1996–97 QMJHL season

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.

1996-97 QMJHL season
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 Playoffs March 17 – April 29, 1996
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Jean Rougeau Trophy	Hull Olympiques (3)
Season MVP	Daniel Corso (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorer	Pavel Rosa (Hull Olympiques)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Christian Bronsard (Olympiques)
Finals champions	Hull Olympiques
Runners-up	Chicoutimi Saguenéens

1996-97 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997 QMJHL Sept. 20, 1996 – Mar. 14, 1997 WHL Sept. 1996 – Mar. 1997
Number of teams	60
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Hull Olympiques (QMHL) (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

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	68	63	89	152	56
Martin Ménard	Hull Olympiques	60	59	82	141	57
Daniel Brière	Drummondville Voltigeurs	59	52	78	130	86
Martin Chouinard	Granby Prédateurs	69	41	83	124	126
Eric Normandin	Rimouski Océanic	65	47	75	122	236
Daniel Corso	Victoriaville Tigres	54	51	68	119	50
Éric Bélanger	Beauport/ Rimouski	62	39	78	107	66
Philippe Audet	Granby Prédateurs	67	52	56	108	150
Jean-Pierre Dumont	Val-d'Or Foreurs	62	44	64	108	88
Guy Loranger	Shawinigan Cataractes	70	44	62	106	101

• 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

L1

Hull

4

L4

Drummondville

1

L4

Drummondville

3

L5

Laval

0

L1

Hull

4

Lebel Division

L3

Val-d'Or

1

L2

Granby

1

L3

Val-d'Or

4

L3

Val-d'Or

3

L6

Sherbrooke

0

L1

Hull

4

D4

Chicoutimi

0

D2

Shawinigan

3

D3

Halifax

4

D3

Halifax

3

D6

Beauport

1

D3

Halifax

3

D4

Chicoutimi

4

D1

Victroiaville

2

D4

Chicoutimi

4

D4

Chicoutimi

3

D5

Rimouski

1

Division Quarterfinals

Lebel Division

(L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (L5) Laval Titan Collège Français

March 17	Drummondville Voltigeurs		4 – 2		Laval Titan Collège Français	Centre Marcel Dionne
7:34 - Daniel Brière (1)		First period			No scoring
12:51- Gordie Dwyer (1) 17:55 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (1)		Second period			Jim Shepherd (1) - pp - 7:36 Martin Fillion (1) - pp - 9:24
19:28 - Gordie Dwyer (2)		Third period			No scoring
Pierre-Luc Therrien (42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Aubin (26 saves / 30 shots)

March 18	Laval Titan Collège Français		5 – 6	OT	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Sportif
11:44 - pp - Martin Fillion (2) 18:48 - pp - Yannick Hubert (1)		First period			Étienne Drapeau (2) - 3:04 Daniel Brière (2) - 5:11
5:41 - pp - Dominic Perna (1) 7:49 - Dominic Perna (2)		Second period			Gordie Dwyer (3) - pp - 15:35
8:17 - Martin Fillion (3)		Third period			Gordie Dwyer (4) - 4:08 Frédérick Jobin (1) - pp - 15:36
No scoring		First overtime period			Philippe Plante (1) - 7:43
Jean-Sébastien Aubin (42 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Pierre-Luc Therrien (7 saves / 11 shots) Martin Bradette (19 saves / 20 shots)

March 20	Drummondville Voltigeurs		2 – 1		Laval Titan Collège Français	Centre Marcel Dionne
No scoring		First period			16:12 - Jason Bermingham (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Daniel Brière (3) - 5:38 Norbert Roy (1) - 6:42		Third period			No scoring
Martin Bradette (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Maxime Gingras (40 saves / 42 shots)

Drummondville won series 3 – 0

(L3) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (L6) Sherbrooke Faucons

March 17	Val-d'Or Foreurs		4 – 1		Sherbrooke Faucons	Palais des Sports
1:21 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (1) 6:06 - Lucio DeMartinis (1) 7:32 - Olexei Lazarenko (1)		First period			No scoring
2:26 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (2)		Second period			Samuel Lacroix (1) - 3:36
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Frédérick Brind'Amour (29 saves / 33 shots)

