2017–18 QMJHL season
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| 2017–18 QMJHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 21, 2017 – March 18, 2018 Playoffs March 2018 – May 2018 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| TV partner(s) | Eastlink TV TVA Sports MATV |
| Regular season | |
| Jean Rougeau Trophy | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (1) |
| Season MVP | Alex Barré-Boulet (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada) |
| Top scorer | Alex Barré-Boulet (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Jeffrey Viel (Titan) |
| Finals champions | Acadie-Bathurst Titan |
| Runners-up | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada |
| 2017–18 CHL seasons | |
|---|---|
| League | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Duration | OHL September 2017 – March 2018 QMJHL September 2017 – March 2018 WHL September 2017 – March 2018 |
| Number of teams | 60 |
| TV partner(s) | TVA Sports Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV |
The 2017–18 QMJHL season was the 49th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 21, 2017, and ended on March 18, 2018.
The playoffs started March 22, 2018, and ended on May 13. The winning team, the Acadie–Bathurst Titan, were awarded the President's Cup and won the Memorial Cup as the QMJHL champion in the 2018 Memorial Cup, which was hosted by the Regina Pats of the WHL at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18–27, 2018.
Regular season standings
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched Jean Rougeau Trophy
| Maritimes Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | PTS | GF | GA | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy-Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 68 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 270 | 183 | 2 |
| x-Halifax Mooseheads | 68 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 93 | 270 | 223 | 4 |
| x-Charlottetown Islanders | 68 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 209 | 219 | 9 |
| x-Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 68 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 235 | 259 | 12 |
| x-Moncton Wildcats | 68 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 233 | 282 | 14 |
| Saint John Sea Dogs | 68 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 181 | 301 | 18 |
| East Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | PTS | GF | GA | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy-Rimouski Océanic | 68 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 93 | 231 | 174 | 3 |
| x-Victoriaville Tigres | 68 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 270 | 195 | 6 |
| x-Quebec Remparts | 68 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 227 | 202 | 8 |
| x-Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 68 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 224 | 257 | 13 |
| x-Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 68 | 28 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 200 | 233 | 15 |
| Shawinigan Cataractes | 68 | 16 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 183 | 298 | 17 |
| West Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | PTS | GF | GA | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyz-Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 68 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 107 | 276 | 184 | 1 |
| x-Drummondville Voltigeurs | 68 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 277 | 194 | 5 |
| x-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 68 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 88 | 239 | 179 | 7 |
| x-Sherbrooke Phoenix | 68 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 228 | 234 | 10 |
| x-Gatineau Olympiques | 68 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 213 | 215 | 11 |
| x-Val-d'Or Foreurs | 68 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 172 | 308 | 16 |
Scoring leaders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Barré-Boulet | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 65 | 53 | 63 | 116 | 67 |
| Vitalii Abramov | Gatineau/Victoriaville | 56 | 45 | 59 | 104 | 67 |
| Alexandre Alain | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 65 | 44 | 43 | 87 | 52 |
| Kevin Klíma | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 68 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 54 |
| Max Comtois | Victoriaville Tigres | 54 | 44 | 41 | 85 | 79 |
| Otto Somppi | Halifax Mooseheads | 59 | 28 | 55 | 83 | 28 |
| Filip Zadina | Halifax Mooseheads | 57 | 44 | 38 | 82 | 36 |
| Ivan Kosorenkov | Victoriaville Tigres | 63 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 46 |
| Alexis Lafrenière | Rimouski Océanic | 60 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 54 |
| Joe Veleno | Saint John/Drummondville | 64 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 48 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | OTL | SOL | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Harvey | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 46 | 2715 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 95 | 4 | .930 | 2.10 |
| Colten Ellis | Rimouski Océanic | 51 | 2836 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 111 | 6 | .913 | 2.35 |
| Olivier Rodrigue | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 53 | 3001 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 3 | .903 | 2.54 |
| Etienne Montpetit | Val-d'Or/Victoriaville | 44 | 2612 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 3 | .925 | 2.57 |
| Antoine Samuel | Baie-Comeau/Quebec | 51 | 2921 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 3 | .918 | 2.67 |
