2011–12 QMJHL season

2011–12 QMJHL season
LeagueQuebec Major Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
September 2011 – March 2012
Playoffs
March – May 2012
Number of teams17
Regular season
Jean Rougeau TrophySaint John Sea Dogs (3)
Season MVPYanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorerYanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPCharlie Coyle (Sea Dogs)
Finals championsSaint John Sea Dogs
  Runners-upRimouski Océanic
QMJHL seasons
2011–12 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOHL
September 2011 – March 2012
QMJHL
September 2011 – March 2012
WHL
September 2011 – March 2012
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals championsShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) (1st title)
  Runners-upLondon Knights (OHL)

The 2011–12 QMJHL season was the 43rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season, which consisted of 17 teams playing 68 games each, began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. This season was Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's first season in the league, as the team relocated to Boisbriand from Verdun where they played as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club from 2008 to 2011. The league lost one of his charter teams when the Lewiston Maineiacs folded during after the previous season, the QMJHL later announce an expansion team to Sherbrooke for the 2012–13 season. In the playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs became the seventh team in league history to capture consecutive President's Cup championships.

Regular season

Division standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

Division Maritimes GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts
Saint John Sea Dogs z 68 50 15 0 3 298 180 103
Halifax Mooseheads x 68 39 22 2 5 250 238 85
Acadie–Bathurst Titan x 68 32 31 2 3 250 264 69
Moncton Wildcats x 68 30 31 3 4 190 228 67
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x 68 23 42 1 2 219 306 49
P.E.I. Rocket e 68 19 43 2 4 205 320 44
Division Telus East GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts
Shawinigan Cataractes z 68 45 16 3 4 274 179 97
Victoriaville Tigres x 68 44 18 1 5 311 228 94
Quebec Remparts x 68 43 18 5 2 275 191 93
Rimouski Océanic x 68 40 26 2 0 260 235 82
Chicoutimi Saguenéens x 68 35 24 3 6 235 232 79
Baie-Comeau Drakkar x 68 29 34 1 4 217 241 63
Division Telus West GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada z 68 40 22 4 2 258 219 86
Val-d'Or Foreurs x 68 31 32 0 5 224 261 67
Drummondville Voltigeurs x 68 28 31 2 7 221 245 65
Gatineau Olympiques x 68 26 32 5 5 223 274 62
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x 68 24 36 4 4 227 296 56

x - team has clinched playoff spot

y - team is division leader

z - team has clinched division

e - team is eliminated from playoff contention

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Yanni Gourde Victoriaville Tigres 68 37 87 124 70
Zach O'Brien Acadie–Bathurst Titan 63 50 51 101 0
Sébastien Trudeau Acadie–Bathurst Titan 67 31 64 95 14
Frederick Roy Quebec Remparts 64 27 65 92 88
Alex Belzile Rimouski Océanic 63 22 70 92 85
Danick Gauthier Saint John Sea Dogs 66 47 39 86 67
Brandon Hynes Victoriaville Tigres 61 42 44 86 29
Mikhail Grigorenko Quebec Remparts 59 40 45 85 12
Jonathan Brunelle Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 68 30 55 85 45
Matthew Bissonnette Acadie–Bathurst Titan 65 36 47 83 49

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
Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault Saint John Sea Dogs 48 2778:40 37 11 110 6 .911 2.38
Gabriel Girard Shawinigan Cataractes 36 1937:12 20 10 79 4 .911 2.45
Alex Dubeau Shawinigan Cataractes 40 2136:32 25 13 91 3 .904 2.56
Louis Domingue Quebec Remparts 39 2161:58 23 12 94 4 .914 2.61
Étienne Marcoux Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 43 2327:35 28 12 105 3 .912 2.71

