The 2007–08 QMJHL season was the 39th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. At the season-opening press conference, the QMJHL announced in partnership with Telus that all 630 regular season games would be available by Internet broadcast.QMHL archives — QMJHL launches 39th season The regular season started on September 13, 2007, and concluded on March 16, 2008. Eighteen teams played seventy games each. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies finished first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. They would go on to win 12-straight playoff games before losing in five games in the finals to the Gatineau Olympiques, who captured their seventh President's Cup, and third in the last six seasons.
Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; SL = Shootout loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; x = Clinched playoff berth; y = Clinched division title
Telus Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA y Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 7047202197294238 x Baie-Comeau Drakkar 7045192496249210 x Gatineau Olympiques 7043196294272209 x Chicoutimi Saguenéens 7037252682235203 x Quebec Remparts 7038281380256225 x Shawinigan Cataractes 7033330470226241 x Rimouski Océanic 7033361067227235 x Val-d'Or Foreurs 7027343663203264 x Victoriaville Tigres 7029372262224276 Drummondville Voltigeurs 7014512333177293
Eastern Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA y Halifax Mooseheads 7042230 589278241 x Saint John Sea Dogs 7041224 389265238 x Acadie-Bathurst Titan 7041252 286289241 x Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 7040243 386242230 x Lewiston Maineiacs 7037265 281222212 x St. John's Fog Devils 7032301 772217225 x P.E.I. Rocket 7030362 264243287 Moncton Wildcats 70213451057191242 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 Mathieu Perreault Acadie-Bathurst Titan 65348011461 Claude Giroux Gatineau Olympiques 55386810637 Francis Paré Chicoutimi Saguenéens 69544810254 Jakub Voráček Halifax Mooseheads 53336810142 Dean Ouellet Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 7043549757 Christopher DiDomenico Saint John Sea Dogs 70395695103 Matthew Pistilli Gatineau Olympiques 6337569351 François Bouchard Baie-Comeau Drakkar 6836569270 Brett Morrison Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6539529160 Geoff Walker P.E.I. Rocket 6938529052
Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO SV% GAA Bobby Nadeau Chicoutimi Saguenéens462528202011130.8992.63 Jonathan Bernier Lewiston Maineiacs 3420241815 9200.9082.73 Ryan Mior Gatineau Olympiques 542943302013660.9002.77 Marco Cousineau Baie-Comeau Drakkar 583226341915140.9032.81 Peter Delmas Lewiston Maineiacs 3419871717 9400.9032.84
Canada-Russia Challenge The 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Gatineau Olympiques. On November 19, 2007, the Russian Selects defeated the QMJHL All-stars 6–4 at the Centre Georges-Vézina. On November 21, 2007, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 3–2 at the Robert Guertin Centre. Since the tournament began in 2003, the QMJHL All-stars have won six games, the Russian Selects have four wins.
Playoffs The top nine teams from the Telus division, and top seven teams from the Eastern division qualified for the playoffs. The ninth place team in the Telus division qualified in the Eastern division, and ranked by regular season points. All series will be best-of-seven. Divisions will cross over in the semifinals.
Overview
†Victoriaville seeded 8th in Eastern division.
Division quarterfinals
Eastern Division
(E1) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (E8) Victoriaville Tigres
(E4) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles vs. (E5) Lewiston Maineiacs
(E2) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (E7) P.E.I. Rocket
(E3) Acadie-Bathurst Titan vs. (E6) St. John's Fog Devils
Telus Division
(T1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (T8) Val-d'Or Foreurs
(T2) Baie-Comeau Drakkar vs. (T7) Rimouski Océanic
(T3) Gatineau Olympiques vs. (T6) Shawinigan Cataractes
(T4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (T5) Quebec Remparts
Division semifinals
Eastern Division
(E1) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (E4) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
(E2) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (E3) Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Telus Division
(T1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (T7) Rimouski Océanic
(T3) Gatineau Olympiques vs. (T5) Quebec Remparts
Semifinals
(E1) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (T3) Gatineau Olympiques
(T1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (E2) Saint John Sea Dogs
QMJHL Championship
(T1) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (E4) Gatineau Olympiques
All-star teams First team Goaltender - Kevin Desfossés, Quebec Remparts Defence - Marc-André Bourdon, Rouyn-Noranda & Marc-André Dorion, Baie-Comeau Left winger - Stefano Giliati, Lewiston Maineiacs Centreman - Francis Paré, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Right winger - Claude Giroux, Gatineau Olympiques
Second team Goaltender - Marco Cousineau, Baie-Comeau Drakkar Defence - Kevin Marshall, Lewiston Maineiacs & Ivan Vishnevskiy, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Left winger - Michaël Dubuc, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Centreman - Mathieu Perreault, Acadie-Bathurst Titan Right winger - Jakub Voracek, Halifax Mooseheads
Rookie team Goaltender - Olivier Roy, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Defence - Simon Després, Saint John Sea Dogs & Samuel Groulx, Quebec Remparts Left winger - Nicolas Deschamps, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centreman - Tomas Knotek, Halifax Mooseheads Right winger - Jacob Lagacé, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Hall of Fame opens doors to four new all-time greats amidst the Golden Puck Awards Gala.
Trophies and awards Team President's Cup - Playoff Champions: Gatineau Olympiques Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions: Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals: Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA: Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Player Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Francis Paré, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer: Mathieu Perreault, Acadie-Bathurst Titan Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP : Claude Giroux, Gatineau Olympiques Telus Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year Telus Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA: Bobby Nadeau, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Guy Carbonneau Trophy - Best Defensive Forward: Olivier Fortier, Rimouski Océanic Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year: Marc-André Bourdon, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Kevin Lowe Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman: Mathieu Bolduc, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect: Mikhail Stefanovich, Quebec Remparts RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year: Olivier Roy, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year: Nicolas Deschamps, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year: Olivier Roy, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player: Cédric Lalonde-McNicoll, Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year: Chris Morehouse, Moncton Wildcats Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player: Robert Slaney, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year: Martin Mondou, Shawinigan Cataractes
Executive Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year: Pascal Vincent, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Maurice Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year: Jacques Beaulieu, Saint John Sea Dogs John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year: Mario Arsenault, Rimouski Océanic Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year: Yves Bonneau, Victoriaville Tigres
See also 2008 Memorial Cup 2008 NHL entry draft 2007–08 OHL season 2007–08 WHL season
References
External links Official QMJHL Website www.hockeydb.com/