1996–97 QMJHL season

March 2026 1996-97 QMJHL season #003277 #FFFFFF Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Hockey Regular season Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 Playoffs March 17 – April 29, 1997 Playoffs Guy Lafleur Trophy Christian Bronsard (Olympiques) Hull Olympiques (3) Chicoutimi Saguenéens 14 Draft Jonathan Girard Laval Titan Collège Français Regular season Jean Rougeau Trophy Hull Olympiques (3) Michel Brière Memorial Trophy Daniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres) Jean Béliveau Trophy Pavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques) QMJHL 1995–96 1997–98 1996-97 CHL season #4B489D #FFFFFF Canadian Hockey League Hockey OHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 QMJHL Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 WHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 David Branch Player of the Year Award Alyn McCauley (Ottawa 67's) (OHL) CHL Top Scorer Award Pavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques) (QMJHL) 60 Memorial Cup Hull Olympiques (QMHL) 2 Lethbridge 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 The Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, becoming the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Moncton Alpines are renamed the Moncton Wildcats. Final standings 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 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 Pavel Rosa Hull Olympiques 686389152 56 Martin Ménard Hull Olympiques 60598214157Daniel Brière Drummondville Voltigeurs 595278130 86 Martin Chouinard Granby Prédateurs 694183124 126 Eric Normandin Rimouski Océanic 654775122236 Daniel Corso Victoriaville Tigres 54516811950 Éric Bélanger Beauport/ Rimouski 62397810766Philippe Audet Granby Prédateurs 675256108 150 Jean-Pierre Dumont Val-d'Or Foreurs 62446410888 Guy Loranger Shawinigan Cataractes 704462106101 complete scoring statistics Leading goaltenders 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 Division Quarterfinals Division Semifinals Division Finals League Finals Lebel Division Dillo Division L4 Drummondville 3 L5 Laval 0 L3 Val-d'Or 3 L6 Sherbrooke 0 D3 Halifax 3 D6 Beauport 1 D4 Chicoutimi 3 D5 Rimouski 1 L1 Hull 4 L4 Drummondville 1 L2 Granby 1 L3 Val-d'Or 4 D2 Shawinigan 3 D3 Halifax 4 D1 Victroiaville 2 D4 Chicoutimi 4 L1 Hull 4 L3 Val-d'Or 1 D3 Halifax 3 D4 Chicoutimi 4 L1 Hull 4 D4 Chicoutimi 0 Division Quarterfinals Lebel Division (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français Drummondville Voltigeurs Laval Titan Collège Français Centre Marcel Dionne Centre Sportif March 17 4 – 2 1 1 7:34 - Daniel Brière (1) No scoring 12:51- Gordie Dwyer (1) 17:55 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (1) Jim Shepherd (1) - pp - 7:36 Martin Fillion (1) - pp - 9:24 19:28 - Gordie Dwyer (2) No scoring Pierre-Luc Therrien (42 saves / 44 shots) Jean-Sébastien Aubin (26 saves / 30 shots) March 18 5 – 6 1 2 1 Étienne Drapeau (2) - 3:04 Daniel Brière (2) - 5:11 11:44 - pp - Martin Fillion (2) 18:48 - pp - Yannick Hubert (1) Gordie Dwyer (3) - pp - 15:35 5:41 - pp - Dominic Perna (1) 7:49 - Dominic Perna (2) Gordie Dwyer (4) - 4:08 Frédérick Jobin (1) - pp - 15:36 8:17 - Martin Fillion (3) Philippe Plante (1) - 7:43 No scoring Pierre-Luc Therrien (7 saves / 11 shots) Martin Bradette (19 saves / 20 shots) Jean-Sébastien Aubin (42 saves / 48 shots) March 20 2 – 1 1 1 No scoring Jason Bermingham (1) - 16:12 No scoring No scoring 5:38 - Daniel Brière (3) 6:42 - Norbert Roy (1) No scoring