2012 President's Cup playoffs

Round 1 Quarter-finals Semi-finals President's Cup Championship
            
1 Saint John 4
16 Cape Breton 0
1 Saint John 4
13 Baie-Comeau 0
4 Victoriaville 0
13 Baie-Comeau 4
1 Saint John 4
8 Chicoutimi 1
2 Shawinigan 4
15 Rouyn-Noranda 0
2 Shawinigan 3
8 Chicoutimi 4
8 Chicoutimi 4
9 Acadie–Bathurst 2
1 Saint John 4
7 Rimouski 0
5 Quebec 4
12 Drummondville 0
5 Quebec 3
6 Halifax 4
6 Halifax 4
11 Moncton 0
6 Halifax 2
7 Rimouski 4
3 Blainville-Boisbriand 4
14 Gatineau 0
3 Blainville-Boisbriand 3
7 Rimouski 4
7 Rimouski 4
10 Val-d'Or 0

First round

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (16) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

March 23 Saint John Sea Dogs 13 – 4 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Harbour Station Recap  
4:18 - Danick Gauthier (1)
15:48 - Charles-Olivier Roussel (1) 		First period Kyle Farrell (1) - 8:12
William Carrier (1) - 11:57
1:39 - pp - Charlie Coyle (1)
3:31 - Tomáš Jurčo (1)
3:51 - Charlie Coyle (2)
5:32 - sh - Jonathan Huberdeau (1)
8:57 - Danick Gauthier (2)
10:14 - Jason Seed (1)
13:19 - Charles Coyle (3)
16:59 - pp - Aidan Kelly (1) 		Second period Bronson Beaton (1) - 9:37
Bronson Beaton (2) - 19:45
1:33 - Zack Phillips (1)
8:20 - Nathan Beaulieu (1)
17:38 - Stanislav Galiev (1) 		Third period No scoring
Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault (15 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Philippe Trudeau (29 saves / 39 shots)
William Racicot (8 saves / 11 shots)
March 24 Saint John Sea Dogs 8 – 1 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Harbour Station Recap  
5:58 - Nathan Beaulieu (2)
18:06 - pp - Charlie Coyle (4)
18:51 - Charlie Coyle (5) 		First period No scoring
6:08 - Zack Phillips (2)
10:39 - Stephen MacAulay (1)
13:48 - Charlie Coyle (6)
17:40 - pp - Stephen MacAulay (2) 		Second period No scoring
5:43 - Stanislav Galiev (2) Third period William Carrier (2) - pp - 17:17
Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault (15 saves / 16 shots) Goalie stats Philippe Trudeau (39 saves / 47 shots)
March 27 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 2 – 8 Saint John Sea Dogs Centre 200 Recap  
No scoring First period Charlie Coyle (7) - 1:35
Danick Gauthier (3) - 2:26
Danick Gauthier (4) - 3:03
Kevin Gagné (1) - 5:01
0:22 - William Carrier (3)
18:51 - Kyle Farrell (2) 		Second period Tomáš Jurčo (2) - 3:51
Charlie Coyle (8) - 14:21
Jonathan Huberdeau (2) - 15:01
No scoring Third period Ryan Tesink (1) - pp - 13:06
Philippe Trudeau (3 saves / 6 shots)
William Racicot (27 saves / 32 shots) 		Goalie stats Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault (27 saves / 29 shots)
March 28 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 1 – 5 Saint John Sea Dogs Centre 200 Recap  
11:00 - Danny Potvin (1) First period Aidan Kelly (2) - 15:03
No scoring Second period Tomáš Jurčo (3) - 8:21
No scoring Third period Stanislav Galiev (3) - 3:17
Danick Gauthier (5) - pp - 12:27
Philippe Trudeau (26 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault (33 saves / 34 shots)
Saint John won series 4 – 0


(2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (15) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

