Start date 2008 Number of teams 18 | Champion Drummondville Voltigeurs | |
League Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Duration Preseason
Regular season
2008-09-11–2009-03-15
Playoffs
2009-03-20–2009-05-12 Televisions Réseau des sports, Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV People also search for 2007–08 QMJHL season | ||
The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008. Eighteen teams played 68 games each. The Drummondville Voltigeurs, who finished first overall in the regular season, went on to capture their first President's Cup vs. the Shawinigan Cataractes in a series they won 4-3.
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Team Changes
Notable dates
Division Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Overall Standing
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
x - team clinched QMJHL Playoff spot
z - team has cliched division
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
2008 QMJHL Entry Draft
First round- Moncton Wildcats Brandon Gormley (D)
- Drummondville Voltigeurs Sean Couturier (C)
- Victoriaville Tigres Brandon Hynes (RW)
- Val-d'Or Foreurs Cedrick Henley (LW)
- Prince Edward Island Rocket Ben Duffy (F)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Garrett Clarke (D)
- Shawinigan Cataractes Michael Bournival (C/LW)
- Montréal Juniors Guillaume Asselin (RW)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Michael Chaput (C)
- Québec Remparts Samuel Carrier (D)
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan Vincent Arseneau (LW)
- Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Logan Shaw (RW)
- Moncton Wildcats Louis Domingue (G)
- Lewiston MAINEiacs Etienne Brodeur (LW)
- Val-d'Or Foreurs Alex Noel (RW)
- Gatineau Olympiques Yoan Pinette (RW)
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan Stefan Fournier (RW)
- Drummondville Voltigeurs Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (D)
2008 NHL Entry Draft
In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Canada Russia Challenge
The ADT Canada Russia Challenge is a six game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) versus Russia's National Junior hockey team. Within the Canadian Hockey League umbrella, one team from each of its three leagues — the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League — compete in two games against the Russian junior team.
The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge was held in six cities across Canada, with two cities for each league within the Canadian Hockey League. The series began on November 17, 2008, and concluded on November 27, 2008. All six games were televised nationally on Rogers Sportsnet, along with RDS televising both games from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
In the first game of the two part series between Team QMJHL and the Russian Selects, Team QMJHL scored five goals en route to a 5–3 win in front of 4,378 fans at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Kmitri Kugryshev of the Russian Selects and goaltender Olivier Roy of Team QMJHL were named the ADT Players of the Game for their respective teams. The Russian Selects evened the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, winning the second game after having registered four goals in a 4–3 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 6,451 assembled at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Memorial Cup
The 91st MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.