2004–05 QMJHL season

The 2004–05 QMJHL season was the 36th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The QMJHL inaugurates the Guy Carbonneau Trophy, awarded to the league's "Best Defensive Forward," and the Kevin Lowe Trophy, awarded to the league's "Best Defensive Defenceman." Sixteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule.

Sidney Crosby was the league's top scorer, regular season MVP, Playoff leading scorer, and playoff MVP. Crosby helped lead the Rimouski Océanic on a 28-game unbeaten streak to close out the season, and finishing first overall in the regular season winning their second Jean Rougeau Trophy. Rimouski extended its unbeaten streak to 35 games in the playoffs, and lost only once, en route to winning their second President's Cup, defeating the Halifax Mooseheads in the finals.

2004 QMJHL Entry Draft

First round picks

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Western Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
y-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 70 31 23 11 5 78 266 244
x-Shawinigan Cataractes 70 31 25 12 2 76 199 188
x-Gatineau Olympiques 70 33 28 5 4 75 216 237
x-Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 28 27 9 6 71 215 217
x-Victoriaville Tigres 70 26 36 4 4 60 186 254
Val-d'Or Foreurs 70 21 37 10 2 54 189 236
Eastern Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
y-Rimouski Océanic 70 45 17 5 3 98 333 239
x-Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 38 19 6 7 89 264 217
x-Quebec Remparts 70 38 22 5 5 86 267 205
x-Lewiston Maineiacs 70 32 30 8 0 72 214 209
x-Baie-Comeau Drakkar 70 24 37 5 4 57 208 280
Atlantic Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
y-Halifax Mooseheads 70 42 16 10 2 96 242 172
x-Moncton Wildcats 70 37 23 8 2 84 206 175
x-Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 70 32 27 8 3 75 206 195
P.E.I. Rocket 70 24 39 7 0 55 198 260
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 70 18 42 7 3 46 163 244
y-received first-round bye
x-made playoffs

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Sidney Crosby Rimouski Océanic 62 66 102 168 84
Dany Roussin Rimouski Océanic 69 54 62 116 66
Marc-Antoine Pouliot Rimouski Océanic 70 45 69 114 83
Maxime Boisclair Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 51 57 108 84
David Desharnais Chicoutimi Saguenéens 68 32 65 97 39
Stanislav Lascek Chicoutimi Saguenéens 53 18 72 90 92
Alex Bourret Lewiston Maineiacs 65 31 55 86 172
Alexandre Picard Lewiston Maineiacs 65 40 45 85 160
Josh Hennessy Quebec Remparts 68 35 50 85 39
Brent Aubin Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 70 41 43 84 78

Canada-Russia Challenge

The 2004 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by Quebec City and Montreal. On November 21, 2004, the Russian Selects defeated the QMJHL All-stars 4–3 in a shootout (2–0) at the Colisée Pepsi. On November 22, 2004, the Russian Selects defeated the QMJHL All-stars 4–3 in a shootout (3–0) at the Bell Centre. Since the tournament began in 2003, the Russian Selects had an all-time record of 3 wins and 1 loss versus the QMJHL All-stars.

Playoffs

Each regular season division winner received a first round bye, and ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall. Remaining teams were ranked 4th to 13th, regardless of division.

Sidney Crosby was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 31 points (14 goals, 17 assists).

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
1 Rimouski 4
10 Lewiston 0
7 Shawinigan 0
10 Lewiston 4
1 Rimouski 4
4 Chicoutimi 1
4 Chicoutimi 4
13 Baie-Comeau 2
4 Chicoutimi 4
5 Quebec 2
5 Quebec 4
12 Victoriaville 3
1 Rimouski 4
2 Halifax 0
2 Halifax 4
8 Gatineau 1
8 Gatineau 4
9 Cape Breton 1
2 Halifax 4
3 Rouyn-Noranda 0
3 Rouyn-Noranda 4
6 Moncton 2
6 Moncton 4
11 Drummondville 2

All-star teams

Coaches were no longer named to all-star teams as of the 2004–05 season.

First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player
Executive

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bienvenue sur le site Internet officiel de la LHJMQ". 38.108.70.85. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

Further reading

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