The 2018–19 QMJHL season was the 50th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 20, 2018, and ended on March 16, 2019.
The playoffs started March 22, 2019 and ended on May 11. The winning team, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, were awarded the President's Cup as the QMJHL champion and earned a berth in the 2019 Memorial Cup, being hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 17–26, 2019.
Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched Jean Rougeau Trophy
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
2019 President's Cup playoffs
In the first two rounds seeding is determined by conference standings, and in the two final rounds seeding is determined by overall standings.
Conference quarter-finals
Western Conference quarter-finals
(1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (8) Shawinigan Cataractes
| March 22
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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1 – 4
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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Aréna Iamgold
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Recap
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| No scoring
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First period
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No scoring
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| No scoring
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Second period
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15:37 - Alex Beaucage (1)
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| Valentin Nussbaumer (1) - 2:19
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Third period
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2:06 - Justin Bergeron (1) 3:04 - Samuel Naud (1) 3:27 - Jakub Lauko (1)
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| Justin Blanchette (47 saves / 51 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Samuel Harvey (24 saves / 25 shots)
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| March 23
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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4 – 3
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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Aréna Iamgold
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Recap
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Vincent Senez-Allaire (2) - 0:53 Mavrik Bourque (1) - pp - 9:45 Leon Denny (1) - pp - 10:48
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First period
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13:45 - Justin Bergeron (2)
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| No scoring
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Second period
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2:16 - pp - William Cyr (1)
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| Mikael Robidoux (1) - 18:23
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Third period
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8:46 - Peter Abbandonato (1)
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| Justin Blanchette (57 saves / 60 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Zachary Émond (1 save / 4 shots) Samuel Harvey (16 saves / 17 shots)
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| March 26
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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5 – 0
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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Centre Gervais Auto
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Recap
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| Félix Bibeau (1) - pp - 3:28
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First period
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No scoring
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Noah Dobson (1) - 8:32 Joël Teasdale (1) - 10:15
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Second period
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No scoring
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Vincent Marleau (1) - 13:47 Ryan MacLellan (1) - pp - 19:55
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Third period
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No scoring
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| Samuel Harvey (22 saves / 22 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Justin Blanchette (29 saves / 34 shots)
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| March 27
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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3 – 4
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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Centre Gervais Auto
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Recap
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Jakub Lauko (2) - 5:04 Joël Teasdale (2) - 17:03
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First period
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3:00 - pp - Jan Drozg (1)
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| No scoring
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Second period
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13:14 - Mavrik Bourque (2) 15:30 - pp - Charles Beaudoin (1)
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| Noah Dobson (2) - 6:54
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Third period
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18:43 - pp - Gabriel Denis (1)
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| Samuel Harvey (18 saves / 22 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Justin Blanchette (40 saves / 43 shots)
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| March 29
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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7 – 3
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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Centre Gervais Auto
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Recap
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10:11 - Félix Bibeau (2) 15:46 - Louis-Filip Côté (1)
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First period
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Jan Drozg (2) - 1:10 Jan Drozg (3) - pp - 11:19
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4:37 - pp - Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (1) 4:55 - Joël Teasdale (3) 8:05 - Patrik Hrehorčák (1)
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Second period
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Jan Drozg (4) - 7:12
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5:30 - pp - Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (2) 11:05 - pp - Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (3)
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Third period
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No scoring
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| Samuel Harvey (18 saves / 21 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Justin Blanchette (30 saves / 36 shots) Antoine Coulombe (7 saves / 8 shots)
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| April 1
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Shawinigan Cataractes
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2 – 8
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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
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Aréna Iamgold
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Recap
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| 13:34 - Jérémy Martin (1)
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First period
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Peter Abbandonato (2) - pp - 4:03 Justin Bergeron (3) - 6:09 Patrik Hrehorčák (2) - 12:34
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| 12:40 - Pierre-Olivier Bourgeois (1)
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Second period
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Joël Teasdale (4) - pp - 14:28
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| No scoring
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Third period
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Félix Bibeau (3) - pp - 3:17 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (4) - pp - 6:53 Patrik Hrehorčák (3) - 10:18 Mathieu Gagnon (1) - 17:03
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Justin Blanchette (9 saves / 12 shots) Antoine Coulombe (31 saves / 36 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Samuel Harvey (16 saves / 18 shots)
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| Rouyn-Noranda wins series 4–2
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(2) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (7) Gatineau Olympiques
| Drummondville wins series 4–1
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(3) Sherbrooke Phoenix vs. (6) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
| Sherbrooke wins series 4–1
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(4) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (5) Val d'Or Foreurs
| Victoriaville wins series 4–3
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Eastern Conference quarter-finals
(1) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (8) Quebec Remparts
| March 22
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Quebec Remparts
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3 – 2
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Halifax Mooseheads