March 18	Val-d'Or Foreurs		4 – 3		Sherbrooke Faucons	Palais des Sports
19:37 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (1)		First period			Éric Pinoul (1) - 1:55 Steve Thériault (1) - 9:51 Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 15:50
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
0:55 - pp - Olexei Lazarenko (2) 1:47 - Dominic Chiasson (1) 3:22 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1)		Third period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Frédérick Brind'Amour (37 saves / 41 shots)

March 20	Sherbrooke Faucons		2 – 8		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet
9:05 - Sylvain Dufresne (1) 16:57 - pp - Sylvain Dufresne (2)		First period			François Archambault (1) - 10:13
No scoring		Second period			Olexei Lazarenko (3) - sh - 5:56 Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) - pp - 9:36 Dominic Chiasson (2) - 11:17
No scoring		Third period			Olexei Lazarenko (4) - pp - 4:41 Marc-Étienne Hubert (1) - sh - 8:12 Martin Lacaille (1) - pp - 12:41 Jonathan Gagnon (1) - 13:58
Frédérick Brind'Amour (22 saves / 30 shots) Claude Fernet (4 saves / 4 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (23 saves / 25 shots)

Val-d'Or won series 3 – 0

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D6) Sherbrooke Faucons

March 17	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 9		Sherbrooke Faucons	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period			Sam Gagnon (1) - 6:35
9:49 - Jody Shelley (1)		Second period			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)		Third period			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)		Goalie stats			Luc Vaillancourt (42 saves / 45 shots)

March 18	Halifax Mooseheads		7 – 4		Sherbrooke Faucons	Halifax Metro Centre
6:05 - Didier Tremblay (1) 10:48 - François Sasseville (1)		First period			No scoring
11:22 - pp - Elias Abrahamsson (1) 18:48 - Jamie Brown (1)		Second period			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)		Third period			Carlyle Lewis (1) - 3:33 Kurt Johnston (1) - 9:32
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 28 shots)

March 20	Sherbrooke Faucons		4 – 8		Halifax Mooseheads	Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard
16:58 - Martin Moïse (4)		First period			Jason Troini (2) - 7:48 Andrew Gilby (1) - 12:57 Alex Tanguay (1) - pp - 15:57
12:54 - David Bernier (2) 17:44 - Frédéric Levac (1)		Second period			François Sasseville (3) - 11:34
15:22 - Sam Gagnon (2)		Third period			Jason Troini (3) - 4:57 Alex Tanguay (2) - 6:54 Jamie Brown (2) - 12:45 François Sasseville (4) - sh - 18:01
Luc Vaillancourt (22 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 37 shots)

March 21	Sherbrooke Faucons		2 – 3		Halifax Mooseheads	Centre sportif Marcel-Bédard
4:25 - Patrick Savard (4)		First period			Marc Chouinard (2) - pp - 4:25
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
10:12 - Mathieu Normandin (2)		Third period			1:08 - Martin Pouliot (1) 2:46 - Alexandre Mathieu (1)
Luc Vaillancourt (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)

Halifax won series 3 – 1

(D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (D5) Rimouski Océanic

March 17	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		6 – 2		Rimouski Océanic	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period			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)		Second period			Éric Bélanger (1) - pp - 17:19
2:42 - Denis Hamel (1) 11:29 - Marc Bouchard (1)		Third period			No scoring
Marc Denis (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Nicolas Chabot (43 saves / 49 shots)

March 18	Rimouski Océanic		4 – 3		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée de Rimouski
Jonathan Beaulieu (1) - 5:46 Éric Normandin (1) - 13:34		First period			4:32 - sh - Denis Hamel (2) 8:53 - pp - Bruce Richardson (1)
Derrick Walser (1) - pp - 12:41 Éric Bélanger (2) - 16:33		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			7:00 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (3)
Nicolas Chabot (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (28 saves / 32 shots)

March 20	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		9 – 5		Rimouski Océanic	Centre Georges-Vézina
Marc Bouchard (2) - pp - 10:46		First period			14:47 - Vincent Lecavalier (2)
David Gosselin (3) - pp - 2:55 David Gosselin (4) - 3:44		Second period
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		Third period			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)		Goalie stats			Nicolas Chabot (28 saves / 34 shots) Philippe Sauvé (13 saves / 16 shots)