Martin Bradette (28 saves / 29 shots) Maxime Gingras (40 saves / 42 shots) Drummondville won series 3 – 0 (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons Val-d'Or Foreurs Sherbrooke Faucons Palais des Sports Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet March 17 4 – 1 1 1 1:21 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 6:06 - Lucio DeMartinis (1) 7:32 - Olexei Lazarenko (1) No scoring 2:26 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (2) Samuel Lacroix (1) - 3:36 No scoring No scoring Roberto Luongo (27 saves / 28 shots) Frédérick Brind'Amour (29 saves / 33 shots) March 18 4 – 3 1 1 19:37 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (1) Éric Pinoul (1) - 1:55 Steve Thériault (1) - 9:51 Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 15:50 No scoring No scoring 0:55 - pp - Olexei Lazarenko (2) 1:47 - Dominic Chiasson (1) 3:22 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1) No scoring Roberto Luongo (17 saves / 20 shots) Frédérick Brind'Amour (37 saves / 41 shots) March 20 2 – 8 2 1 François Archambault (1) - 10:13 9:05 - Sylvain Dufresne (1) 16:57 - pp - Sylvain Dufresne (2) Olexei Lazarenko (3) - sh - 5:56 Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) - pp - 9:36 Dominic Chiasson (2) - 11:17 No scoring Olexei Lazarenko (4) - pp - 4:41 Marc-Étienne Hubert (1) - sh - 8:12 Martin Lacaille (1) - pp - 12:41 Jonathan Gagnon (1) - 13:58 No scoring Roberto Luongo (23 saves / 25 shots) Frédérick Brind'Amour (22 saves / 30 shots) Claude Fernet (4 saves / 4 shots) Val-d'Or won series 3 – 0 Dilio Division (D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Beauport Harfangs Halifax Mooseheads Beauport Harfangs Halifax Metro Centre Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard March 17 3 – 9 1 2 No scoring Sam Gagnon (1) - 6:35 9:49 - Jody Shelley (1) 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) 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) Luc Vaillancourt (42 saves / 45 shots) March 18 7 – 4 1 1 6:05 - Didier Tremblay (1) 10:48 - François Sasseville (1) No scoring 11:22 - pp - Elias Abrahamsson (1) 18:48 - Jamie Brown (1) 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) Carlyle Lewis (1) - 3:33 Kurt Johnston (1) - 9:32 Jean-Sébastien Giguère (29 saves / 33 shots) Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 28 shots) March 20 4 – 8 2 1 Jason Troini (2) - 7:48 Andrew Gilby (1) - 12:57 Alex Tanguay (1) - pp - 15:57 16:58 - Martin Moïse (4) François Sasseville (3) - 11:34 12:54 - David Bernier (2) 17:44 - Frédéric Levac (1) Jason Troini (3) - 4:57 Alex Tanguay (2) - 6:54 Jamie Brown (2) - 12:45 François Sasseville (4) - sh - 18:01 15:22 - Sam Gagnon (2) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 37 shots) Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 30 shots) March 21 2 – 3 2 1 Marc Chouinard (2) - pp - 4:25 4:25 - Patrick Savard (4) No scoring No scoring 1:08 - Martin Pouliot (1) 2:46 - Alexandre Mathieu (1) 10:12 - Mathieu Normandin (2) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots) Luc Vaillancourt (31 saves / 34 shots) Halifax won series 3 – 1 (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic Chicoutimi Saguenéens Rimouski Océanic Centre Georges-Vézina Colisée de Rimouski March 17 6 – 2 1 1 No scoring 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) Éric Bélanger (1) - pp - 17:19 2:42 - Denis Hamel (1) 11:29 - Marc Bouchard (1) No scoring Marc Denis (18 saves / 20 shots) Nicolas Chabot (43 saves / 49 shots) March 18 4 – 3 2 2 