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Scotiabank Centre
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Recap
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| Matthew Grouchy (1) - pp - 11:50
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First period
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No scoring
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| Luke Kutkevicius (1) - pp - 7:25
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Second period
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9:22 - sh - Justin Barron (1)
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| Pierrick Dubé (1) - 6:01
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Third period
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8:00 - pp - Jared McIsaac (1)
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| Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (19 saves / 21 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Alexis Gravel (19 saves / 22 shots)
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| March 23
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Quebec Remparts
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5 – 4
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OT
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Halifax Mooseheads
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Scotiabank Centre
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Recap
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Andrew Coxhead (1) - 3:44 Jérémy Laframboise (1) - 15:01
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First period
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8:43 - pp - Arnaud Durandeau (1)
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Sam Dunn (1) - pp - 14:41 Andrew Coxhead (2) - pp - 19:34
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Second period
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5:22 - Arnaud Durandeau (2) 12:04 - Maxim Trépanier (1)
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| No scoring
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Third period
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16:21 - Raphaël Lavoie (1)
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| Philipp Kurashev (1) - pp - 11:40
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First overtime period
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No scoring
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| Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (41 saves / 45 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Alexis Gravel (25 saves / 29 shots) Cole McLaren (7 saves / 8 shots)
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| March 26
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Halifax Mooseheads
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3 – 1
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Quebec Remparts
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Centre Vidéotron
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Recap
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| Arnaud Durandeau (3) - pp - 15:11
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First period
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No scoring
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| Raphaël Lavoie (2) - 3:48
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Second period
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No scoring
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| Raphaël Lavoie (3) - en - 19:18
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Third period
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9:05 - Luke Kutkevicius (2)
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| Alexis Gravel (25 saves / 26 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (24 saves / 26 shots)
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| March 28
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Halifax Mooseheads
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5 – 4
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Quebec Remparts
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Centre Vidéotron
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Recap
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| Maxim Trépanier (2) - pp - 13:49
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First period
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9:18 - Étienne Verrette (1)
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Antoine Morand (1) - 8:18 Samuel Asselin (1) - 10:22
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Second period
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No scoring
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Antoine Morand (2) - 9:52 Raphaël Lavoie (4) - en - 18:30
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Third period
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4:29 - Félix-Olivier Chouinard (1) 17:09 - Andrew Coxhead (3) 18:45 - pp - Gabriel Montreuil (1)
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| Alexis Gravel (29 saves / 33 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (41 saves / 45 shots)
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| March 30
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Halifax Mooseheads
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2 – 4
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Quebec Remparts
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Centre Vidéotron
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Recap
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| No scoring
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First period
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No scoring
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| 18:25 - Raphaël Lavoie (5)
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Second period
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Matthew Grouchy (2) - pp - 0:30 Pier-Olivier Lacombe (1) - pp - 7:32 Pierrick Dubé (2) - 8:34
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| 19:17 - Arnaud Durandeau (4)
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Third period
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Édouard St-Laurent (1) - ps - 11:34
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| Alexis Gravel (30 saves / 34 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (22 saves / 24 shots)
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| April 1
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Quebec Remparts
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1 – 6
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Halifax Mooseheads
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Scotiabank Centre
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Recap
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| 10:27 - Samuel Dickner (1)
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First period
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Raphaël Lavoie (6) - 4:58
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| No scoring
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Second period
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Antoine Morand (3) - 18:05 Keith Getson (1) - 19:08
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| No scoring
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Third period
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Samuel Asselin (2) - 0:26 Raphaël Lavoie (7) - en - 13:40 Keith Getson (2) - pp - 17:13
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Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (26 saves / 30 shots) Kyle Jessiman (9 saves / 10 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Alexis Gravel (23 saves / 24 shots)
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| April 2
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Quebec Remparts
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1 – 3
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Halifax Mooseheads
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Scotiabank Centre
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Recap
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| Sam Dunn (2) - 8:22
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First period
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14:09 - pp - Maxim Trépanier (3)
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| No scoring
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Second period
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4:41 - Jocktan Chainey (1)
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| No scoring
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Third period
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0:52 - Keith Getson (3)
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| Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (28 saves / 31 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Alexis Gravel (26 saves / 27 shots)
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(2) Baie-Comeau Drakkar vs. (7) Moncton Wildcats
(3) Rimouski Océanic vs. (6) Chicoutimi Saguenéens
| March 22
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Chicoutimi Saguenéens
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3 – 4
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OT
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Rimouski Océanic
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Colisée Financière Sun Life
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Recap
