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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
QMJHL seasons
← 1995-96 1997-98 →

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.

Teams

Division	Team	City	Arena
1996–97 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Dilio	Beauport Harfangs	Beauport, Quebec	Aréna Marcel-Bédard
	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Chicoutimi, Quebec	Centre Georges-Vézina
	Halifax Mooseheads	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Halifax Metro Centre
	Moncton Wildcats	Moncton, New Brunswick	Moncton Coliseum
	Rimouski Océanic	Rimouski, Quebec	Colisée de Rimouski
	Shawinigan Cataractes	Shawinigan, Quebec	Aréna Jacques Plante
	Victoriaville Tigres	Victoriaville, Quebec	Colisée des Bois-Francs
Lebel	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Drummondville, Quebec	Drummondville Civic Centre
	Granby Prédateurs	Granby, Quebec	Aréna Léonard-Grondin
	Hull Olympiques	Hull, Quebec	Robert Guertin Arena
	Laval Titan Collège Français	Laval, Quebec	Colisée de Laval
	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	Aréna Dave-Keon
	Sherbrooke Faucons	Sherbrooke, Quebec	Palais des Sports
	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Val-d'Or, Quebec	Centre Val-d'Or

Map of teams

Harfangs

Saguenéens

Moose
heads

Wildcats

Océanic

Cataractes

Tigres

Voltigeurs

Prédateurs

Olympiques

Français

Huskies

Faucons

Foreurs

Dilio Division

Lebel Division

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 Menard	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 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

March 28

Victoriaville Tigres

2 – 7

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Colisée des Bois-Francs

March 30

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

3 – 2

OT

Victoriaville Tigres

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 1

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

1 – 4

Victoriaville Tigres

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 4

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

7 – 0

Victoriaville Tigres

Centre Georges-Vézina

Chicoutimi won series 4 – 2

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

March 25

Shawinigan Cataractes

7 – 5

Halifax Mooseheads

Aréna Jacques Plante

March 26

Shawinigan Cataractes

1 – 3

Halifax Mooseheads

Aréna Jacques Plante

March 28

Halifax Mooseheads

5 – 6

OT

Shawinigan Cataractes

Halifax Metro Centre

March 29

Halifax Mooseheads

5 – 4

2OT

Shawinigan Cataractes

Halifax Metro Centre

March 31

Shawinigan Cataractes

4 – 3

Halifax Mooseheads

Aréna Jacques Plante

April 2

Halifax Mooseheads

4 – 2

Shawinigan Cataractes

Halifax Metro Centre

April 5

Shawinigan Cataractes

3 – 5

Halifax Mooseheads

Aréna Jacques Plante

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

April 9

Val-d'Or Foreurs

2 – 6

Hull Olympiques

Palais des Sports

April 11

Hull Olympiques

6 – 1

Val-d'Or Foreurs

Centre Robert Guertin

April 13

Val-d'Or Foreurs

5 – 4

OT

Hull Olympiques

Palais des Sports

April 15

Hull Olympiques

5 – 2

Val-d'Or Foreurs

Centre Robert Guertin

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

April 8

Halifax Mooseheads

3 – 2

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Halifax Metro Centre

April 11

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

5 – 3

Halifax Mooseheads

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 13

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

1 – 4

Halifax Mooseheads

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 15

Halifax Mooseheads

5 – 3

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Halifax Metro Centre

April 18

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

9 – 2

Halifax Mooseheads

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 20

Halifax Mooseheads

1 – 5

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Halifax Metro Centre

Halifax 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

April 25

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

3 – 4

Hull Olympiques

Centre Georges-Vézina

April 27

Hull Olympiques

6 – 2

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Centre Robert Guertin

April 29

Chicoutimi Saguenéens

5 – 6

Hull Olympiques

Centre Georges-Vézina

Hull won series 4 – 0

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

References

Preceded by 1995–96 QMJHL season	QMJHL seasons	Succeeded by 1997–98 QMJHL season

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