4:32 - sh - Denis Hamel (2) 8:53 - pp - Bruce Richardson (1) Jonathan Beaulieu (1) - 5:46 Éric Normandin (1) - 13:34 No scoring Derrick Walser (1) - pp - 12:41 Éric Bélanger (2) - 16:33 7:00 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (3) No scoring Marc Denis (28 saves / 32 shots) Nicolas Chabot (32 saves / 35 shots) March 20 9 – 5 1 1 Marc Bouchard (2) - pp - 10:46 14:47 - Vincent Lecavalier (2) David Gosselin (3) - pp - 2:55 David Gosselin (4) - 3:44 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 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) Nicolas Chabot (28 saves / 34 shots) Philippe Sauvé (13 saves / 16 shots) March 21 4 – 7 2 1 No scoring No scoring Frédéric Bouchard (5) - pp - 14:34 Frédéric Bouchard (6) - pp - 14:43 3:31 - Mathieu Sunderland (1) 8:05 - Vincent Lecavalier (3) 9:26 - pp - Russell Smith (2) Bruce Richardson (2) - 12:00 Marc Bouchard (3) - 12:49 Patrick Gingras (1) - 13:58 David Gosselin (6) - en - 19:02 7:00 - Vincent Lecavalier (4) Marc Denis (30 saves / 34 shots) Nicolas Chabot (40 saves / 46 shots) Chicoutimi won series 3 – 1 Division Semifinals Lebel Division (L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs Hull Olympiques Drummondville Voltigeurs Centre Robert Guertin Centre Marcel-Dionne March 25 10 – 3 1 1 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) No scoring 0:22 - pp - Pavel Rosa (1) 2:40 - Mario Larocque (1) 4:20 - Mario Larocque (2) Philippe Plante (2) - pp - 4:45 Jasmin Gélinas (1) - 7:36 0:43 - Jonathan Delisle (1) 7:58 - Donald MacLean (1) Ľuboš Bartečko (1) - 0:59 Martin Biron (30 saves / 33 shots) Martin Bradette (34 saves / 40 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (8 saves / 12 shots) March 26 2 – 8 2 1 10:46 - pp - Peter Worrell (1) No scoring 1:19 - sh - Christian Dubé (1) 7:51 - pp - Francis Bélanger (1) 17:27 - Pavel Rosa (2) Gordie Dwyer (5) - 11:33 6:30 - Donald MacLean (2) 13:38 - Donald MacLean (3) 15:06 - pp - Donald MacLean (4) 16:26 - Martin Ménard (3) Karol Bartanus (1) - 1:35 Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots) Martin Bradette (35 saves / 43 shots) March 28 5 – 6 1 2 Martin Ménard (4) - 19:03 No scoring Jonathan Delisle (2) - 5:11 Pavel Rosa (3) - 5:22 Donald MacLean (5) - pp - 11:45 Christian Dubé (2) - 18:33 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 9:54 - pp - Steve Tardif (1) 13:34 - Derrick Pyke (1) Martin Biron (10 saves / 14 shots) Christian Bronsard (9 saves / 11 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (24 saves / 27 shots) Martin Bradette (27 saves / 29 shots) March 30 3 – 6 2 1 No scoring No scoring Martin Éthier (1) - 15:52 Christian Dubé (3) - 17:04 Martin Ménard (5) - pp - 19:56 No scoring Christian Dubé (4) - 4:01 Jonathan Delisle (3) - 12:38 Jonathan Delisle (4) - 14:51 5:58 - pp - Jean-Philippe Doyon (1) 6:23 - Gordie Dwyer (6) 19:20 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (3) Christian Bronsard (28 saves / 31 shots) Martin Bradette (30 saves / 36 shots) April 1 9 – 1 1 1 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) Daniel Brière (7) - pp - 10:22 7:54 - Donald MacLean (7) No scoring 14:12 - Pavel Rosa (6) 17:58 - Jaret Sledz (1) No scoring Martin Biron (26 saves / 27 shots) 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 Granby Prédateurs Val-d'Or Foreurs Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin Palais des Sports March 25 4 – 1 1 1 16:47 - Christian Daigle (1) No scoring 13:18 - Daniel Payette (1) No scoring 7:45 - Philippe Audet (1) 9:35 - Xavier Delisle (1) Olexei Lazarenko (5) - 8:34 Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 21 shots) Roberto Luongo (35 saves / 39 shots) March 26 6 – 3 2 2 2:53 - pp - Daniel Payette (2) 17:25 - Jean-François Brunelle (1) Dominic Chiasson (3) - pp - 11:01 9:18 - pp - Yannick Dupont (1) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2) - 2:55 No scoring Daniel Bienvenue (2) - 2:46 Yanick Evola (1) - pp - 8:15 Daniel Bienvenue (3) - 9:42 Olexei Lazarenko (6) - 10:17 Frédéric Henry (31 saves / 37 shots) Roberto Luongo (30 saves / 33 shots) March 28 3 – 4 1 1 2 No scoring 2:20 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (3) 10:40 - Daniel Bienvenue (4) Daniel Payette (3) - 5:51 Philippe Audet (2) - 18:50 No scoring Samy Nasreddine (1) - pp - 5:41 7:39 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (4) No scoring 2:44 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (5) Frédéric Henry (19 saves / 23 shots) Roberto Luongo (36 saves / 39 shots) March 30 7 – 2 2 2 Philippe Audet (3) - pp - 15:52 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) Philippe Audet (4) - 3:22 13:47 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (7) 15:10 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (8) No scoring No scoring Frédéric Henry (25 saves / 31 shots) Francis Larivée (0 saves / 1 shot) Roberto Luongo (38 saves / 40 shots) Patrick Couture (0 saves / 0 shots) April 1 2 – 3 1 2 2:56 - Christian Daigle (2) Dominic Chiasson (5) - sh - 8:56 6:54 - pp - Yannick Dupont (2) No scoring No scoring Yanick Evola (3) - 3:44 Yanick Evola (4) - pp - 11:51 Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 23 shots) Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 33 shots) Val-d'Or won series 4 – 1 Dilio Division (D1) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens Victoriaville Tigres Chicoutimi Saguenéens Colisée des Bois-Francs Centre Georges-Vézina March 25 2 – 3 1 2 No scoring Denis Hamel (3) - sh - 19:59 3:32 - Christian Robichaud (1) 13:25 - pp - Patrick Grandmaître (1) Frédéric Bouchard (8) - pp - 4:54 No scoring Frédéric Bouchard (9) - 7:47 Mathieu Garon (28 saves / 31 shots) Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots) March 26 3 – 5 2 1 15:11 - Emmanuel Labranche (1) Frédéric Bouchard (10) - 8:42 5:12 - Christian Robichaud (2) 9:03 - sh - David Thibeault (1) 12:28 - Michel Massie (1) Denis Hamel (4) - 6:15 9:35 - pp - Carl Paradis (1) Radoslav Suchý (1) - 14:51 Mathieu Garon (57 saves / 60 shots) Marc Denis (19 saves / 24 shots) March 28 2 – 7 1 2 David Thibeault (2) - pp - 8:36 Christian Robichaud (3) - 10:28 12:47 - pp - Sébastien Bêty (1) 17:50 - pp - Radoslav Suchý (2) No scoring 4:57 - Sacha Fillion (2) 7:34 - Sébastien Bêty (2) 17:52 - Denis Hamel (5) No scoring 0:30 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (11) 15:11 - pp - Olivier Morin (2) Mathieu Garon (23 saves / 29 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (12 saves / 13 shots) Marc Denis (26 saves / 28 shots) Rémi Bergeron (1 save / 1 shot) March 30 3 – 2 1 2 2 Michel Massie (2) - pp - 7:45 10:29 - sh - Denis Hamel (6) 13:39 - sh - David Gosselin (7) No scoring No scoring David Thibeault (3) - pp - 12:34 No scoring No scoring 1:08 - Denis Hamel (7) Mathieu Garon (38 saves / 41 shots) Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots) April 1 1 – 4 2 1 No scoring No scoring 7:07 - François Pagé (1) 15:26 - pp - Michel Massie (3) 15:50 - François Cloutier (1) Radoslav Suchý (3) - pp - 8:25 18:23 - sh - en - Patrick Grandmaître (2) No scoring Mathieu