2018 President's Cup playoffs
[edit]| Round 1 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | President's Cup Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Val-d'Or | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Moncton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rimouski | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Moncton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Charlottetown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Halifax | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Baie-Comeau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Halifax | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Charlottetown | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Quebec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Charlottetown | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadie–Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadie–Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Chicoutimi | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadie–Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sherbrooke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rouyn-Noranda | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sherbrooke | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Acadie–Bathurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Victoriaville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Drummondville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Cape Breton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Drummondville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Victoriaville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Victoriaville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
First round
[edit](1) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (16) Val-d'Or Foreurs
[edit]| March 22 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 3 – 2 | OT | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| March 23 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 5 – 1 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| March 27 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 2 – 4 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Centre Air Creebec | Recap |
| March 28 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | 1 – 4 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Centre Air Creebec | Recap |
| Blainville-Boisbriand wins series 4–0 | |
(2) Acadie–Bathurst Titan vs. (15) Chicoutimi Saguenéens
[edit]| March 23 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 3 – 1 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap | |||
| 7:24 - pp - Noah Dobson (1) 9:10 - Ethan Crossman (1) 14:14 - pp - Jeffrey Viel (1) |
First period | Kelly Klima (1) - 4:08 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evan Fitzpatrick (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Zach Bouthillier (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 0 – 4 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| March 27 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 2 – 3 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre Georges-Vézina | Recap |
| March 28 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 6 – 3 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre Georges-Vézina | Recap |
| March 30 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 4 – 1 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| April 1 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 1 – 5 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre Georges-Vézina | Recap |
| Acadie–Bathurst wins series 4–2 | |
(3) Rimouski Océanic vs. (14) Moncton Wildcats
[edit]| March 23 | Rimouski Océanic | 1 – 4 | Moncton Wildcats | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | |||
| 16:12 - pp - James Phelan (1) 17:42 - pp - Jakob Pelletier (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:48 - Jakob Pelletier (2) 10:32 - Brady Pataki (1) |
Third period | Denis Mikhnin (1) - 7:21 | ||||||
| Colten Ellis (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Mark Grametbauer (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Rimouski Océanic | 2 – 1 | OT | Moncton Wildcats | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:09 - Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1) - 12:09 | Second period | Alexander Khovanov (1) - 12:23 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:06 - Alexis Lafrenière (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Colten Ellis (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Mark Grametbauer (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| March 27 | Moncton Wildcats | 2 – 6 | Rimouski Océanic | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| March 28 | Moncton Wildcats | 6 – 2 | Rimouski Océanic | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| March 30 | Rimouski Océanic | 5 – 2 | Moncton Wildcats | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap |
| April 1 | Moncton Wildcats | 2 – 1 | Rimouski Océanic | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| April 3 | Rimouski Océanic | 3 – 6 | Moncton Wildcats | Colisée Financière Sun Life | Recap |
| Moncton wins series 4–3 | |
(4) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar
[edit]| March 23 | Halifax Mooseheads | 5 – 2 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | Scotiabank Centre | Recap | |||
| 15:41 - Arnaud Durandeau (1) | First period | Xavier Bouchard (1) - 7:58 | ||||||
| 1:23 - Raphaël Lavoie (1) 13:25 - Maxime Fortier (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:35 - pp - Maxime Fortier (2) 10:02 - Xavier Parent (1) |
Third period | Ivan Chekhovich (1) - pp - 7:04 | ||||||