March 23 Shawinigan Cataractes 7 – 1 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Centre Bionest Recap  
7:40 - sh - Loïk Poudrier (1)
8:22 - Yannick Veilleux (1)
8:39 - Kirill Kabanov (1)
17:41 - Morgan Ellis (1) 		First period No scoring
12:04 - pp - Yannick Veilleux (2) Second period No scoring
5:43 - pp - Morgan Ellis (2)
7:14 - pp - Jonathan Racine (1) 		Third period Alexandre Leclerc (1) - 2:30
Gabriel Girard (16 saves / 17 shots) Goalie stats Robin Gusse (48 saves / 55 shots)
March 24 Shawinigan Cataractes 6 – 3 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Centre Bionest Recap
March 27 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2 – 3 Shawinigan Cataractes Aréna Iamgold Recap
March 28 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2 – 6 Shawinigan Cataractes Aréna Iamgold Recap
Shawinigan won series 4 – 0


(3) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (14) Gatineau Olympiques

March 22 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 7 – 2 Gatineau Olympiques Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
March 23 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5 – 1 Gatineau Olympiques Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
March 27 Gatineau Olympiques 5 – 8 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Robert Guertin Centre Recap
March 28 Gatineau Olympiques 3 – 4 OT Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Robert Guertin Centre Recap
Blainville-Boisbriand won series 4 – 0


(4) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

March 23 Victoriaville Tigres 3 – 4 Baie-Comeau Drakkar Colisée Desjardins Recap  
No scoring First period Jonathan Lessard (1) - 17:01
10:24 - Angelo Miceli (1) Second period Carl Gélinas (1) - sh - 18:41
3:47 - sh - Philippe Halley (1)
18:00 - Philippe Maillet (1) 		Third period Raphaël Bussières (1) - 6:38
Gabriel Verpaelst (1) - 11:22
David Honzík (24 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Philippe Cadorette (33 saves / 36 shots)
March 24 Victoriaville Tigres 3 – 5 Baie-Comeau Drakkar Colisée Desjardins Recap
March 27 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 8 – 2 Victoriaville Tigres Centre Henry-Leonard Recap
March 28 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 5 – 4 OT Victoriaville Tigres Centre Henry-Leonard Recap
Baie-Comeau won series 4 – 0


(5) Quebec Remparts vs. (12) Drummondville Voltigeurs

March 22 Quebec Remparts 5 – 2 Drummondville Voltigeurs Colisée Pepsi Recap  
3:43 - Mikhail Grigorenko (1)
5:34 - Martin Lefebvre (1)
7:22 - pp - Logan Shaw (1)
10:33 - Vincent Barnard (1) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
2:35 - sh - Gabriel Desjardins (1) Third period 15:18 - pp - Raman Hrabarenka (1)
18:17 - Michael Santini (1)
Louis Domingue (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Domenic Graham (3 saves / 7 shots)
Alexandre Véronneau (27 saves / 28 shots)
March 26 Quebec Remparts 10 – 2 Drummondville Voltigeurs Colisée Pepsi Recap
March 27 Drummondville Voltigeurs 3 – 9 Quebec Remparts Centre Marcel Dionne Recap
March 29 Drummondville Voltigeurs 1 – 2 OT Quebec Remparts Centre Marcel Dionne Recap
Quebec won series 4 – 0


(6) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (11) Moncton Wildcats

March 23 Halifax Mooseheads 5 – 1 Moncton Wildcats Halifax Metro Centre Recap  
18:13 - Nathan MacKinnon (1) First period James Melindy (1) - pp - 3:40
2:09 - Jonathan Drouin (1)
3:06 - Nathan MacKinnon (2) 		Second period No scoring
3:38 - Martin Frk (1)
8:03 - pp - Martin Frk (2) 		Third period No scoring
Zachary Fucale (17 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Roman Will (35 saves / 40 shots)
March 24 Halifax Mooseheads 4 – 1 Moncton Wildcats Halifax Metro Centre Recap  
0:50 - Martin Frk (3)
0:56 - Alexandre Grenier (1) 		First period No scoring
13:20 - Cameron Critchlow (1) Second period No scoring
7:21 - ps - Nathan MacKinnon (3) Third period James Melindy (2) - pp - 14:17
Zachary Fucale (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Roman Will (29 saves / 33 shots)
March 26 Moncton Wildcats 2 – 8 Halifax Mooseheads Moncton Coliseum Recap
March 27 Moncton Wildcats 4 – 5 OT Halifax Mooseheads Moncton Coliseum Recap
Halifax won series 4 – 0


