Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Divisional Round Schedule: Central & West Divisions

Despite most of the power being in the East & Atlantic Divisions in the QMJHL this year. The Drummondville Voltigeurs who are the defending QMJHL Champions have been been one of the best teams in the last part of the regular season by winning an amazing 16 in a row to end the regular season.

Even the they did they play some of the league weak links in teams like Val-dor and Lewiston, the Voltigeurs also beat the likes of Victoriaville, Quebec City and one of the league's biggest improvers in the P.E.I. Rockets the last part of the season. Expect the Voltigeurs to go deep again in the hopes of defending the QMJHL Title and have another shot at the Memorial Cup this season.

The other big time contender out of the West & Central could be the Victoriaville Tigers as for most of the year as the Tigers were neck-and-neck for the QMJHL Central Division Top Seed. The Tigers still won an impressive 46 games and have some great players Phillip-Michael Devos and Brandon Hynes to help the Tigers go deep this season. After getting sweeped by the Shawinigan Cataractes who got all the way to the QMJHL Final last year, look for the Tigers to have a big playoff run.

The Central Was known for having a very balanced Division, but no one really stood out as the Rouyn-Nornda Huskies won the West Division, they should be favored against the Val-dor Foures, but beyond that, I don't the see the Central Division getting very far this year.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League uses a different Playoff Format then the WHL & OHL. The QMJHL starts out with the Divisional Format as the Series will play #1 VS. #4 & #2 VS. #3 as the playoffs get underway. Then starting in the 2nd Round as the Playoffs will reseeded and will go from #1 through #8 with the Divisional Champions getting Home Ice for the first 2 Rounds.

Here's the Standings for the Quarterfinals as the teams get reseeded.

1. St. John Seadogs 109 PTS, Atlantic Division Champions

2. Drummondville Voltigeurs 104 PTS, Central Division Champions

3. Quebec City Ramparts 89 PTS, East Division Champions

4. Rouyn-Nornda Huskies 88 PTS, West Division Champions

5. Moncton Wildcats 102 PTS

6. Victoriaville Tigers 95 PTS

7. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 87 PTS

8. P.E.I. Rockets 78 PTS

9. Rimouski Oceanic 75 PTS

10. Shawinigan Cataractes 70 PTS

11. Montreal De Junior 69 PTS

12. Gatineau Olympiques 65 PTS

13. Chicoutimi Sagueneens 61 PTS

14. Acadie-Bathurst Titans 56 PTS

15. Val-dor Foures 52 PTS

16. Lewiston Maineiacs 49 PTS


West Division

#1W Rouyn-Nornda Huskies VS. #4W Val-dor Foures

Rouyn-Nornda Huskies Regular Season Record: 41-21-6 88 PTS, 256 GF 205 GA

Rouyn-Nornda Leading Scores
Gabriel Levesque 67 GP 82 PTS (24G 58A)
Phillippe Cornet 65 GP 77 PTS (28G 49A)
Jeff Desjardins 67 GP 58 PTS (25G 33A)

Rouyn-Nornda Goaltending
Nicholas Champion 50 GP 26-21-0 2.96 GAA .907 SV%
Mickael Audette 42 GP 22-16-3 3.06 GAA .883 SV%


Val-dor Foures Regular Season Record: 22-38-8 52 PTS, 202 GF 296 GA

Val-dor Scoring Leaders
Alexandre Quesenel 57 GP 63 PTS (27G 36A)
Samuel Morneau 55 GP 62 PTS (30G 32A)
Jonathan Hazen 53 GP 59 PTS (24G 35A)

Val-dor Goaltending
Raffaele D'Orso 38 GP 12-24-0 3.86 GAA .883 SV%
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard 23 GP 7-11-0 3.88 GAA .842 SV%
Sean Coulton 18 GP 3-11-2 5.46 GAA ..842 SV%


All Rouyn-Nornda Huskies Home Games are @ Dave Keon Arena

All Val-dor Foerures Home Games are @ Creebec Air Center

Game 1, 3/19: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Val-dor 6:30 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Val-dor 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Val-dor 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM*

*IF necessary


#2W Montreal De Junior VS. #3W Gatineau Olympiques

Montreal De Junior Regular Season Record: 31-30-7 69 PTS, 215 GF 215 GA

Montreal Scoring Leaders
Jeremy Gouchie 67 GP 65 PTS (25G 40A)
Nicolas Chouinard 66 GP 59 PTS (29G 30A)
Trevor Parker 66 GP 47 PTS (27G 20A)

