1998–99 QMJHL season
Appearance
The 1998–99 QMJHL season was the
Hull Olympiques
in the finals.
Team changes
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan, and switched to the Dilio Division.
- The Sherbrooke Faucons are renamed the Sherbrooke Castors, reviving a historic franchise name.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quebec Remparts | 70 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 108 | 316 | 207 |
Halifax Mooseheads | 70 | 46 | 20 | 4 | 96 | 298 | 206 |
Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 70 | 42 | 25 | 3 | 87 | 315 | 255 |
Moncton Wildcats | 70 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 81 | 257 | 235 |
Rimouski Océanic | 70 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 68 | 270 | 263 |
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles |
70 | 22 | 44 | 4 | 48 | 226 | 272 |
Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 70 | 18 | 44 | 8 | 44 | 208 | 297 |
Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 70 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 42 | 200 | 344 |
Lebel Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shawinigan Cataractes | 70 | 44 | 22 | 4 | 92 | 275 | 212 |
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 70 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 83 | 314 | 261 |
Victoriaville Tigres | 70 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 74 | 275 | 253 |
Sherbrooke Castors | 70 | 31 | 34 | 5 | 67 | 268 | 272 |
Val-d'Or Foreurs | 70 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 65 | 312 | 319 |
Hull Olympiques |
70 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 55 | 276 | 298 |
Drummondville Voltigeurs | 70 | 18 | 48 | 4 | 40 | 233 | 349 |
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Ribeiro | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 69 | 67 | 100 | 167 | 137 |
James Desmarais | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 66 | 62 | 73 | 135 | 127 |
Jérôme Tremblay | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 69 | 38 | 94 | 132 | 36 |
Brad Richards | Rimouski Océanic | 59 | 39 | 92 | 131 | 55 |
Ladislav Nagy | Halifax Mooseheads | 63 | 71 | 55 | 126 | 148 |
Simon Gagné | Quebec Remparts | 61 | 50 | 70 | 120 | 42 |
Benoît Dusablon | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 67 | 42 | 74 | 116 | 63 |
Patrick Grandmaître | Victoriaville Tigres | 70 | 37 | 78 | 115 | 139 |
Mathieu Benoît | Chicoutimi / Acadie-Bathurst | 68 | 62 | 47 | 109 | 34 |
Eric Chouinard | Quebec Remparts | 62 | 50 | 59 | 109 | 56 |
Playoffs
Mathieu Benoît was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists).
Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | President's Cup Final | ||||||||||||||||
D1 | Quebec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Rimouski | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D4 | Moncton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
D5 | Rimouski | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Quebec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Dillo Division | |||||||||||||||||||
D3 | Acadie-Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Halifax | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Acadie Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Acadie-Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
D6 | Cape Breton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
D3 | Acadie-Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L6 | Hull | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
L2 | Rouyn-Noranda | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L4 | Sherbrooke | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
L4 | Sherbrooke | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L5 | Val-d'Or | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
L2 | Rouyn-Noranda | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
L6 | Hull | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L1 | Shawinigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
L6 | Hull | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
L3 | Victoriaville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
L6 | Hull | 4 |
All-star teams
- First team
- Goaltender – Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Left defence – Jiri Fischer, Hull Olympiques
- Right defence – Jonathan Girard, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- Left winger – Jérôme Tremblay, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Centreman – Mike Ribeiro, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Right winger – James Desmarais, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Coach – Guy Chouinard, Quebec Remparts
- Second team
- Goaltender – Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
- Left defence – Simon Tremblay, Quebec Remparts
- Right defence – Dmitri Tolkunov, Quebec Remparts
- Left winger – David Thibeault, Victoriaville Tigres
- Centreman – Simon Gagné, Quebec Remparts
- Right winger – Mathieu Benoît, Chicoutimi Saguenéens / Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- Coach – Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Rookie team
- Goaltender – Alexei Volkov, Halifax Mooseheads
- Left defence – Andrew Carver, Hull Olympiques
- Right defence – Dimitri Kalinin, Moncton Wildcats
- Left winger – Juraj Kolnik, Quebec Remparts / Rimouski Océanic
- Centreman – Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads
- Right winger – Guillaume Lamoureux, Val-d'Or Foreurs
- Coach – Bruce Campbell, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
Trophies and awards
- Team
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- Jean Rougeau Trophy – Regular Season Champions, Quebec Remparts
- Robert Lebel Trophy – Team with best GAA, Halifax Mooseheads
- Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy – Most Valuable Player, Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes
- Jean Béliveau Trophy – Top Scorer, Mike Ribeiro, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Guy Lafleur Trophy – Playoff MVP, Mathieu Benoît, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- Telus Cup – Offensive – Offensive Player of the Year, James Desmarais, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Telus Cup – Defensive – Defensive Player of the Year, Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan Cataractes
- AutoPro Plaque – Best plus/minus total, Simon Tremblay, Quebec Remparts
- Philips Plaque – Best faceoff percentage, Éric Demers, Moncton Wildcats
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Best GAA, Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
- Emile Bouchard Trophy – Defenceman of the Year, Jiri Fischer, Hull Olympiques
- Mike Bossy Trophy – Best Pro Prospect, Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
- RDS Cup – Rookie of the Year, Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads
- Michel Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year, Ladislav Nagy, Halifax Mooseheads
- Alexei Volkov, Halifax Mooseheads
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy – Most sportsmanlike player, Eric Chouinard, Quebec Remparts
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year – Humanitarian of the Year, Philippe Sauvé, Rimouski Océanic
- Marcel Robert Trophy – Best Scholastic Player, Christian Robichaud, Victoriaville Tigres
- Paul Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year, Simon Gagné, Quebec Remparts
- Executive
- Ron Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year, Guy Chouinard, Quebec Remparts
- John Horman Trophy – Executive of the Year, Charles Henry, Hull Olympiques
- St-Clair Group Plaque – Marketing Director of the Year, Matt McKnight, Halifax Mooseheads
See also
- 1999 Memorial Cup
- 1999 NHL Entry Draft
- 1998–99 OHL season
- 1998–99 WHL season