1999-00_QMJHL_season

1999–2000 QMJHL season

1999–2000 QMJHL season

Canadian junior ice hockey season


The 1999–2000 QMJHL season was the 31st season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. The QMJHL splits into four divisions, retaining the names Lebel and Dilio for its conferences. The Lebel conference is split into the West and Central divisions, and the Dilio Conference is split into the East and Maritime divisions.

The overtime loss statistic is adopted by the Canadian Hockey League. The QMJHL had previously experiment with a single point awarded for an overtime loss in the 1984–85 QMJHL season. Sixteen teams played seventy-two games each in the schedule.

Brad Richards of the Rimouski Océanic is the top scorer in the league, wins the regular season and playoff MVP awards, and three other individual awards at the season's end. Richards helped Rimouski finish first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy, and their first President's Cup, defeating the Hull Olympiques in the finals.

Team changes

  • The Montreal Rocket join the league as an expansion franchise, playing in the West Division of the Lebel Conference.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Lebel Conference

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Dilio Conference

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Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

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Playoffs

Brad Richards was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 37 points (13 goals, 24 assists).

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals President's Cup Final
            
D1 Rimouski 4
D4 Halifax 0
D4 Halifax 4
D5 Baie-Comeau 2
D1 Rimouski 4
D2 Moncton 1
D2 Moncton 4
D7 Acadie-Bathurst 0
D2 Moncton 4
D3 Quebec 3
D3 Quebec 4
D6 Cape Breton 0
D1 Rimouski 4
L1 Hull 1
L1 Hull 4
L5 Rouyn-Noranda 2
L4 Sherbrooke 1
L5 Rouyn-Noranda 4
L1 Hull 4
L3 Drummondville 0
L2 Shawinigan 4
L7 Victoriaville 2
L2 Shawinigan 3
L3 Drummondville 4
L3 Drummondville 4
L6 Montreal 1

All-star teams

First team
Second team
  • Goaltender – Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
  • Left defence – François Beauchemin, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats
  • Right defence – Jonathan Gauthier, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
  • Left winger – Simon Gamache, Val-d'Or Foreurs
  • Centreman – Brandon Reid, Halifax Mooseheads
  • Right winger – Mathieu Benoît, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats
  • Coach – Jean Pronovost, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player
Executive

See also

References

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