(7) Rimouski Océanic vs. (10) Val-d'Or Foreurs

March 23 Rimouski Océanic 8 – 5 Val-d'Or Foreurs Colisée de Rimouski Recap  
1:46 - Scott Oke (1)
17:45 - pp - Alexandre Mallet (1) 		First period No scoring
12:36 - pp - Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc (1) Second period Benjamin Casavant (1) - 10:12
Alexandre Durette (1) - 13:25
Guillaume Gélinas (1) - 15:15
8:10 - Jean-François Plante (1)
8:33 - Alex Belzile (1)
15:07 - Jean-François Plante (2)
15:57 - pp - Alexandre Mallet (2)
18:53 - en - Peter Trainor (1) 		Third period Michaël Beaudry (1) - 4:18
Benjamin Casavant (2) - 18:17
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (34 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats François Tremblay (25 saves / 32 shots)
March 24 Rimouski Océanic 8 – 5 Val-d'Or Foreurs Colisée de Rimouski Recap
March 27 Val-d'Or Foreurs 2 – 3 OT Rimouski Océanic Centre Air Creebec Recap
March 28 Val-d'Or Foreurs 3 – 4 Rimouski Océanic Centre Air Creebec Recap
Rimouski won series 4 – 0


(8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (9) Acadie–Bathurst Titan

March 23 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 3 – 1 Acadie–Bathurst Titan Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
March 24 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 6 – 1 Acadie–Bathurst Titan Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
March 27 Acadie–Bathurst Titan 6 – 5 OT Chicoutimi Saguenéens K. C. Irving Regional Centre Recap
March 28 Acadie–Bathurst Titan 2 – 4 Chicoutimi Saguenéens K. C. Irving Regional Centre Recap
March 30 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2 – 3 OT Acadie–Bathurst Titan Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 1 Acadie–Bathurst Titan 3 – 4 OT Chicoutimi Saguenéens K. C. Irving Regional Centre Recap
Chicoutimi won series 4 – 2


Quarter-finals

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

April 6 Saint John Sea Dogs 9 – 3 Baie-Comeau Drakkar Harbour Station Recap
April 7 Saint John Sea Dogs 10 – 2 Baie-Comeau Drakkar Harbour Station Recap
April 10 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 2 – 5 Saint John Sea Dogs Centre Henry-Leonard Recap
April 11 Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3 – 5 Saint John Sea Dogs Centre Henry-Leonard Recap
Saint John won series 4 – 0


(2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 6 Shawinigan Cataractes 6 – 7 OT Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Bionest Recap
April 7 Shawinigan Cataractes 7 – 2 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Bionest Recap
April 10 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 1 – 2 Shawinigan Cataractes Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 11 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2 – 1 Shawinigan Cataractes Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 13 Shawinigan Cataractes 7 – 3 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Bionest Recap
April 15 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2 – 0 Shawinigan Cataractes Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 17 Shawinigan Cataractes 2 – 3 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Centre Bionest Recap
Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3


(3) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

April 6 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3 – 5 Rimouski Océanic Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
April 7 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 2 – 0 Rimouski Océanic Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
April 10 Rimouski Océanic 3 – 5 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 11 Rimouski Océanic 4 – 3 OT Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 13 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3 – 2 Rimouski Océanic Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
April 15 Rimouski Océanic 3 – 2 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 17 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 – 5 Rimouski Océanic Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Recap
Rimouski won series 4 – 3


