1981–82 QMJHL season

The 1981–82 QMJHL season was the 13th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The defending Memorial Cup and league champions, the Cornwall Royals left the QMJHL in the offseason, transferring to the Ontario Hockey League.

The league was reduced to nine teams, and dissolved divisions. The remaining teams played a shortened schedule of 64 games each in the regular season. That was balanced by an extended first round playoff schedule. The top eight teams in the regular season participated in a double round-robin of 14 games per team, followed by playdowns.

The Sherbrooke Castors finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy, and won their third President's Cup, defeating the Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the finals.

Team changes

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Overall GP W L T Pts GF GA
Sherbrooke Castors 64 42 20 2 86 392 265
Hull Olympiques 64 41 21 2 84 343 260
Montreal Juniors 64 40 22 2 82 311 247
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 64 37 26 1 75 383 301
Shawinigan Cataractes 64 35 27 2 72 349 278
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 64 31 31 2 64 296 310
Laval Voisins 64 30 33 1 61 298 326
Granby Bisons 64 14 49 1 29 271 454
Quebec Remparts 64 11 52 1 23 192 394

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Claude Verret Trois-Rivières Draveurs 64 54 108 162 14
Pierre Rioux Shawinigan Cataractes 57 66 86 152 50
John Chabot Sherbrooke Castors 62 34 109 143 40
Claude Drouin Trois-Rivières Draveurs 62 48 82 130 51
Jacques Sylvestre Granby Bisons 63 51 69 120 44
Norman Lefrancois Trois-Rivières Draveurs 56 45 71 116 154
Luc Dufour Chicoutimi Saguenéens 62 55 60 115 94
Jean Gauthier Hull Olympiques 64 53 61 114 50
Eric Bernier Chicoutimi Saguenéens 64 43 66 109 63
Pierre Sevigny Trois-Rivières Draveurs 63 22 86 108 107
Daniel Campeau Sherbrooke Castors 64 58 50 108 4

Playoffs

Claude Verret was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 48 points (13 goals, 35 assists).

Round-robin standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Teams GP W L Pts GF GA
Laval Voisins 14 10 4 20 68 72
Sherbrooke Castors 14 9 5 18 79 57
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 14 9 5 18 73 65
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 14 8 6 16 65 66
Hull Olympiques 14 7 7 14 79 52
Shawinigan Cataractes 14 7 7 14 77 61
Montreal Juniors 14 5 9 10 46 61
Granby Bisons 14 1 13 2 53 106
Semifinals
  • Sherbrooke Castors defeated Laval Voisins 4 games to 0.
  • Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 games to 2.
Finals
  • Sherbrooke Castors defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 4 games to 0.

All-star teams

First team
Second team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player

See also

References

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