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| No scoring
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First period
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No scoring
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| No scoring
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Second period
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14:29 - pp - Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1) 15:19 - pp - Jeffrey Durocher (1) 15:59 - pp - Jimmy Huntington (1)
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Théo Rochette (1) - pp - 6:01 Hendrix Lapierre (1) - 15:05 Théo Rochette (2) - pp - 19:57
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Third period
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No scoring
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| No scoring
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First overtime period
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15:53 - Jimmy Huntington (2)
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| Alexis Shank (31 saves / 35 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Colten Ellis (32 saves / 35 shots)
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| March 23
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Chicoutimi Saguenéens
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2 – 3
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4OT
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Rimouski Océanic
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Colisée Financière Sun Life
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Recap
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| No scoring
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First period
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2:15 - pp - Dmitry Zavgorodniy (1)
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| Théo Rochette (3) - pp - 2:51
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Second period
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No scoring
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| Théo Rochette (4) - pp - 16:52
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Third period
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18:56 - pp - Cédric Paré (1)
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| No scoring
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Fourth overtime period
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9:15 - D'Artagnan Joly (1)
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| Alexis Shank (80 saves / 83 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Colten Ellis (53 saves / 55 shots)
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| March 26
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Rimouski Océanic
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4 – 3
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Chicoutimi Saguenéens
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Centre Georges-Vézina
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Recap
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| Jimmy Huntington (3) - 13:49
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First period
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17:00 - Zachary Lavigne (1)
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Alexis Lafrenière (1) - 16:04 Alexis Lafrenière (2) - pp - 19:10 Jeffrey Durocher (2) - 19:48
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Second period
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11:46 - Hendrix Lapierre (2) 13:01 - Gabriel Villeneuve (1)
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| No scoring
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Third period
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No scoring
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| Colten Ellis (24 saves / 27 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Alexis Shank (30 saves / 34 shots)
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(4) Charlottetown Islanders vs. (5) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
| March 26
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Charlottetown Islanders
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0 – 1
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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| March 27
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Charlottetown Islanders
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2 – 6
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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| March 31
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Charlottetown Islanders
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3 – 4
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OT
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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| Cape Breton wins series 4–2
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Conference semi-finals
Western Conference semi-finals
(1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (4) Victoriaville Tigres
| Rouyn-Noranda wins series 4–0
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(2) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (3) Sherbrooke Phoenix
| Drummondville wins series 4–1
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Eastern Conference semi-finals
(1) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (7) Moncton Wildcats
(3) Rimouski Océanic vs. (5) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
| April 9
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Rimouski Océanic
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3 – 0
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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| April 11
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Rimouski Océanic
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5 – 2
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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| April 12
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Rimouski Océanic
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5 – 3
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Centre 200
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Recap
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Semi-finals
(1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (5) Rimouski Océanic
| Rouyn-Noranda wins series 4–0
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(2) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (3) Halifax Mooseheads
President's Cup Finals
(1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (3) Halifax Mooseheads
| Rouyn-Noranda wins series 4–2
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Playoff leading scorers
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties minutes
Playoff leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Trophies and awards
Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy – Most Valuable Player: Alexis Lafrenière, Rimouski Océanic
- Jean Béliveau Trophy – Top Scorer: Peter Abbandonato, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Guy Lafleur Trophy – Playoff MVP: Noah Dobson, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Top Goaltender: Samuel Harvey, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Guy Carbonneau Trophy – Best Defensive Forward: Félix Lauzon, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Emile Bouchard Trophy – Defenceman of the Year: Charles-Édouard D'Astous, Rimouski Océanic
- Kevin Lowe Trophy – Best Defensive Defenceman: Jacob Neveu, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Michael Bossy Trophy – Top Prospect: Raphaël Lavoie, Halifax Mooseheads
- RDS Cup – Rookie of the Year: Jordan Spence, Moncton Wildcats
- Michel Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year: Hendrix Lapierre, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jordan Spence, Moncton Wildcats
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy – Most sportsmanlike player: Peter Abbandonato, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year – Humanitarian of the Year: Charle-Édouard D'Astous, Rimouski Océanic
- Marcel Robert Trophy – Best Scholastic Player: Matthew Welsh, Charlottetown Islanders
- Paul Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year: Alexis Lafrenière, Rimouski Océanic
Executive
All-Star teams
First All-Star Team:[1]
- Samuel Harvey, Goaltender, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Charles-Édouard D'Astous, Defenceman, Rimouski Océanic
- Noah Dobson, Defenceman, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Alexis Lafrenière, Forward, Rimouski Océanic
- Joe Veleno, Forward, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Peter Abbandonato, Forward, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Second All-Star Team:
- Tristan Côté-Cazenave, Goaltender, Victoriaville Tigres
- Nicolas Beaudin, Defenceman, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Jared McIsaac, Defenceman, Halifax Mooseheads
- Ivan Chekhovich, Forward, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
- Samuel Asselin, Forward, Halifax Mooseheads
- Jimmy Huntington, Forward, Rimouski Océanic
All-Rookie Team:
- Fabio Iacobo, Goaltender, Victoriaville Tigres
- Jordan Spence, Defenceman, Moncton Wildcats
- Lukas Cormier, Defenceman, Charlottetown Islanders
- Hendrix Lapierre, Forward, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Egor Serdyuk, Forward, Victoriaville Tigres
- Mikhail Abramov, Forward, Victoriaville Tigres
See also
References
External links
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