Garon (36 saves / 37 shots) Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots) April 4 7 – 0 2 2 No scoring 2:34 - pp - Denis Hamel (8) 14:56 - Radoslav Suchý (4) No scoring 1:12 - Frédéric Bouchard (12) 19:07 - pp - Marc Bouchard (4) No scoring 5:34 - Patrick Gingras (2) 5:51 - Radoslav Suchý (5) 8:55 - Bruce Richardson (3) Mathieu Garon (33 saves / 40 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (3 saves / 3 shots) Marc Denis (19 saves / 19 shots) Chicoutimi won series 4 – 2 (D2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (D3) Halifax Mooseheads Shawinigan Cataractes Halifax Mooseheads Aréna Jacques Plante Halifax Metro Centre March 25 7 – 5 1 8:37 - pp - Guy Loranger (1) 17:56 - David Beauregard (1) Jody Shelley (2) - pp - 11:10 15:27 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (1) 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) Martin Pouliot (2) - pp - 1:06 Jamie Brown (3) - 2:11 Sébastien Charpentier (16 saves / 21 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (43 saves / 49 shots) March 26 1 – 3 2 4:36 - pp - Guy Loranger (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Alex Tanguay (4) - 3:23 Todd Row (1) - sh - 14:20 Marc Chouinard (4) - en - 19:37 Sébastien Charpentier (26 saves / 28 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (34 saves / 35 shots) March 28 5 – 6 1 1 Sylvain Rodier (3) - 0:40 Roberto Baldris (1) - 1:40 Stéphane Robidas (3) - pp - 10:33 5:48 - Jamie Brown (4) Sylvain Rodier (4) - 11:27 Guy Loranger (3) - 15:22 3:48 - Marc Chouinard (5) 18:58 - Éric Laplante (1) No scoring 2:09 - Jason Troini (4) 12:19 - Andrew Gilby (2) Alexandre Jacques (1) - 3:31 No scoring Sébastien Charpentier (35 saves / 40 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (25 saves / 31 shots) March 29 5 – 4 2 2 Guy Loranger (4) - pp - 3:35 8:37 - pp - Jamie Brown (5) 14:43 - Jamie Brown (6) Guy Loranger (5) - pp - 6:30 15:25 - pp - Jamie Brown (7) Peter Šlamiar (1) - 9:25 Jean-Philippe Paré (1) - 19:49 8:53 - Marc Chouinard (6) No scoring 17:31 - Jamie Brown (8) Sébastien Charpentier (5 saves / 6 shots) Mathieu Chouinard (36 saves / 40 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (41 saves / 45 shots) March 31 4 – 3 1 No scoring Martin Pouliot (3) - 4:38 18:53 - pp - Alexandre Jacques (2) No scoring 9:19 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (4) 10:16 - Jean-Philippe Paré (2) 17:51 - David Bahl (1) Jody Shelley (3) - pp - 0:21 François Sasseville (5) - pp - 1:37 Mathieu Chouinard (14 saves / 17 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (42 saves / 46 shots) April 2 4 – 2 2 Alexandre Jacques (3) - 0:12 François Méthot (1) - pp - 9:16 13:48 - François Sasseville (6) No scoring 9:16 - pp - Jamie Brown (9) No scoring 3:44 - Jody Shelley (4) 5:44 - Marc Chouinard (7) Mathieu Chouinard (35 saves / 39 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots) April 5 3 – 5 2 No scoring Jean-Simon Lemay (2) - 8:05 Jean-Simon Lemay (3) - 14:38 12:54 - David-Alexandre Beauregard (3) Jamie Brown (10) - 8:42 François Sasseville (7) - pp - 15:23 6:07 - Jean-Philippe Paré (3) 8:53 - pp - François Méthot (2) Todd Row (2) - en - 19:47 Mathieu Chouinard (20 saves / 24 shots) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (52 saves / 55 shots) Halifax won series 4 – 3 Division Finals Lebel Division (L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs Hull Olympiques Val-d'Or Foreurs Centre Robert Guertin Palais des Sports April 8 4 – 2 1 1 4:04 - pp - Pavel Rosa (7) 15:25 - Martin Ménard (6) 