March 21	Rimouski Océanic		4 – 7		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée de Rimouski
No scoring		First period			No scoring
3:31 - Mathieu Sunderland (1) 8:05 - Vincent Lecavalier (3) 9:26 - pp - Russell Smith (2)		Second period			Frédéric Bouchard (5) - pp - 14:34 Frédéric Bouchard (6) - pp - 14:43
7:00 - Vincent Lecavalier (4)		Third period			Bruce Richardson (2) - 12:00 Marc Bouchard (3) - 12:49 Patrick Gingras (1) - 13:58 David Gosselin (6) - en - 19:02
Nicolas Chabot (40 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (30 saves / 34 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 3 – 1

Division Semifinals

Lebel Division

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (L4) Drummondville Voltigeurs

March 25	Hull Olympiques		10 – 3		Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
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)		First period			No scoring
0:22 - pp - Pavel Rosa (1) 2:40 - Mario Larocque (1) 4:20 - Mario Larocque (2)		Second period			Philippe Plante (2) - pp - 4:45 Jasmin Gélinas (1) - 7:36
0:43 - Jonathan Delisle (1) 7:58 - Donald MacLean (1)		Third period			Ľuboš Bartečko (1) - 0:59
Martin Biron (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Martin Bradette (34 saves / 40 shots) Pierre-Luc Therrien (8 saves / 12 shots)

March 26	Drummondville Voltigeurs		2 – 8		Hull Olympiques	Centre Marcel-Dionne
No scoring		First period			10:46 - pp - Peter Worrell (1)
Gordie Dwyer (5) - 11:33		Second period			1:19 - sh - Christian Dubé (1) 7:51 - pp - Francis Bélanger (1) 17:27 - Pavel Rosa (2)
Karol Bartanus (1) - 1:35		Third period			6:30 - Donald MacLean (2) 13:38 - Donald MacLean (3) 15:06 - pp - Donald MacLean (4) 16:26 - Martin Ménard (3)
Martin Bradette (35 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 28	Hull Olympiques		5 – 6		Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
Martin Ménard (4) - 19:03		First period			No scoring
Jonathan Delisle (2) - 5:11 Pavel Rosa (3) - 5:22 Donald MacLean (5) - pp - 11:45 Christian Dubé (2) - 18:33		Second period			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		Third period			9:54 - pp - Steve Tardif (1) 13:34 - Derrick Pyke (1)
Martin Biron (10 saves / 14 shots) Christian Bronsard (9 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Pierre-Luc Therrien (24 saves / 27 shots) Martin Bradette (27 saves / 29 shots)

March 30	Drummondville Voltigeurs		3 – 6		Hull Olympiques	Centre Marcel-Dionne
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Martin Éthier (1) - 15:52 Christian Dubé (3) - 17:04 Martin Ménard (5) - pp - 19:56
5:58 - pp - Jean-Philippe Doyon (1) 6:23 - Gordie Dwyer (6) 19:20 - pp - Étienne Drapeau (3)		Third period			Christian Dubé (4) - 4:01 Jonathan Delisle (3) - 12:38 Jonathan Delisle (4) - 14:51
Martin Bradette (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Bronsard (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 1	Hull Olympiques		9 – 1		Drummondville Voltigeurs	Centre Robert Guertin
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)		First period			Daniel Brière (7) - pp - 10:22
7:54 - Donald MacLean (7)		Second period			No scoring
14:12 - Pavel Rosa (6) 17:58 - Jaret Sledz (1)		Third period			No scoring
Martin Biron (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			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

March 25	Granby Prédateurs		4 – 1		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
16:47 - Christian Daigle (1)		First period			No scoring
13:18 - Daniel Payette (1)		Second period			No scoring
7:45 - Philippe Audet (1) 9:35 - Xavier Delisle (1)		Third period			Olexei Lazarenko (5) - 8:34
Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (35 saves / 39 shots)

March 26	Val-d'Or Foreurs		6 – 3		Granby Prédateurs	Palais des Sports
Dominic Chiasson (3) - pp - 11:01		First period			2:53 - pp - Daniel Payette (2) 17:25 - Jean-François Brunelle (1)
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2) - 2:55		Second period			9:18 - pp - Yannick Dupont (1)
Daniel Bienvenue (2) - 2:46 Yanick Evola (1) - pp - 8:15 Daniel Bienvenue (3) - 9:42 Olexei Lazarenko (6) - 10:17		Third period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Frédéric Henry (31 saves / 37 shots)