(5) Quebec Remparts vs. (6) Halifax Mooseheads

April 6 Quebec Remparts 4 – 2 Halifax Mooseheads Colisée Pepsi Recap
April 7 Quebec Remparts 4 – 3 OT Halifax Mooseheads Colisée Pepsi Recap
April 10 Halifax Mooseheads 3 – 5 Quebec Remparts Halifax Metro Centre Recap
April 11 Halifax Mooseheads 2 – 1 Quebec Remparts Halifax Metro Centre Recap
April 13 Halifax Mooseheads 3 – 2 Quebec Remparts Halifax Metro Centre Recap
April 16 Quebec Remparts 2 – 5 Halifax Mooseheads Colisée Pepsi Recap
April 17 Quebec Remparts 4 – 5 OT Halifax Mooseheads Colisée Pepsi Recap
Halifax won series 4 – 3


Semi-finals

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 20 Saint John Sea Dogs 4 – 1 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Harbour Station Recap
April 22 Saint John Sea Dogs 5 – 2 Chicoutimi Saguenéens Harbour Station Recap
April 24 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 5 – 4 OT Saint John Sea Dogs Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 26 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2 – 3 OT Saint John Sea Dogs Centre Georges-Vézina Recap
April 28 Saint John Sea Dogs 4 – 3 OT Chicoutimi Saguenéens Harbour Station Recap
Saint John won series 4 – 1


(6) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

April 20 Halifax Mooseheads 1 – 4 Rimouski Océanic Halifax Metro Centre Recap
April 21 Halifax Mooseheads 4 – 5 Rimouski Océanic Halifax Metro Centre Recap
April 24 Rimouski Océanic 3 – 4 Halifax Mooseheads Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 25 Rimouski Océanic 1 – 3 Halifax Mooseheads Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 27 Rimouski Océanic 9 – 0 Halifax Mooseheads Colisée de Rimouski Recap
April 29 Halifax Mooseheads 2 – 3 OT Rimouski Océanic Halifax Metro Centre Recap
Rimouski wins series 4 – 2


QMJHL Championship

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

May 4 Saint John Sea Dogs 3 – 2 2OT Rimouski Océanic Harbour Station Recap
May 5 Saint John Sea Dogs 3 – 2 Rimouski Océanic Harbour Station Recap
May 9 Rimouski Océanic 4 – 6 Saint John Sea Dogs Colisée de Rimouski Recap
May 10 Rimouski Océanic 0 – 8 Saint John Sea Dogs Colisée de Rimouski Recap
Saint John wins 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
Stanislav Galiev Saint John Sea Dogs 17 16 18 34 6
Charlie Coyle Saint John Sea Dogs 17 15 19 34 8
Zack Phillips Saint John Sea Dogs 17 9 23 32 4
Tomas Jurco Saint John Sea Dogs 16 13 16 29 12
Nathan MacKinnon Halifax Mooseheads 17 13 15 28 12
Jonathan Drouin Halifax Mooseheads 17 9 17 26 4
Alexandre Mallet Rimouski Océanic 21 10 15 25 22
Alex Belzile Rimouski Océanic 21 7 18 25 28
Petr Straka Rimouski Océanic 21 10 12 22 6
Danick Gauthier Saint John Sea Dogs 17 13 8 21 28

Playoff 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
Alex Dubeau Shawinigan Cataractes 7 374 3 4 13 0 0.919 2.08
Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault Saint John Sea Dogs 17 1075 16 1 39 1 0.917 2.18
Louis Domingue Quebec Remparts 11 679 7 4 30 0 0.897 2.65
Étienne Marcoux Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 11 673 7 4 32 1 0.897 2.85
Gabriel Girard Shawinigan Cataractes 5 293 4 0 14 0 0.886 2.86

Memorial Cup

Main article: 2012 Memorial Cup

Trophies and awards

Team
Player
Executive
All-Star Teams[1]

First All-Star Team:


Second All-Star Team:


All-Rookie Team:

See also

References

  1. ^ The Golden Puck Awards: recognition of excellence