15:40 - Jonathan Delisle (5) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5) - pp - 0:59 Marc-Étienne Hubert (2) - 10:50 No scoring No scoring 6:30 - Martin Éthier (2) No scoring Martin Biron (18 saves / 20 shots) Roberto Luongo (34 saves / 38 shots) April 9 2 – 6 2 1 8:28 - pp - Christian Dubé (6) 15:43 - Éric Naud (2) Olexei Lazarenko (7) - 17:27 8:22 - Pavel Rosa (8) Martin Lacaille (2) - pp - 13:28 8:02 - Jonathan Delisle (6) 18:19 - pp - Pavel Rosa (9) 19:51 - Francis Bélanger (2) No scoring Christian Bronsard (17 saves / 19 shots) Roberto Luongo (32 saves / 38 shots) April 11 6 – 1 1 1 Martin Ménard (7) - pp - 8:22 Martin Ménard (8) - 16:24 Francis Nault (1) - 18:19 No scoring Steven Low (1) - 8:35 Pavel Rosa (10) - pp - 18:08 No scoring Francis Nault (2) - 13:58 10:05 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (9) Christian Bronsard (21 saves / 22 shots) Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 36 shots) Patrick Couture (11 saves / 12 shots) April 13 5 – 4 1 2 2 Pavel Rosa (11) - 11:48 19:59 - Yanick Evola (5) Martin Ménard (9) - pp - 6:38 Martin Ménard (10) - 9:13 2:55 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (5) 8:35 - pp - Jonathan Fauteux (1) Steven Low (2) - pp - 16:38 14:10 - Lucio DeMartinis (3) No scoring 14:24 - François Hardy (1) Martin Biron (24 saves / 29 shots) Roberto Luongo (45 saves / 49 shots) April 15 5 – 2 1 1 2:20 - Donald MacLean (8) 15:58 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (7) No scoring 6:56 - Pavel Rosa (12) 9:55 - Marty Johnston (2) Lee Cousineau (1) - 10:50 13:26 - Pavel Rosa (13) Daniel Bienvenue (6) - pp - 4:09 Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots) Roberto Luongo (37 saves / 42 shots) Hull won series 4 – 1 Dilio Division (D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens Halifax Mooseheads Chicoutimi Saguenéens Halifax Metro Centre Centre Georges-Vézina April 7 3 – 4 1 2 3:59 - Alexandre Mathieu (2) Patrick Gingras (3) - 5:34 Frédéric Bouchard (13) - pp - 18:12 8:34 - François Sasseville (8) 18:36 - Elias Abrahamsson (2) No scoring No scoring Denis Hamel (9) - 13:07 No scoring Marc Bouchard (5) - 3:26 Jean-Sébastien Giguère (36 saves / 40 shots) Marc Denis (29 saves / 32 shots) April 8 3 – 2 1 2:18 - pp - Marc Chouinard (8) No scoring 6:47 - Éric Laplante (2) 13:39 - pp - Jody Shelley (5) Frédéric Bouchard (14) - 11:24 No scoring Olivier Morin (3) - 7:41 Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots) Marc Denis (24 saves / 27 shots) April 11 5 – 3 2 Todd Row (3) - 10:06 5:14 - pp - Bruce Richardson (4) 12:53 - Patrick Gingras (4) Jody Shelley (6) - pp - 19:31 16:58 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (15) Marc Chouinard (9) - sh - 12:12 7:39 - Denis Hamel (10) 19:19 - sh - en - Sacha Fillion (3) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 35 shots) Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots) April 13 1 – 4 1 Marc Chouinard (10) - sh - 11:01 No scoring Elias Abrahamsson (3) - pp - 4:21 No scoring Jason Troini (5) - pp - 16:23 Todd Row (4) - en - 18:06 13:24 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (16) Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 31 shots) Martin Bilodeau (16 saves / 17 shots) Marc Denis (14 saves / 17 shots) April 15 5 – 3 1 No scoring Radoslav Suchý (6) - pp - 6:52 7:33 - Jamie Brown (11) 8:16 - François Sasseville (9) 18:25 - Éric Laplante (3) Frédéric Bouchard (17) - 2:57 Olivier Morin (4) - 17:40 15:48 - Elias Abrahamsson (4) 19:37 - sh - en - François Sasseville (10) No scoring Martin Bilodeau (29 saves / 32 shots) Marc Denis (36 saves / 40 shots) April 18 9 – 2 2 No scoring 2:54 - pp - Denis Hamel (11) 14:01 - pp - Marc Bouchard (6) 14:59 - Mathieu Benoît (1) Jamie Brown (12) - sh - 19:41 1:53 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (18) 4:39 - Patrick Gingras (5) Jason Troini (6) - 17:54 1:10 - pp - Denis Hamel (12) 2:40 - Bruce Richardson (5) 3:12 - pp - Olivier Morin (5) 19:08 - pp - Patrick Gingras (6) Martin Bilodeau (23 saves / 28 shots) Steve Mongrain (30 saves / 34 shots) Marc Denis (13 saves / 14 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots) April 20 1 – 5 2 No scoring Marc Bouchard (7) - 4:05 15:03 - Andrew Gilby (3) Sébastien Bêty (3) - 2:43 Bruce Richardson (6) - 8:41 Frédéric Bouchard (19) - 15:24 No scoring Denis Hamel (13) - 13:34 Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 15 shots) Martin Bilodeau (14 saves / 15 shots) Marc Denis (28 saves / 29 shots) Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3 President's Cup Finals (L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens Hull Olympiques Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Robert Guertin Centre Georges-Vézina April 22 8 – 3 1 1 7:08 - pp - Christian Dubé (7) Bruce Richardson (7) - 1:19 3:12 - Éric Hunter (1) 7:42 - Jonathan Delisle (8) 14:22 - Ryan Lauzon (1) 16:29 - Matthieu Descoteaux (1) Ramzi Abid (2) - 6:02 4:51 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (9) 6:45 - pp - Martin Ménard (11) 11:02 - Marty Johnston (3) Denis Hamel (14) - pp - 9:25 Christian Bronsard (33 saves / 36 shots) Marc Denis (17 saves / 24 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots) April 25 3 – 4 2 1 17:01 - pp - Donald MacLean (9) Patrick Gingras (7) - 19:19 2:16 - pp - Steven Low (3) 2:56 - Donald MacLean (10) 13:30 - Jonathan Delisle (10) No scoring No scoring Mathieu Benoît (2) - pp - 1:12 Frédéric Bouchard (20) - 14:34 Christian Bronsard (24 saves / 27 shots) Marc Denis (38 saves / 42 shots) April 27 6 – 2 1 1 Pavel Rosa (14) - 5:37 No scoring Pavel Rosa (15) - 3:02 Donald MacLean (11) - 4:10 Pavel Rosa (16) - 19:18 9:50 - Marc Bouchard (8) Martin Ménard (12) - 4:40 Jonathan Delisle (11) - 10:32 0:57 - Frédéric Bouchard (21) Christian Bronsard (40 saves / 42 shots) Marc Denis (28 saves / 34 shots) April 29 5 – 6 2 1 Peter Worrell (2) - pp - 6:42 Peter Worrell (3) - 7:08 Pavel Rosa (17) - 11:53 17:17 - Patrick Gingras (8) Éric Naud (3) - 11:11 4:10 - David Gosselin (8) 13:26 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (22) 16:34 - David Gosselin (9) Éric Naud (4) - 11:03 Pavel Rosa (18) - 19:55 8:03 - Denis Hamel (15) Martin Biron (20 saves / 24 shots) Christian Bronsard (11 saves / 12 shots) Marc Denis (40 saves / 46 shots) Hull won series 4 – 0 Playoff scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Frédéric Bouchard Chicoutimi Saguenéens 21222951 42 Martin Ménard Hull Olympiques 1412233517Pavel Rosa Hull Olympiques 14181331 16 Martin Chouinard Halifax Mooseheads 18101626 12 Marc Bouchard Chicoutimi Saguenéens 218182814 Denis Hamel Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2015102565 Jonathan Delisle Hull Olympiques 1411132448Jamie Brown Halifax Mooseheads 18121123 39 François Sasseville Halifax Mooseheads 1810132316 Christian Dubé Hull Olympiques 147162314 Playoff leading goaltenders 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 Christian Bronsard Hull Olympiques 10 528 9 1 21 0 .916 2.38 Roberto Luongo Val-d'Or Foreurs 13 776 8 5 44 0 .904 3.40 Mathieu Chouinard