March 28	Granby Prédateurs		3 – 4	OT	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
No scoring		First period			2:20 - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (3) 10:40 - Daniel Bienvenue (4)
Daniel Payette (3) - 5:51 Philippe Audet (2) - 18:50		Second period			No scoring
Samy Nasreddine (1) - pp - 5:41		Third period			7:39 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (4)
No scoring		First overtime period			2:44 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (5)
Frédéric Henry (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (36 saves / 39 shots)

March 30	Val-d'Or Foreurs		7 – 2		Granby Prédateurs	Palais des Sports
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)		First period			Philippe Audet (3) - pp - 15:52
13:47 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (7) 15:10 - pp - Jean-Pierre Dumont (8)		Second period			Philippe Audet (4) - 3:22
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (38 saves / 40 shots) Patrick Couture (0 saves / 0 shots)		Goalie stats			Frédéric Henry (25 saves / 31 shots) Francis Larivée (0 saves / 1 shot)

April 1	Granby Prédateurs		2 – 3		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
2:56 - Christian Daigle (2)		First period			Dominic Chiasson (5) - sh - 8:56
6:54 - pp - Yannick Dupont (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Yanick Evola (3) - 3:44 Yanick Evola (4) - pp - 11:51
Frédéric Henry (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 33 shots)

Val-d'Or won series 4 – 1

Dilio Division

(D1) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

March 25	Victoriaville Tigres		2 – 3		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée des Bois-Francs
No scoring		First period			Denis Hamel (3) - sh - 19:59
3:32 - Christian Robichaud (1) 13:25 - pp - Patrick Grandmaître (1)		Second period			Frédéric Bouchard (8) - pp - 4:54
No scoring		Third period			Frédéric Bouchard (9) - 7:47
Mathieu Garon (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)

March 26	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 5		Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
Frédéric Bouchard (10) - 8:42		First period			15:11 - Emmanuel Labranche (1)
Denis Hamel (4) - 6:15		Second period			5:12 - Christian Robichaud (2) 9:03 - sh - David Thibeault (1) 12:28 - Michel Massie (1)
Radoslav Suchý (1) - 14:51		Third period			9:35 - pp - Carl Paradis (1)
Marc Denis (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Garon (57 saves / 60 shots)

March 28	Victoriaville Tigres		2 – 7		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Colisée des Bois-Francs
David Thibeault (2) - pp - 8:36 Christian Robichaud (3) - 10:28		First period			12:47 - pp - Sébastien Bêty (1) 17:50 - pp - Radoslav Suchý (2)
No scoring		Second period			4:57 - Sacha Fillion (2) 7:34 - Sébastien Bêty (2) 17:52 - Denis Hamel (5)
No scoring		Third period			0:30 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (11) 15:11 - pp - Olivier Morin (2)
Mathieu Garon (23 saves / 29 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (12 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (26 saves / 28 shots) Rémi Bergeron (1 save / 1 shot)

March 30	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 2	OT	Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
10:29 - sh - Denis Hamel (6) 13:39 - sh - David Gosselin (7)		First period			Michel Massie (2) - pp - 7:45
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			David Thibeault (3) - pp - 12:34
1:08 - Denis Hamel (7)		First overtime period			No scoring
Marc Denis (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Garon (38 saves / 41 shots)

April 1	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		1 – 4		Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Radoslav Suchý (3) - pp - 8:25		Second period			7:07 - François Pagé (1) 15:26 - pp - Michel Massie (3) 15:50 - François Cloutier (1)
No scoring		Third period			18:23 - sh - en - Patrick Grandmaître (2)
Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Garon (36 saves / 37 shots)

April 4	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		7 – 0		Victoriaville Tigres	Centre Georges-Vézina
2:34 - pp - Denis Hamel (8) 14:56 - Radoslav Suchý (4)		First period			No scoring
1:12 - Frédéric Bouchard (12) 19:07 - pp - Marc Bouchard (4)		Second period			No scoring
5:34 - Patrick Gingras (2) 5:51 - Radoslav Suchý (5) 8:55 - Bruce Richardson (3)		Third period			No scoring
Marc Denis (19 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Garon (33 saves / 40 shots) Jonathan Pelletier (3 saves / 3 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 4 – 2

