2014-15 QMJHL Season

This is the 2014-15 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season.  This was the league's 46th season.

Franchise changes

• none

Regular season standings

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

Maritimes Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
y–Moncton Wildcats	68	46	19	0	3	95	287	232	2
x–Charlottetown Islanders	68	35	28	1	4	75	226	243	9
x–Saint John Sea Dogs	68	32	26	4	6	74	237	241	10
x–Halifax Mooseheads	68	32	30	4	2	70	227	242	12
x–Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	68	31	31	3	3	68	258	246	13
Acadie–Bathurst Titan	68	17	43	6	2	42	158	271	18
East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
y–Rimouski Océanic	68	47	16	3	2	99	279	198	1
x–Quebec Remparts	68	40	25	1	2	83	267	232	4
x–Shawinigan Cataractes	68	39	26	1	2	81	259	214	5
x–Baie-Comeau Drakkar	68	35	25	5	3	78	227	237	7
x–Chicoutimi Saguenéens	68	29	32	4	3	65	203	238	15
x–Victoriaville Tigres	68	27	34	3	4	61	248	275	16
West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
y–Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	68	41	18	2	7	91	244	185	3
x–Val-d'Or Foreurs	68	35	25	3	5	78	283	266	6
x–Sherbrooke Phoenix	68	36	26	2	4	78	228	245	8
x–Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	68	33	30	4	1	71	246	245	11
x–Gatineau Olympiques	68	31	31	0	6	68	234	242	14
Drummondville Voltigeurs	68	26	38	1	3	56	195	254	17

Note: Tiebreaker for 6th, 7th and 8th based on regulation and overtime wins only. Val-d'Or had 31, Baie-Comeau had 30, Sherbrooke had 29.

2015 President's Cup playoffs

Bracket

	Round 1					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					President's Cup Championship
	1	Rimouski	4
	16	Victoriaville	0
						1	Rimouski	4
						14	Gatineau	1
	2	Moncton	4
	15	Chicoutimi	1
											1	Rimouski	4
										6	Val-d'Or	0
	3	Blainville-Boisbriand	2
	14	Gatineau	4
						2	Moncton	4
						12	Halifax	3
	4	Quebec	4
	13	Cape Breton	3
																1	Rimouski	4
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.)
															4	Quebec	3
	5	Shawinigan	3
	12	Halifax	4
						4	Quebec	4
						9	Charlottetown	0
	6	Val-d'Or	4
	11	Rouyn-Noranda	2
											2	Moncton	0
										4	Quebec	4
	7	Baie-Comeau	4
	10	Saint John	1
						6	Val-d'Or	4
						7	Baie-Comeau	3
	8	Sherbrooke	2
	9	Charlottetown	4

Format

The 3 division winners are seeded 1-2-3 and the next top 13 teams (based on points regardless of division) qualify for the playoffs.  The division winners are seeded 1,2,3 (based on points).  All series are best-of-seven.  Teams are re-seeded after each round.  The President's Cup champion advances to the 2015 Memorial Cup being held at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec from May 21-31, 2015.

First Round

• Rimouski Océanic defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to none (4-3 (ot), 5-3, 8-1, 4-2)
• Moncton Wildcats defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 games to 1 (4-2, 2-3, 3-1,4-3, 4-1)
• Gatineau Olympiques defeated Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 2 (4-1, 1-4, 4-2, 1-4 ,1-0 4-1)
• Quebec Remparts defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to 3 (2-3, 2-0, 5-6, 6-5, 3-1, 3-4 (ot), 6-3)
• Halifax Mooseheads defeated Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 3 (3-2, 2-4, 3-2 (ot), 4-3, 4-3 (2ot), 1-6, 3-2 (ot)
• Val-d'Or Foreurs defeated Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 games to 2 (6-2, 3-8, 6-2, 1-2, 5-4(ot), 9-2)
• Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 1 (3-1 4-1, 6-5, 2-4, 7-4)
• Charlottetown Islanders defeated Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 games to 2 (8-2, 3-7, 5-2, 1-2, 4-0, 4-3 (ot)) 

Quarterfinals

• Rimouski Océanic defeated Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 1 (1-2, 3-1, 5-2, 3-0, 4-1)
• Moncton Wildcats defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to 3 (3-7, 3-6, 4-3, 3-2 (ot), 7-3, 5-7, 6-3)
• Quebec Remparts defeated Charlottetown Islanders 4 games to none (7-2, 4-3 (ot), 5-2, 5-2)
• Val D'Or Foreurs defeated Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4 games to 3 (2-3 (2ot), 1-9, 3-6, 4-3 (2ot), 5-2, 4-2, 4-3 (ot)

Semifinals

• Rimouski Océanic defeated Val-d'Or Foreurs 4 games to none (4-3 (ot), 3-0, 4-2, 6-0)
• Quebec Remparts defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to none (4-1, 4-3, 5-1, 7-0)

President's Cup Final

• Rimouski Océanic defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3 (4-7, 1-4, 4-2, 4-2, 2-3(ot), 5-4 (ot) 2-1 (2ot)

Both President's Cup finalists advance to the 2015 Memorial Cup held in Quebec City, Quebec as the Quebec Remparts qualify as host and the Rimouski Océanic qualify as the QMJHL representative.

2015 QMJHL President's Cup champion Rimouski Oceanic