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1996-97 QMJHL season
LeagueQuebec Major Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997
Playoffs
March 17 – April 29, 1996
Number of teams14
Regular season
Jean Rougeau TrophyHull Olympiques (3)
Season MVPDaniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorerPavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPChristian Bronsard (Olympiques)
Finals championsHull Olympiques
  Runners-upChicoutimi Saguenéens
QMJHL seasons
1996-97 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
QMJHL
Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997
WHL
Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
Number of teams60
Memorial Cup
Finals championsHull Olympiques (QMHL) (2nd title)
  Runners-upLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

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

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Final standings

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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

Scoring leaders

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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 Menard 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

Leading goaltenders

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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

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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

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Lebel Division

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

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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
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

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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

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

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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

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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

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Lebel Division

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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 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

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Lebel Division

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

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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

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

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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
April 15 Halifax Mooseheads 5 – 3 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Halifax Metro Centre
April 18 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 9 – 2 Halifax Mooseheads Centre Georges-Vézina
April 20 Halifax Mooseheads 1 – 5 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Halifax Metro Centre
Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3


President's Cup Finals

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

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April 22 Hull Olympiques 8 – 3 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Robert Guertin
April 25 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 3 – 4 Hull Olympiques Centre Georges-Vézina
April 27 Hull Olympiques 6 – 2 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Robert Guertin
April 29 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 5 – 6 Hull Olympiques Centre Georges-Vézina
Hull won series 4 – 0


All-star teams

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First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

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Team
Player
Executive

See also

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References

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