(D2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (D3) Halifax Mooseheads

March 25	Shawinigan Cataractes		7 – 5		Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
8:37 - pp - Guy Loranger (1) 17:56 - David Beauregard (1)		First period			Jody Shelley (2) - pp - 11:10
15:27 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (1)		Second period			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)		Third period			Martin Pouliot (2) - pp - 1:06 Jamie Brown (3) - 2:11
Sébastien Charpentier (16 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (43 saves / 49 shots)

March 26	Shawinigan Cataractes		1 – 3		Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
4:36 - pp - Guy Loranger (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Alex Tanguay (4) - 3:23 Todd Row (1) - sh - 14:20 Marc Chouinard (4) - en - 19:37
Sébastien Charpentier (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (34 saves / 35 shots)

March 28	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 6	OT	Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
5:48 - Jamie Brown (4)		First period			Sylvain Rodier (3) - 0:40 Roberto Baldris (1) - 1:40 Stéphane Robidas (3) - pp - 10:33
3:48 - Marc Chouinard (5) 18:58 - Éric Laplante (1)		Second period			Sylvain Rodier (4) - 11:27 Guy Loranger (3) - 15:22
2:09 - Jason Troini (4) 12:19 - Andrew Gilby (2)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Alexandre Jacques (1) - 3:31
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (25 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Sébastien Charpentier (35 saves / 40 shots)

March 29	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 4	2OT	Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
8:37 - pp - Jamie Brown (5) 14:43 - Jamie Brown (6)		First period			Guy Loranger (4) - pp - 3:35
15:25 - pp - Jamie Brown (7)		Second period			Guy Loranger (5) - pp - 6:30
8:53 - Marc Chouinard (6)		Third period			Peter Šlamiar (1) - 9:25 Jean-Philippe Paré (1) - 19:49
17:31 - Jamie Brown (8)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (41 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Sébastien Charpentier (5 saves / 6 shots) Mathieu Chouinard (36 saves / 40 shots)

March 31	Shawinigan Cataractes		4 – 3		Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
No scoring		First period			Martin Pouliot (3) - 4:38
18:53 - pp - Alexandre Jacques (2)		Second period			No scoring
9:19 - pp - Stéphane Robidas (4) 10:16 - Jean-Philippe Paré (2) 17:51 - David Bahl (1)		Third period			Jody Shelley (3) - pp - 0:21 François Sasseville (5) - pp - 1:37
Mathieu Chouinard (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (42 saves / 46 shots)

April 2	Halifax Mooseheads		4 – 2		Shawinigan Cataractes	Halifax Metro Centre
13:48 - François Sasseville (6)		First period			Alexandre Jacques (3) - 0:12 François Méthot (1) - pp - 9:16
9:16 - pp - Jamie Brown (9)		Second period			No scoring
3:44 - Jody Shelley (4) 5:44 - Marc Chouinard (7)		Third period			No scoring
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathieu Chouinard (35 saves / 39 shots)

April 5	Shawinigan Cataractes		3 – 5		Halifax Mooseheads	Aréna Jacques Plante
No scoring		First period			Jean-Simon Lemay (2) - 8:05 Jean-Simon Lemay (3) - 14:38
12:54 - David-Alexandre Beauregard (3)		Second period			Jamie Brown (10) - 8:42 François Sasseville (7) - pp - 15:23
6:07 - Jean-Philippe Paré (3) 8:53 - pp - François Méthot (2)		Third period			Todd Row (2) - en - 19:47
Mathieu Chouinard (20 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			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

April 8	Hull Olympiques		4 – 2		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
4:04 - pp - Pavel Rosa (7) 15:25 - Martin Ménard (6) 15:40 - Jonathan Delisle (5)		First period			Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5) - pp - 0:59 Marc-Étienne Hubert (2) - 10:50
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
6:30 - Martin Éthier (2)		Third period			No scoring
Martin Biron (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (34 saves / 38 shots)

April 9	Val-d'Or Foreurs		2 – 6		Hull Olympiques	Palais des Sports
Olexei Lazarenko (7) - 17:27		First period			8:28 - pp - Christian Dubé (6) 15:43 - Éric Naud (2)
Martin Lacaille (2) - pp - 13:28		Second period			8:22 - Pavel Rosa (8)
No scoring		Third period			8:02 - Jonathan Delisle (6) 18:19 - pp - Pavel Rosa (9) 19:51 - Francis Bélanger (2)
Roberto Luongo (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Bronsard (17 saves / 19 shots)