Montreal Goaltending
Jean-Francois Berube 45 GP 17-23-6 3.03 GAA .897 SV%
Etienne Marcoux 9 GP 3-3-0 3.41 GAA ..898 SV%

Gatineau Olympiques Regular Season Record: 30-33-5 65 PTS, 213 GF 217 GA

Gatineau Scoring Leaders
Tye Mcginn 50 GP 62 PTS (27G 35A)
Alexander Beaton 65 GP 46 PTS (16G 30A)
Hugo Laporte 67 GP 40 PTS (9G 31A)

Gatineau Goaltending
Maxime Clermont 59 GP 24-31-4 2.81 GAA .897 SV%
Dereck Tait 16 GP 5-7-2 3.97 GAA .866 SV%


All Montreal De Junior Home Games are @ Verdun Auditourm

All Gatineau Olympiques Home Games are @ Robert Guertin Auditourm

Game 1, 3/19: @ Montreal 6:35 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Montreal 6:35 PM

Game 3, 3/22: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Montreal 6:35 PM*

Game 6, 3/27: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Montreal 6:35 PM*

*If Necessary


Central Division

#1C Drummondville Voltigeurs VS. #4C Lewiston Maineiacs

Drummondville Voltigeurs Regular Season Record: 51-15-2 104 PTS, 307 GF 185 GA

Drummondville Scoring Leaders
Sean Couturier 68 GP 96 PTS (41G 55A)
Gabriel Dumont 62 GP 93 PTS (51G 42A)
Marc-Olivier Vachon 67 GP 74 PTS (30G 44A)

Drummondville Goaltending
Jake Allen 45 GP 29-14-4 2.20 GAA .922 SV%
Frederic Piche 22 GP 9-6-1 2.83 GAA .857 SV%


Lewiston Maineiacs Regular Season Record: 23-42-3 49 PTS, 212 GF 298 GA

Lewiston Scoring Leaders
Pierre-Olivier Morin 67 GP 65 PTS (20G 45A)
Michael Chaput 68 GP 55 PTS (28G 27A)
Billy Lacasse 61 GP 50 PTS (21G 29A)

Lewiston Goaltending
Adiren Lemay 60 GP 23-35-5 3.87 GAA .896 SV%
Jordan Kennedy 12 GP 0-7-0 5.90 GAA .848 SV%

All Drummondville Voltigeurs Home Games are @ Marcel Dionne Center

All Lewiston Maineiacs Home Games are @ Androscoggin Bank Coliseum

Game 1, 3/19: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Drummondville 6:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Lewiston 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Lewiston 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Lewiston 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM*

*If Necessary


#2C Victoriaville Tigers VS. #3C Shawinigan Cataractes

Victoriaville Tigers Regular Season Record: 46-19-3 95 PTS, 296 GF 191 GA

Victoriaville Leading Scores
Phillip-Michael Devos 68 GP 93 PTS (35G 58A)
Joel Champagne 68 GP 79 PTS (38G 41A)
Brandon Hynes 68 GP 75 PTS (41G 34A)

Victoriaville Goaltending
Kevin Poulin 54 GP 35-16-4 2.63 GAA .916 SV%
Antonio Mastropietro 20 GP 11-6-0 2.92 GAA .901 SV%


Shawinigan Cataractes Regular Season Record: 31-29-8 70 PTS, 217 GF 240 GA

Shawinigan Scoring Leaders
Pierre-Alexandre Vandall 55 GP 75 PTS (31G 44A)
Dave Labrecque 63 GP 63 PTS (23G 40A)
Michael Bournival 58 GP 62 PTS (24G 38A)

Shawinigan Goaltending
Marc-Anthoine Gelinas 47 GP 30-15-2 2.60 GAA .915 SV%
Gabriel Girard 46 GP 16-22-5 3.40 GAA .895 SV%


All Victoriaville Tigers Home Games are @ Desjardins Coliseum

All Shawinigan Cataractes Home Games are @ Bionest Center

Game 1, 3/19: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Vicotriaville 3:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Shawinigan 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Shawinigan 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Shawinigan 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM*

*If Necessary