:02 | 35 | 15 | 132 | 2 | .919 | 2.62 |
David Tremblay | Gatineau Olympiques | 47 | 2671:34 | 33 | 10 | 117 | 3 | .908 | 2.63 |
Jeff Deslauriers | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 50 | 2705:44 | 21 | 20 | 129 | 1 | .916 | 2.87 |
Julien Ellis | Shawinigan Cataractes | 59 | 3286:54 | 32 | 18 | 157 | 1 | .903 | 2.87 |
Canada-Russia Challenge
[edit]The 2003–04 season was the first time the Canada-Russia challenge was played. The event, then known as the RE/MAX Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads and the Rimouski Océanic. On November 20, 2003, the Russian Selects defeated the QMJHL All-stars 3–2 at the Halifax Metro Centre. On November 24, 2003, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 6–2 at Colisée de Rimouski.
Playoffs
[edit]Each regular season division winner received a first round bye, and ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall. Remaining teams were ranked 4th to 13th, regardless of division.
Maxime Talbot was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists).
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Rouyn-Noranda | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Rouyn-Noranda | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Lewiston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Chicoutimi | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Cape Breton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Chicoutimi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Chicoutimi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Val-d'Or | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Gatineau | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Moncton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shawinigan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shawinigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Drummondville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Rimouski | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | P. E. I. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Quebec | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | P. E. I. | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Baie-Comeau | 0 |
First round
[edit](8) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (9) Lewiston Maineiacs
[edit]March 19 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 4 – 1 | Lewiston Maineiacs | Aréna Dave Keon |
March 20 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 2 – 7 | Lewiston Maineiacs | Aréna Dave Keon |
March 23 | Lewiston Maineiacs | 0 – 6 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | The Colisée |
March 24 | Lewiston Maineiacs | 5 – 4 | OT | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | The Colisée |
March 26 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 2 – 3 | OT | Lewiston Maineiacs | Aréna Dave Keon |
March 28 | Lewiston Maineiacs | 4 – 2 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | The Colisée |
March 30 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 5 – 0 | Lewiston Maineiacs | Aréna Dave Keon |
Rouyn-Noranda won series 4 – 3 | |
(7) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (10) Val-d'Or Foreurs
[edit]March 19 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 4 – 0 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre Georges-Vézina |
March 20 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 1 – 4 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre Georges-Vézina |
March 23 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 1 – 3 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | Palais des Sports |
March 24 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 1 – 3 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | Palais des Sports |
March 26 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 2 – 1 | OT | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre Georges-Vézina |
March 28 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 6 – 1 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | Palais des Sports |
March 30 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 4 – 3 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre Georges-Vézina |
Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3 | |
(6) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (11) Drummondville Voltigeurs
[edit]March 19 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 2 – 3 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Aréna Jacques Plante |
March 20 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 6 – 4 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Aréna Jacques Plante |
March 23 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 1 – 2 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre Marcel-Dionne |
March 24 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 2 – 1 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre Marcel-Dionne |
March 26 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 10 – 1 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Aréna Jacques Plante |
March 28 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 – 3 | OT | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre Marcel-Dionne |
March 30 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3 – 1 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Aréna Jacques Plante |
Shawinigan won series 4 – 3 | |
(5) P.E.I. Rocket vs. (12) Quebec Remparts
[edit]March 19 | P.E.I. Rocket | 1 – 3 | Quebec Remparts | Charlottetown Civic Centre |
March 20 | P.E.I. Rocket | 3 – 2 | OT | Quebec Remparts | Charlottetown Civic Centre |
March 23 | Quebec Remparts | 2 – 5 | P.E.I. Rocket | Colisée Pepsi |
March 24 | Quebec Remparts | 1 – 2 | P.E.I. Rocket | Colisée Pepsi |
March 26 | P.E.I. Rocket | 7 – 1 | Quebec Remparts | Charlottetown Civic Centre |
P.E.I. won series 4 – 1 | |
(4) Moncton Wildcats vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar
[edit]March 19 | Moncton Wildcats | 8 – 1 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | Moncton Coliseum | ||||
4:43 - Kevin Glode (1) 7:42 - pp - Karl Gagné (1) 16:40 - Thierry Douville (1) 17:17 - Karl Gagné (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