| Alexis Gravel (36 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Francis Leclerc (21 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Halifax Mooseheads | 5 – 3 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | Scotiabank Centre | Recap |
| March 27 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 4 – 2 | Halifax Mooseheads | Centre Henry-Leonard | Recap |
| March 28 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 1 – 8 | Halifax Mooseheads | Centre Henry-Leonard | Recap |
| March 30 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | 0 – 4 | Halifax Mooseheads | Centre Henry-Leonard | Recap |
| Halifax wins series 4–1 | |
(5) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (12) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
[edit]| March 23 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 5 – 2 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | Centre Marcel Dionne | Recap |
| March 24 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 – 5 | 3OT | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | Centre Marcel Dionne | Recap |
| March 26 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 3 – 6 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Centre 200 | Recap |
| March 28 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 1 – 4 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Centre 200 | Recap |
| March 29 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | 1 – 5 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Centre 200 | Recap |
| Drummondville wins series 4–1 | |
(6) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (11) Gatineau Olympiques
[edit]| March 23 | Victoriaville Tigres | 7 – 2 | Gatineau Olympiques | Colisée Desjardins | Recap | |||
| 15:40 - pp - Max Comtois (1) 18:58 - Vitalii Abramov (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:38 - Justin Paré (1) 13:10 - Ivan Kosorenkov (1) |
Second period | Gabriel Bilodeau (1) - 7:22 | ||||||
| 4:10 - Max Comtois (2) 7:23 - pp - Vitalii Abramov (2) 8:39 - pp - Dominic Cormier (1) |
Third period | Anthony Beauchamp (1) - pp - 15:41 | ||||||
| Étienne Montpetit (15 saves / 17 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Bérubé (29 saves / 36 shots) Creed Jones (9 saves / 9 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Victoriaville Tigres | 3 – 2 | Gatineau Olympiques | Colisée Desjardins | Recap | |||
| 6:39 - Vitalii Abramov (3) 16:37 - pp - Max Comtois (3) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dawson Theede (1) - pp - 7:07 | ||||||
| 9:53 - Justin Paré (2) | Third period | Alexandre Landreville (1) - 19:08 | ||||||
| Étienne Montpetit (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Bérubé (29 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 27 | Gatineau Olympiques | 2 – 4 | Victoriaville Tigres | Robert Guertin Centre | Recap | |||
| 11:46 - Dawson Theede (2) | First period | Vitalii Abramov (4) - pp - 8:46 | ||||||
| 8:16 - Anthony Beauchamp (2) | Second period | Dominic Cormier (2) - pp - 6:14 Félix Boivin (1) - 16:54 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Simon Lafrance (1) - 12:19 | ||||||
| Tristan Bérubé (19 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Étienne Montpetit (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Gatineau Olympiques | 2 – 1 | Victoriaville Tigres | Robert Guertin Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Mathieu Sévigny (1) - sh - 15:12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:06 - Dawson Theede (3) 12:14 - Anthony Beauchamp |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tristan Bérubé (32 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Étienne Montpetit (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Victoriaville Tigres | 4 – 2 | Gatineau Olympiques | Colisée Desjardins | Recap | |||
| 18:08 - pp - Vitalii Abramov (5) | First period | Dawson Theede (4) - pp - 10:37 Dawson Theede (5) - sh - 12:33 | ||||||
| 18:38 - Ivan Kosorenkov (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:24 - Vitalii Abramov (6) 15:45 - pp - Jérémie Beaudin (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Étienne Montpetit (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Bérubé (26 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Victoriaville wins series 4–1 | |
(7) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. (10) Sherbrooke Phoenix
[edit]| March 23 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 1 – 2 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | Aréna Iamgold | Recap | |||
| 7:59 - Tommy Beaudoin (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Nicolas Poulin (1) - 3:49 Samuel Poulin (1) - pp - 5:05 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Samuel Harvey (42 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Reilly Pickard (25 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 6 – 2 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | Aréna Iamgold | Recap |
| March 27 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 0 – 3 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | Recap |
| March 28 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 4 – 2 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | Recap |
| March 30 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 4 – 1 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | Aréna Iamgold | Recap |
| April 1 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 4 – 3 | OT | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | Recap |
| April 3 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 1 – 3 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | Aréna Iamgold | Recap |
| Sherbrooke wins series 4–3 | |
(8) Quebec Remparts vs. (9) Charlottetown Islanders