April 11	Hull Olympiques		6 – 1		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
Martin Ménard (7) - pp - 8:22 Martin Ménard (8) - 16:24 Francis Nault (1) - 18:19		First period			No scoring
Steven Low (1) - 8:35 Pavel Rosa (10) - pp - 18:08		Second period			No scoring
Francis Nault (2) - 13:58		Third period			10:05 - Jean-Pierre Dumont (9)
Christian Bronsard (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (31 saves / 36 shots) Patrick Couture (11 saves / 12 shots)

April 13	Val-d'Or Foreurs		5 – 4	OT	Hull Olympiques	Palais des Sports
19:59 - Yanick Evola (5)		First period			Pavel Rosa (11) - 11:48
2:55 - pp - Daniel Bienvenue (5) 8:35 - pp - Jonathan Fauteux (1)		Second period			Martin Ménard (9) - pp - 6:38 Martin Ménard (10) - 9:13
14:10 - Lucio DeMartinis (3)		Third period			Steven Low (2) - pp - 16:38
14:24 - François Hardy (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Roberto Luongo (45 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats			Martin Biron (24 saves / 29 shots)

April 15	Hull Olympiques		5 – 2		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Centre Robert Guertin
2:20 - Donald MacLean (8) 15:58 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (7)		First period			No scoring
6:56 - Pavel Rosa (12) 9:55 - Marty Johnston (2)		Second period			Lee Cousineau (1) - 10:50
13:26 - Pavel Rosa (13)		Third period			Daniel Bienvenue (6) - pp - 4:09
Christian Bronsard (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Roberto Luongo (37 saves / 42 shots)

Hull won series 4 – 1

Dilio Division

(D3) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 7	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 4	OT	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
3:59 - Alexandre Mathieu (2)		First period			Patrick Gingras (3) - 5:34 Frédéric Bouchard (13) - pp - 18:12
8:34 - François Sasseville (8) 18:36 - Elias Abrahamsson (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Denis Hamel (9) - 13:07
No scoring		First overtime period			Marc Bouchard (5) - 3:26
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (36 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (29 saves / 32 shots)

April 8	Halifax Mooseheads		3 – 2		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
2:18 - pp - Marc Chouinard (8)		First period			No scoring
6:47 - Éric Laplante (2) 13:39 - pp - Jody Shelley (5)		Second period			Frédéric Bouchard (14) - 11:24
No scoring		Third period			Olivier Morin (3) - 7:41
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 11	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		5 – 3		Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
5:14 - pp - Bruce Richardson (4) 12:53 - Patrick Gingras (4)		First period			Todd Row (3) - 10:06
16:58 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (15)		Second period			Jody Shelley (6) - pp - 19:31
7:39 - Denis Hamel (10) 19:19 - sh - en - Sacha Fillion (3)		Third period			Marc Chouinard (9) - sh - 12:12
Marc Denis (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 35 shots)

April 13	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		1 – 4		Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
No scoring		First period			Marc Chouinard (10) - sh - 11:01
No scoring		Second period			Elias Abrahamsson (3) - pp - 4:21
13:24 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (16)		Third period			Jason Troini (5) - pp - 16:23 Todd Row (4) - en - 18:06
Marc Denis (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Jean-Sébastien Giguère (31 saves / 31 shots) Martin Bilodeau (16 saves / 17 shots)

April 15	Halifax Mooseheads		5 – 3		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period			Radoslav Suchý (6) - pp - 6:52
7:33 - Jamie Brown (11) 8:16 - François Sasseville (9) 18:25 - Éric Laplante (3)		Second period			Frédéric Bouchard (17) - 2:57 Olivier Morin (4) - 17:40
15:48 - Elias Abrahamsson (4) 19:37 - sh - en - François Sasseville (10)		Third period			No scoring
Martin Bilodeau (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (36 saves / 40 shots)

