1999–2000 QMJHL season

Canadian junior ice hockey season March 2026 May 2025 The 1999–2000 QMJHL season was the 31st season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. The QMJHL splits into four divisions, retaining the names Lebel and Dilio for its conferences. The Lebel conference is split into the West and Central divisions, and the Dilio Conference is split into the East and Maritime divisions. The overtime loss statistic is adopted by the Canadian Hockey League. The QMJHL had previously experiment with a single point awarded for an overtime loss in the 1984–85 QMJHL season. Sixteen teams played seventy-two games each in the schedule. Brad Richards of the Rimouski Océanic is the top scorer in the league, wins the regular season and playoff MVP awards, and three other individual awards at the season's end. Richards helped Rimouski finish first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy, and their first President's Cup, defeating the Hull Olympiques in the finals. Team changes The Montreal Rocket join the league as an expansion franchise, playing in the West Division of the Lebel Conference. Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against Lebel Conference West Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA Hull Olympiques 72 42 24 6 0 90 339 256 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 72 33 33 4 2 72 272 288 Montreal Rocket 72 29 32 6 5 69 276 313 Val-d'Or Foreurs 72 19 41 7 5 50 244 267 Central Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA Shawinigan Cataractes 72 37 25 5 5 84 295 257 Drummondville Voltigeurs 72 38 29 4 1 81 307 280 Sherbrooke Castors 72 35 28 7 2 79 267 255 Victoriaville Tigres 72 27 36 3 6 63 286 316 Dilio Conference East Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Rimouski Océanic 72 48 18 4 2102 370 274 Quebec Remparts 72 44 20 4 4 96 289 213 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 72 31 31 5 5 72 257 285 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 72 22 44 3 3 50 226 320 Maritime Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Moncton Wildcats 72 44 20 5 3 96 292 211 Halifax Mooseheads 72 41 20 6 5 93 316 259 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 72 24 39 3 6 57 230 302 Acadie-Bathurst Titan 72 20 40 8 4 52 227 311 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 Brad Richards Rimouski Océanic 6371115186 69 Ramzi Abid Acadie-Bathurst / Halifax 726791158209 Simon Gamache Val-d'Or Foreurs 726479143 74 Benoît Dusablon Val-d'Or / Halifax 72478813563 Marc-André Thinel Victoriaville Tigres 71597313255 Jonathan Roy Drummondville / Moncton 73646112550 Carl Mallette Victoriaville Tigres 69497612597 Brandon Reid Halifax Mooseheads 62448012410Jérôme Tremblay Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 714670116 83 Dominic Forget Shawinigan Cataractes 67387811628 complete scoring statistics Playoffs Brad Richards was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 37 points (13 goals, 24 assists). Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals President's Cup Final D2 Moncton 4 D7 Acadie-Bathurst 0 D3 Quebec 4 D6 Cape Breton 0 D4 Halifax 4 D5 Baie-Comeau 2 L4 Sherbrooke 1 L5 Rouyn-Noranda 4 L2 Shawinigan 4 L7 Victoriaville 2 L3 Drummondville 4 L6 Montreal 1 D1 Rimouski 4 D4 Halifax 0 D2 Moncton 4 D3 Quebec 3 L1 Hull 4 L5 Rouyn-Noranda 2 L2 Shawinigan 3 L3 Drummondville 4 D1 Rimouski 4 D2 Moncton 1 L1 Hull 4 L3 Drummondville 0 D1 Rimouski 4 L1 Hull 1 All-star teams First team Goaltender – Simon Lajeunesse, Moncton Wildcats Left defence – Michel Periard, Rimouski Océanic Right defence – Jonathan Girard, Moncton Wildcats Left winger – Ramzi Abid, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Halifax Mooseheads Centreman – Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Right winger – Marc-André Thinel, Victoriaville Tigres Coach – Doris Labonte, Rimouski Océanic Second team Goaltender – Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts Left defence – François Beauchemin, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats Right defence – Jonathan Gauthier, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Left winger – Simon Gamache, Val-d'Or Foreurs Centreman – Brandon Reid, Halifax Mooseheads Right winger – Mathieu Benoît, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats Coach – Jean Pronovost, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Rookie team Goaltender – Ghislain Rousseau, Baie-Comeau Drakkar Left defence – Kirill Safronov, Quebec Remparts Right defence – Kristian Kudroc, Quebec Remparts Left winger – Frédéric Faucher, Drummondville Voltigeurs Centreman – Chris Montgomery, Montreal Rocket Right winger – Maxime Bouchard, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Coach – Pascal Vincent, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars. Trophies and awards Team President's Cup – Playoff Champions, Rimouski Océanic Jean Rougeau Trophy – Regular Season Champions, Rimouski Océanic Robert Lebel Trophy – Team with best GAA, Moncton Wildcats Player Michel Brière Memorial Trophy – Most Valuable Player, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Jean Béliveau Trophy – Top Scorer, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Guy Lafleur Trophy – Playoff MVP, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Telus Cup – Offensive – Offensive Player of the Year, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Telus Cup – Defensive – Defensive Player of the Year, Simon Lajeunesse, Moncton Wildcats AutoPro Plaque – Best plus/minus total, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Philips Plaque – Best faceoff percentage, Éric Pinoul, Sherbrooke Castors Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Best GAA, Simon Lajeunesse, Moncton Wildcats Emile Bouchard Trophy – Defenceman of the Year, Michel Periard, Rimouski Océanic Mike Bossy Trophy – Best Pro Prospect, Antoine Vermette, Victoriaville Tigres RDS Cup – Rookie of the Year, Christopher Montgomery, Montreal Rocket Michel Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year, Christopher Montgomery, Montreal Rocket Raymond Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year, Kirill Safronov, Quebec Remparts Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy – Most sportsmanlike player, Jonathan Roy, Moncton Wildcats QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year – Humanitarian of the Year, Simon Gamache, Val-d'Or Foreurs Marcel Robert Trophy – Best Scholastic Player, Yanick Lehoux, Baie-Comeau Drakkar Paul Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year, Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic Executive Ron Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year, Doris Labonte, Rimouski Océanic John Horman Trophy – Executive of the Year, Maurice Tanguay, Rimouski Océanic St-Clair Group Plaque – Marketing Director of the Year, Genevieve Lussier, Sherbrooke Castors See also 2000 Memorial Cup 2000 NHL entry draft 1999–2000 OHL season 1999–2000 WHL season References Official QMJHL Website www.hockeydb.com/ 1998–99 QMJHL season 2000–01 QMJHL season QMJHL seasons Category:Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League seasons QMJHL