8:26 - pp - Konstantin Zakharov (1) 15:37 - Mathieu Bétournay (1) |
Second period | Jean-François Jacques (1) - 10:38 | ||||||
2:51 - Cody Doucette (1) 5:31 - pp - Konstantin Zakharov (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Crawford (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Loïc Lacasse (9 saves / 12 shots) Julien Walsh (26 saves / 31 shots) |
March 20 | Moncton Wildcats | 3 – 2 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | Moncton Coliseum |
March 23 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 1 – 7 | Moncton Wildcats | Centre Henry-Leonard |
March 24 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 1 – 5 | Moncton Wildcats | Centre Henry-Leonard |
Moncton won series 4 – 0 | |
Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Gatineau Olympiques vs. (8) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
[edit]April 2 | Gatineau Olympiques | 3 – 1 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | Centre Robert Guertin |
April 4 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 2 – 3 | OT | Gatineau Olympiques | Aréna Dave Keon |
April 6 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 3 – 4 | Gatineau Olympiques | Aréna Dave Keon |
April 8 | Gatineau Olympiques | 5 – 2 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | Centre Robert Guertin |
Gatineau won series 4 – 0 | |
(3) Rimouski Océanic vs. (6) Chicoutimi Saguenéens
[edit]April 2 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 3 – 2 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre 200 | ||||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
2:02 - Guillaume Demers (1) | Second period | Sébastien Courcelles (4) - 7:33 | ||||||
10:25 - Guillaume Demers (2) 11:32 - Guillaume Demers (3) |
Third period | Francis Lemieux (2) - 13:54 | ||||||
Marc-André Fleury (16 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Jeff Deslauriers (30 saves / 33 shots) |
April 3 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 3 – 4 | OT | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre 200 |
April 6 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 4 – 3 | OT | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | Centre Georges-Vézina |
April 7 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3 – 2 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | Centre Georges-Vézina |
April 9 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 2 – 5 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Centre 200 |
Chicoutimi won series 4 – 1 | |
(1) Rimouski Océanic vs. (8) Shawinigan Cataractes
[edit]April 2 | Rimouski Océanic | 4 – 2 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Colisée de Rimouski | ||||
No scoring | First period | Thiery Poudrier (3) - 2:34 | ||||||
0:53 - Mark Tobin (1) 6:53 - pp - Marc-Antoine Pouliot (1) |
Second period | Michal Gavalier (2) - 18:44 | ||||||
3:46 - pp - Danny Stewart (1) 19:34 - en - Sidney Crosby (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Guillaume Lavallée (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Julien Ellis (32 saves / 35 shots) |
April 3 | Rimouski Océanic | 5 – 1 | Shawinigan Cataractes | Colisée de Rimouski |
April 6 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 2 – 8 | Rimouski Océanic | Aréna Jacques Plante |
April 8 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 3 – 4 | Rimouski Océanic | Aréna Jacques Plante |
Rimouski won series 4 – 0 | |
All-star teams
[edit]- First team
- Goaltender - Martin Houle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- Left Defence - Doug O'Brien, Gatineau Olympiques
- Right Defence - Jonathan Paiement, Lewiston Maineiacs
- Left Winger - Dany Roussin, Rimouski Océanic
- Centreman - Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Right Winger - Jean-Michel Daoust, Gatineau Olympiques
- Coach - Benoît Groulx, Gatineau Olympiques
- Second team
- Goaltender - Corey Crawford, Moncton Wildcats
- Left Defence - Mathieu Dumas, Val-d'Or Foreurs
- Right Defence - Mario Scalzo, Victoriaville Tigres
- Left Winger - Alexandre Picard, Lewiston Maineiacs
- Centreman - Maxime Talbot, Gatineau Olympiques
- Right Winger - Steve Bernier, Moncton Wildcats
- Coach - Alain Vigneault, P.E.I. Rocket
- Rookie team
- Goaltender - Julien Ellis, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Left Defence - Nathan Welton, Quebec Remparts
- Right Defence - Mathieu Carle, Acadie-Bathurst
- Left Winger - Guillaume Latendresse, Drummondville
- Centreman - Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Right Winger - Martins Karsums, Moncton Wildcats
- Coach - no eligible candidate
- List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
Trophies and awards
[edit]- Team
- President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Gatineau Olympiques
- Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Gatineau Olympiques
- Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals, Gatineau Olympiques
- Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Maxime Talbot, Gatineau Olympiques
- Telus Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Telus Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Corey Crawford, Moncton Wildcats
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Martin Houle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Doug O'Brien, Gatineau Olympiques
- Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Alexandre Picard, Lewiston Maineiacs
- RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Julien Ellis-Plante, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Benoît Mondou, Shawinigan Cataractes
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, Josh Hennessy, Quebec Remparts
- Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Nicolas Laplante, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Océanic
- Executive
- Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Benoît Groulx, Gatineau Olympiques
- John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Sylvie Fortier, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
- Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year, Johanne Lefebvre, Baie-Comeau Drakkar