Shawinigan Cataractes 4 263 1 3 15 0 .875 3.41 Marc Denis Chicoutimi Saguenéens 21 1226 11 10 70 1 .883 3.43 Martin Biron Hull Olympiques 6 325 3 1 19 0 .871 3.50 All-star teams First team Goaltender - Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Left defence - Derrick Walser, Beauport Harfangs / Rimouski Océanic Right defence - Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes Left winger - Philippe Audet, Granby Prédateurs Centreman - Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres Right winger - Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques Coach - Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads Second team Goaltender - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads Left defence - Radoslav Suchý, Sherbrooke Faucons / Chicoutimi Saguenéens Right defence - Frédéric Bouchard, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / Chicoutimi Saguenéens Left winger - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Val-d'Or Foreurs Centreman - Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs Right winger - Eric Normandin, Rimouski Océanic Coach - Alain Rajotte, Victoriaville Tigres Rookie team Goaltender - Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques Left defence - François Beauchemin, Laval Titan Collège Français & Jeffrey Sullivan, Granby Prédateurs / Halifax Mooseheads Right defence - Jonathan Girard, Laval Titan Collège Français Left winger - Alex Tanguay, Halifax Mooseheads Centreman - Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic Right winger - Gregor Baumgartner, Laval Titan Collège Français Coach - Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars. Trophies and awards Team President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Hull Olympiques Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Hull Olympiques Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Hull Olympiques Player Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Daniel Corso, Victoriaville Tigres Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques Ford Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques Ford Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Halifax Mooseheads AutoPro Plaque - Best plus/minus total, Pavel Rosa, Hull Olympiques Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Marc Denis, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Stéphane Robidas, Shawinigan Cataractes Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Roberto Luongo, Val-d'Or Foreurs RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski Océanic Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Christian Bronsard, Hull Olympiques Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Daniel Brière, Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, Jason Groleau, Victoriaville Tigres Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Luc Vaillancourt, Beauport Harfangs Executive Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Clément Jodoin, Halifax Mooseheads John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Harold MacKay, Halifax Mooseheads St-Clair Group Plaque - Marketing Director of the Year, Matt McKnight, Halifax Mooseheads Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Michel Therrien, Granby Prédateurs See also 1997 Memorial Cup 1997 NHL entry draft 1996–97 OHL season 1996–97 WHL season References Official QMJHL Website www.hockeydb.com/ 1995–96 QMJHL season 1997–98 QMJHL season QMJHL seasons Category:Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League seasons QMJHL