2015-16 QMJHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 47th season.

Franchise changes[]

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Member teams[]

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Telus West	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Boisbriand, Quebec	Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau	3,269
	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Drummondville, Quebec	Centre Marcel Dionne	2,889
	Gatineau Olympiques	Gatineau, Quebec	Centre Robert Guertin	3,196
	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	Aréna Iamgold	2,993
	Sherbrooke Phoenix	Sherbrooke, Quebec	Palais des Sports	3,718
	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Val-d'Or, Quebec	Centre Air Creebec	2,398
Telus East	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	Baie-Comeau, Quebec	Centre Henry-Leonard	2,779
	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Saguenay, Quebec	Centre Georges-Vézina	3,759
	Quebec Remparts	Quebec City, Quebec	Videotron Centre	18,482
	Rimouski Océanic	Rimouski, Quebec	Colisée de Rimouski	4,415
	Shawinigan Cataractes	Shawinigan, Quebec	Centre Bionest de Shawinigan	4,350
	Victoriaville Tigres	Victoriaville, Quebec	Colisée Desjardins	2,753
Telus Maritimes	Acadie–Bathurst Titan	Bathurst, New Brunswick	K.C. Irving Regional Centre	3,162
	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Sydney, Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Regional Municipality), Nova Scotia	Centre 200	5,010
	Charlottetown Islanders	Charlottetown, P.E.I.	Eastlink Centre	3,718
	Halifax Mooseheads	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Scotiabank Centre	10,595
	Moncton Wildcats	Moncton, New Brunswick	Moncton Coliseum	6,450
	Saint John Sea Dogs	Saint John, New Brunswick	Harbour Station	6,297

Misc.[]

Referee Dominic Bedard was hit with a beer can during a game on February 11th involving the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau in Boisbriand, Quebec. Bedard had just called for a penalty on Huskies left winger Francis Perron. As he was skating towards the timekeepers bench he was hit by the beer can which was allegedly thrown by Perron's older brother. The older Perron was arrested for the incident.
A February 12th game involving the Charlottetown Islanders and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar was ended prematurely when a logo decal at the Eastlink Centre became dislodged and attempts to repair the issue only made it worse. link to Yahoo.ca story on incident

Standings & Statistics[]

Telus West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	68	54	9	-	3	2	302	181	961	113
Val-d'Or Foreurs	68	49	15	-	3	1	293	197	952	102
Gatineau Olympiques	68	46	19	-	2	1	250	173	1048	95
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	68	26	32	-	8	2	171	201	828	62
Sherbrooke Phoenix	68	24	35	-	7	2	207	241	921	57
Drummondville Voltigeurs	68	27	39	-	2	0	189	264	897	56
Telus East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Shawinigan Cataractes	68	44	19	-	4	1	281	220	884	93
Rimouski Océanic	68	36	25	-	5	2	208	203	957	79
Chicoutimi Saguenéens	68	32	25	-	5	6	223	217	787	75
Victoriaville Tigres	68	33	28	-	3	4	246	249	1011	73
Quebec Remparts	68	28	33	-	6	1	205	258	863	63
Baie-Comeau Drakkar	68	14	49	-	2	3	147	302	1278	33
Telus Maritmes Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Saint John Sea Dogs	68	42	20	-	6	0	258	222	1134	90
Moncton Wildcats	68	36	21	-	9	2	268	250	1102	83
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	68	38	24	-	5	1	286	237	1145	82
Charlottetown Islanders	68	35	26	-	5	2	227	232	1007	77
Acadie–Bathurst Titan	68	27	35	-	3	3	227	254	870	60
Halifax Mooseheads	68	21	39	-	7	1	193	277	1016	50

2016 President's Cup Playoffs[]

Format[]

The top 16 teams qualify for the playoffs. The three division winners are seeded 1, 2, and 3 based on record. The balance of the teams are seeded 4 to 16 regardless of division. Teams are re-seeded after each round. All series are best-of-seven.

The President's Cup champion advances to the 2016 Memorial Cup which is scheduled to be held in Red Deer, Alberta and be hosted by the Red Deer Rebels. All of the games will be held at the ENMAX Centrium. This will be the 98th Memorial Cup championship and will determine the champion of the Canadian Hockey League. The tournament wll match up the champions of the three member leagues of the Canadian Hockey League (the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the host Red Deer Rebels.

First Round[]

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 games to none (10-0, 6-0, 10-1, 7-3)
Shawinigan Cataractes defeated Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-2, 8-3, 3-2 (ot), 4-1)
Saint John Sea Dogs defeated Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-2, 8-3, 3-2 (ot), 4-1)
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated Val-d'Or Foreurs 4 games to 2 (2-3, 4-1, 3-1, 3-2, 5-6, 3-2 (3ot))
Gatineau Olympiques vs Quebec Remparts 4 games to none (1-0, 2-1, 9-3, 4-2)
Moncton Wildcats defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to 1 (5-4 (2ot), 6-5 (ot), 5-2, 2-4, 5-1)
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 games to 2 (1-3, 5-2, 4-3 (ot), 4-5, 4-0, 7-4)
Charlottetown Islanders defeated Rimouski Océanic 4 games to 2 (1-2, 5-4 (ot), 8-2, 4-3 (ot), 4-5 (ot), 4-2)

Quarterfinals[]

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 1 (0-1, 5-0, 1-0 (ot), 3-0, 5-1)
Shawinigan Cataractes defeated Charlottetown Islanders4 games to 2 (1-5, 4-3 (ot), 5-2, 1-4, 3-4 (ot), 5-4)
Saint John Sea Dogs defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to 3 (1-5, 4-3 (ot), 5-2, 1-4, 3-4 (ot), 5-4, 6-2)
Moncton Wildcats defeated Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 2 (3-1, 0-3, 1-7, 2-1 (ot), 6-4, 7-2)

Semifinals[]

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 2 (4-1, 4-5, 5-1, 1-0, 1-2, 5-4)
Shawinigan Cataractes defeated Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 1 (5-6 (ot), 7-1, 7-3, 4-3 (3ot), 6-3)

President's Cup Final[]

Game 2 of the final series was suspended due to a problem with the ice during the first intermission on May 6th. The score was 2-1. The game is scheuled to be resumed on May 7th. The balance of the schedule will be adjusted by the league.

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 1 (4-2, 4-1, 2-1, 4-6, 7-2)

The President's Cup champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies advance to the 2016 Memorial Cup.