April 18	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		9 – 2		Halifax Mooseheads	Centre Georges-Vézina
2:54 - pp - Denis Hamel (11) 14:01 - pp - Marc Bouchard (6) 14:59 - Mathieu Benoît (1)		First period			No scoring
1:53 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (18) 4:39 - Patrick Gingras (5)		Second period			Jamie Brown (12) - sh - 19:41
1:10 - pp - Denis Hamel (12) 2:40 - Bruce Richardson (5) 3:12 - pp - Olivier Morin (5) 19:08 - pp - Patrick Gingras (6)		Third period			Jason Troini (6) - 17:54
Marc Denis (13 saves / 14 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats			Martin Bilodeau (23 saves / 28 shots) Steve Mongrain (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 20	Halifax Mooseheads		1 – 5		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Halifax Metro Centre
No scoring		First period			Marc Bouchard (7) - 4:05
15:03 - Andrew Gilby (3)		Second period			Sébastien Bêty (3) - 2:43 Bruce Richardson (6) - 8:41 Frédéric Bouchard (19) - 15:24
No scoring		Third period			Denis Hamel (13) - 13:34
Jean-Sébastien Giguère (11 saves / 15 shots) Martin Bilodeau (14 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (28 saves / 29 shots)

Chicoutimi won series 4 – 3

President's Cup Finals

(L1) Hull Olympiques vs. (D4) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

April 22	Hull Olympiques		8 – 3		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Centre Robert Guertin
7:08 - pp - Christian Dubé (7)		First period			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)		Second period			Ramzi Abid (2) - 6:02
4:51 - pp - Jonathan Delisle (9) 6:45 - pp - Martin Ménard (11) 11:02 - Marty Johnston (3)		Third period			Denis Hamel (14) - pp - 9:25
Christian Bronsard (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (17 saves / 24 shots) Rémi Bergeron (7 saves / 8 shots)

April 25	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		3 – 4		Hull Olympiques	Centre Georges-Vézina
Patrick Gingras (7) - 19:19		First period			17:01 - pp - Donald MacLean (9)
No scoring		Second period			2:16 - pp - Steven Low (3) 2:56 - Donald MacLean (10) 13:30 - Jonathan Delisle (10)
Mathieu Benoît (2) - pp - 1:12 Frédéric Bouchard (20) - 14:34		Third period			No scoring
Marc Denis (38 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Bronsard (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 27	Hull Olympiques		6 – 2		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Centre Robert Guertin
Pavel Rosa (14) - 5:37		First period			No scoring
Pavel Rosa (15) - 3:02 Donald MacLean (11) - 4:10 Pavel Rosa (16) - 19:18		Second period			9:50 - Marc Bouchard (8)
Martin Ménard (12) - 4:40 Jonathan Delisle (11) - 10:32		Third period			0:57 - Frédéric Bouchard (21)
Christian Bronsard (40 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Marc Denis (28 saves / 34 shots)

April 29	Chicoutimi Saguenéens		5 – 6		Hull Olympiques	Centre Georges-Vézina
17:17 - Patrick Gingras (8)		First period			Peter Worrell (2) - pp - 6:42 Peter Worrell (3) - 7:08 Pavel Rosa (17) - 11:53
4:10 - David Gosselin (8) 13:26 - pp - Frédéric Bouchard (22) 16:34 - David Gosselin (9)		Second period			Éric Naud (3) - 11:11
8:03 - Denis Hamel (15)		Third period			Éric Naud (4) - 11:03 Pavel Rosa (18) - 19:55
Marc Denis (40 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Martin Biron (20 saves / 24 shots) Christian Bronsard (11 saves / 12 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	21	22	29	51	42
Martin Ménard	Hull Olympiques	14	12	23	35	17
Pavel Rosa	Hull Olympiques	14	18	13	31	16
Martin Chouinard	Halifax Mooseheads	18	10	16	26	12
Marc Bouchard	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	21	8	18	28	14
Denis Hamel	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	20	15	10	25	65
Jonathan Delisle	Hull Olympiques	14	11	13	24	48
Jamie Brown	Halifax Mooseheads	18	12	11	23	39
François Sasseville	Halifax Mooseheads	18	10	13	23	16
Christian Dubé	Hull Olympiques	14	7	16	23	14

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
Jean-Sébastien Giguère	Halifax Mooseheads	16	953	9	7	58	0	.899	3.65
Jean-Sébastien Aubin	Laval Titan Collège Français	2	127	0	2	10	0	.872	4.70
Frédérick Brind'Amour	Sherbrooke Faucons	3	173	0	3	16	0	.846	5.54
Sébastien Charpentier	Shawinigan Cataractes	4	195	2	1	13	0	.863	3.99
Nicolas Chabot	Rimouski Océanic	4	225	1	3	21	0	.872	5.58

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/