[edit]| March 24 | Quebec Remparts | 2 – 6 | Charlottetown Islanders | Videotron Centre | Recap |
| March 25 | Quebec Remparts | 3 – 0 | Charlottetown Islanders | Videotron Centre | Recap |
| March 28 | Charlottetown Islanders | 2 – 4 | Quebec Remparts | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| March 30 | Charlottetown Islanders | 4 – 2 | Quebec Remparts | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| March 31 | Charlottetown Islanders | 3 – 1 | Quebec Remparts | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| April 2 | Quebec Remparts | 5 – 2 | Charlottetown Islanders | Videotron Centre | Recap |
| April 3 | Quebec Remparts | 3 – 8 | Charlottetown Islanders | Videotron Centre | Recap |
| Charlottetown wins series 4–3 | |
Quarter-finals
[edit](1) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (14) Moncton Wildcats
[edit]| April 6 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 6 – 1 | Moncton Wildcats | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| April 8 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 9 – 3 | Moncton Wildcats | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| April 10 | Moncton Wildcats | 1 – 7 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| April 11 | Moncton Wildcats | 5 – 4 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| April 13 | Moncton Wildcats | 3 – 8 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Moncton Coliseum | Recap |
| Blainville-Boisbriand wins series 4 – 1 | |
(2) Acadie–Bathurst Titan vs. (10) Sherbrooke Phoenix
[edit]| April 6 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 5 – 1 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| April 7 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 5 – 1 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| April 10 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 0 – 5 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | Recap |
| April 11 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 2 − 3 | OT | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet | Recap |
| Acadie–Bathurst wins series 4 – 0 | |
(4) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (9) Charlottetown Islanders
[edit]| April 6 | Halifax Mooseheads | 3 – 4 | OT | Charlottetown Islanders | Scotiabank Centre | Recap |
| April 7 | Halifax Mooseheads | 4 – 7 | Charlottetown Islanders | Scotiabank Centre | Recap |
| April 10 | Charlottetown Islanders | 5 – 2 | Halifax Mooseheads | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| April 11 | Charlottetown Islanders | 4 – 2 | Halifax Mooseheads | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| Charlottetown wins series 4 – 0 | |
(5) Drummondville Voltigeurs vs. (6) Victoriaville Tigres
[edit]| April 6 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4 – 2 | Victoriaville Tigres | Centre Marcel Dionne | Recap |
| April 7 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 1 – 4 | Victoriaville Tigres | Centre Marcel Dionne | Recap |
| April 9 | Victoriaville Tigres | 5 – 4 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Colisée Desjardins | Recap |
| April 13 | Victoriaville Tigres | 3 – 1 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | Colisée Desjardins | Recap |
| April 15 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 0 – 3 | Victoriaville Tigres | Centre Marcel Dionne | Recap |
| Victoriaville wins series 4 – 1 | |
Semi-finals
[edit](1) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (9) Charlottetown Islanders
[edit]| April 20 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 3 – 1 | Charlottetown Islanders | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| April 21 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 1 – 0 | Charlottetown Islanders | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| April 24 | Charlottetown Islanders | 3 – 2 | OT | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| April 25 | Charlottetown Islanders | 4 – 3 | OT | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| April 27 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 3 – 2 | Charlottetown Islanders | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| April 29 | Charlottetown Islanders | 3 – 2 | OT | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | Eastlink Centre | Recap |
| May 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 6 – 1 | Charlottetown Islanders | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| Blainville-Boisbriand wins series 4 – 3 | |
(2) Acadie–Bathurst Titan vs. (6) Victoriaville Tigres
[edit]| April 20 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 6 – 3 | Victoriaville Tigres | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| April 21 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 7 – 3 | Victoriaville Tigres | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| April 24 | Victoriaville Tigres | 1 – 2 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Colisée Desjardins | Recap |
| April 25 | Victoriaville Tigres | 3 – 4 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Colisée Desjardins | Recap |
| Acadie–Bathurst wins series 4 – 0 | |
President's Cup Finals
[edit](1) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (2) Acadie–Bathurst Titan
[edit]| May 4 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 4 – 1 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| May 5 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 0 – 4 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| May 8 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 5 – 2 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| May 9 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 1 – 5 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| May 11 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 3 – 5 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau | Recap |
