2018-19 MJAAHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Metropolitaine Junior AA Hockey League season. This is the league's seventh season. The point totals include "FPP" (Fair Play Points) which are derived from penalty minutes and suspension or lack thereof. The league champion advances to the 2019 Coupe Dodge.

The league expanded its' boundaries with the addition of teams from the Lac St. Louis and Mauricie regions around greater Montreal.

Membership Changes
The league lost the Ahuntsic Braves and Rosemont Chevaliers but were pretty much well replaced by the West Royals and East Nationals respectively.

The league added the Aigles Trois Lacs, Cougars Suroit Chateauguay, Trois-Rivières Draveurs, Panthers Lakeshore, National Est, Panthers Nicolet, Phoenix St-Laurent (previously known as Trois-Cites Phenix in LSLJAAHL), Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers, and Royal Ouest

Standings
The league (along with most junior leagues in Quebec) uses what is called a Fair Play Point which is a bonus point in the standings if the team meets certain requirements in terms of avoiding penalties.

The East Nationals forfeited games on December 15th and 16th, lost a game on December 19th and then folded.

Format
The 12 remaining teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams are pooled into 4 groups of 3 for the first round which consist of a single round robin. The top team in each pool advance directly to the semifinals. The second and third place teams play in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals, semifinals and final are single elimination. The semifinals and final are held at the Aréna Michel Normandin in Montreal March 23-24, 2019.

Preliminary Round
Note: A * next to the team's score for the game indicated that team received the Fair Play Point for that game.

Results

 * Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 5-3
 * Brossard Predateurs defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 7*-5*
 * Brossard Predateurs defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 8*-1*

Results

 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5-4*
 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated Laval Senateurs 2-1*
 * Laval Senateurs defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5*-3

Results

 * West Royals tied Nicolet Panthers 0-0*
 * Richelieu Grand Ducs defeated Nicolet Panthers 2*-1*
 * West Royals defeated Richelieu Grand Ducs 9*-1*

Results

 * Laval Maquis defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 6*-2*
 * Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5-1
 * Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Laval Maquis 7*-0

2nd vs 3rd place Round

 * West Royals defeated Laval Maquis 6*-5* (so)
 * Trois-Lacs Aigles defeated Nicolet Panthers 6*-2*
 * Laval Senateurs tied Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 0*-0
 * Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5*-2*

Quarterfinals

 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated West Royals 5*-4*
 * Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Richelieu Grand Ducs 5*-4*
 * Brossard Predateurs defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5*-0*
 * Richelieu Eclaireurs defeated Laval Senateurs 2*-1*

Semifinals

 * Brossard Predateurs defeated Richelieu Eclaireurs 6*-1*
 * Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated St-Laurent Phenix 3*-2*

Final

 * Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Brossard Predateurs 4-1



Laval Regional Qualifier
The two Laval based teams play in a best-of-three series for the Laval regional spot in the 2019 Coupe Dodge.


 * Laval Senateurs defeated Laval Marquis 2 games to none

Lac St. Louis Regional Qualifier
The four Lac St. Louis region teams compete in a double elimination tournament to decide the region's qualifier for the 2019 Coupe Dodge.


 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 4-0
 * Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 5-4
 * Trois-Lacs Aigles defeated Cougars Suroit Chateauguay 4-1
 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 5-1
 * Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers defeated Trois-Lacs Aigles 6-2
 * St-Laurent Phenix defeated Dollard-des-Ormeaux Vipers 4-0

link to regional playoff

Mauricie Regional Qualifier
The two Mauricie region teams play a best-of-three series to for the region's spot in the 2019 Coupe Dodge.


 * Trois-Rivieres Draveurs defeated Nicolet Panthers 2 games to 1

Richelieu Reginal Qualifier
The region's 2 teams (Richelieu Eclaireurs and  Richelieu Grand Ducs) appear to have two spots in the 2019 Coupe Dodge. No seperate qualifier appears to be used for this year. St. Laurent used to qualify via this region for the Coupe Dodge, they are qualifying via the Lac St. Louis region.
 * Richelieu Grand Ducs defeated Richelieu Eclaireurs 4 games to 1