2008–09 QMJHL season


The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008. Eighteen teams played 68 games each. The Drummondville Voltigeurs, who finished first overall in the regular season, went on to capture their first President's Cup vs. the Shawinigan Cataractes in a series they won 4-3.

Team Changes

; Offseason
; Regular season
; Playoffs

Standings

Division Standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Division Telus CentreGPWLOTLSLGFGAPts
Drummondville Voltigeurs z68541004345189112
Shawinigan Cataractes x68511430308183105
Victoriaville Tigres x6832322221924968
Lewiston MAINEiacs x6822431219028647

Division Telus EstGPWLOTLSLGFGAPts
Québec Remparts z68491603282184101
Rimouski Océanic x6844231026722389
Chicoutimi Saguenéens x6824324821525660
Baie-Comeau Drakkar x6822377220629753

Division AtlantiqueGPWLOTLSLGFGAPts
Moncton Wildcats z68481424236149102
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x6846183125220196
Saint John Sea Dogs x6834302222223272
P.E.I. Rocket x6826325522924362
Acadie-Bathurst Titan x6820357618725653
Halifax Mooseheads6819413519329046

Division Telus OuestGPWLOTLSLGFGAPts
Gatineau Olympiques z6838252323223281
Montreal Junior Hockey Club x6834302221120272
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x6830305321024568
Val-d'Or Foreurs6819413520629346

Overall Standing

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
RankTeamGPWLOTLSLGFGAPts
1Drummondville Voltigeurs z68541004345189112
2Moncton Wildcats z68481424236149102
3Québec Remparts z68491603282184101
4Gatineau Olympiques z6838252323223281
5Shawinigan Cataractes x68511430308183105
6Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x6846183125220196
7Rimouski Océanic x6844231026722389
8Montreal Junior Hockey Club x6834302221120272
9Saint John Sea Dogs x6834302222223272
10Victoriaville Tigres x6832322221924968
11Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x6830305321024568
12P.E.I. Rocket x6826325522924362
13Chicoutimi Saguenéens x6824324821525660
14Baie-Comeau Drakkar x6822377220629753
15Acadie-Bathurst Titan x6820357618725653
16Lewiston MAINEiacs x6822431219028647
17Val-d'Or Foreurs6819413520629346
18Halifax Mooseheads6819413519329046

x - team clinched QMJHL Playoff spot
z - team has cliched division

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Yannick RiendeauDrummondville Voltigeurs64586812631
Dany MasseDrummondville Voltigeurs68446611052
Cedric Lalonde-McNicollShawinigan Cataractes65386610422
Paul ByronGatineau Olympiques6533669932
Mike HoffmanDrummondville Voltigeurs6252429486
Nicholas PetersenShawinigan Cataractes6837539042
Felix PetitBaie-Comeau Drakkar6825659028
Matthew PistilliShawinigan Cataractes6345418637
Alexandre QuesnelGatineau Olympiques6337458288
Robert SlaneyCape Breton Screaming Eagles6336458178

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Players

2008 QMJHL Entry Draft

  1. Moncton Wildcats Brandon Gormley
  2. Drummondville Voltigeurs Sean Couturier
  3. Victoriaville Tigres Brandon Hynes
  4. Val-d'Or Foreurs Cedrick Henley
  5. Prince Edward Island Rocket Ben Duffy
  6. Lewiston MAINEiacs Garrett Clarke
  7. Shawinigan Cataractes Michaël Bournival
  8. Montréal Juniors Guillaume Asselin
  9. Lewiston MAINEiacs Michael Chaput
  10. Québec Remparts Samuel Carrier
  11. Acadie-Bathurst Titan Vincent Arseneau
  12. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Logan Shaw
  13. Moncton Wildcats Louis Domingue
  14. Lewiston MAINEiacs Etienne Brodeur
  15. Val-d'Or Foreurs Alex Noël
  16. Gatineau Olympiques Yoan Pinette
  17. Acadie-Bathurst Titan Stefan Fournier
  18. Drummondville Voltigeurs Jerome Gauthier-Leduc

    2008 NHL Entry Draft

In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Trades

Off-season

QMJHL Playoffs

Overview

First Round

Division Telus Centre

Division Telus Est

Division Atlantique

Division Telus Ouest

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

QMJHL Championship

Canada Russia Challenge

The ADT Canada Russia Challenge is a six game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League versus Russia's National Junior hockey team. Within the Canadian Hockey League umbrella, one team from each of its three leagues — the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League — compete in two games against the Russian junior team.
The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge was held in six cities across Canada, with two cities for each league within the Canadian Hockey League. The series began on November 17, 2008, and concluded on November 27, 2008. All six games were televised nationally on Rogers Sportsnet, along with RDS televising both games from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
; Results
In the first game of the two part series between Team QMJHL and the Russian Selects, Team QMJHL scored five goals en route to a 5–3 win in front of 4,378 fans at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Kmitri Kugryshev of the Russian Selects and goaltender Olivier Roy of Team QMJHL were named the ADT Players of the Game for their respective teams. The Russian Selects evened the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, winning the second game after having registered four goals in a 4–3 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 6,451 assembled at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Memorial Cup

The 91st MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.

All-star teams

;First team
;Second team
;Rookie team
;Team
;Player
;Executive