| May 13 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 2 – 1 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | K. C. Irving Regional Centre | Recap |
| Acadie–Bathurst wins series 4 – 2 | |
Playoff leading scorers
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Batherson | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 19 |
| Alexandre Alain | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 22 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 26 |
| Alex Barré-Boulet | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 18 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 14 |
| Jeffrey Viel | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 19 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 34 |
| Joël Teasdale | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 22 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 14 |
| Olivier Galipeau | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 24 |
| Antoine Morand | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 20 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 |
| Alexander Katerinakis | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 22 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 |
| Nikita Alexandrov | Charlottetown Islanders | 18 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 |
| Ethan Crossman | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 20 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Fitzpatrick | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | 20 | 1202:27 | 16 | 4 | 42 | 2 | .925 | 2.10 |
| Samuel Harvey | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | 7 | 414:38 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .945 | 2.17 |
| Emile Samson | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | 21 | 1221:31 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 1 | .916 | 2.21 |
| Olivier Rodrigue | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 10 | 648:06 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 0 | .891 | 2.50 |
| Matthew Welsh | Charlottetown Islanders | 18 | 1093:13 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 0 | .918 | 2.63 |
Trophies and awards
[edit]- President's Cup – Playoff Champions: Acadie–Bathurst Titan
- Jean Rougeau Trophy – Regular Season Champions: Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Luc Robitaille Trophy – Team with the best goals for average: Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Robert Lebel Trophy – Team with best GAA: Rimouski Océanic
Player
- Michel Brière Memorial Trophy – Most Valuable Player: Alex Barré-Boulet, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Jean Béliveau Trophy – Top Scorer: Alex Barré-Boulet, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Guy Lafleur Trophy – Playoff MVP: Jeffrey Viel, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Top Goaltender: Samuel Harvey, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Guy Carbonneau Trophy – Best Defensive Forward: Samuel Dove-McFalls, Rimouski Océanic
- Emile Bouchard Trophy – Defenceman of the Year: Olivier Galipeau, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
- Kevin Lowe Trophy – Best Defensive Defenceman: Tobbie Paquette-Bisson, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Michael Bossy Trophy – Top Prospect: Filip Zadina, Halifax Mooseheads
- RDS Cup – Rookie of the Year: Alexis Lafrenière, Rimouski Océanic
- Michel Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year: Alexis Lafrenière, Rimouski Océanic
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year: Colten Ellis – Rimouski Océanic
- Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy – Most sportsmanlike player: Joël Teasdale, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year – Humanitarian of the Year: Vincent Tremblay-Lapalme, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- Marcel Robert Trophy – Best Scholastic Player: Alexandre Alain, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Paul Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year: Dominique Ducharme, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Executive
- Ron Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year: Joël Bouchard, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Maurice Filion Trophy – General Manager of the Year: Serge Beausoleil, Rimouski Océanic
All-Star Teams
[edit]First All-Star Team:[1]
- Samuel Harvey, Goaltender, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- Noah Dobson, Defenceman, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
- Olivier Galipeau, Defenceman, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
- Alexis Lafrenière, Left Wing, Rimouski Océanic
- Alex Barré-Boulet, Centre, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
- Filip Zadina, Right Wing, Halifax Mooseheads
Second All-Star Team:
- Colten Ellis, Goaltender, Rimouski Océanic
- Nicolas Beaudin, Defenceman, Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Charle-Édouard D'Astous, Defenceman, Rimouski Océanic
- Max Comtois, Left Wing, Victoriaville Tigres
- Vitalii Abramov, Centre, Victoriaville Tigres
- Alexandre Alain, Right Wing, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
All-Rookie Team:
- Colten Ellis, Goaltender, Rimouski Océanic
- Justin Barron, Defenceman, Halifax Mooseheads
- Radim Salda, Defenceman, Saint John Sea Dogs
- Alexis Lafrenière, Left Wing, Rimouski Océanic
- Jakob Pelletier, Centre, Moncton Wildcats
- Filip Zadina, Right Wing, Halifax Mooseheads
See also
[edit]- List of QMJHL seasons
- 2017 in ice hockey
- 2018 in ice hockey
- 2017–18 OHL season
- 2017–18 WHL season
- 2018 Memorial Cup