2018-19 QMJHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 50th season.

Franchise changes

• The Moncton Wildcats move from the Moncton Coliseum to the new Avenir Centre

Outdoor Game

The Shawinigan Cataractes host the Rimouski Oceanic on February 8th and then the Quebec Remparts on February 9th in the 2019 QMJHL Winter Classic  at the Grandes Estrades du Festival Western de Saint-Tite in Saint-Tite, Quebec.  This is the third edition of the Winter Classic for the QMJHL and is being held at the site of the first event in 2015.

Player Death

On March 3, 2019, Alec Reid a forward with the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada died unexpectedly at the age of 18.  He died of complications from epilepsy.  Reid had several seizures during the month of February and had not played since February 19th.

Member teams

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
West	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Boisbriand, Quebec	Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau	3,269
	Gatineau Olympiques	Gatineau, Quebec	Centre Robert Guertin	3,196
	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	Aréna Iamgold	2,993
	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Val-d'Or, Quebec	Centre Air Creebec	2,398
Central	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Drummondville, Quebec	Centre Marcel Dionne	2,889
	Shawinigan Cataractes	Shawinigan, Quebec	Centre Gervais Auto	4,350
	Sherbrooke Phoenix	Sherbrooke, Quebec	Palais des Sports	3,718
	Victoriaville Tigres	Victoriaville, Quebec	Colisée Desjardins	2,753
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 Financière Sun Life	4,415
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	Avenir Centre	10,000
	Saint John Sea Dogs	Saint John, New Brunswick	Harbour Station	6,297

Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	68	59	8	0	1	320	138	119
Val D'Or Foreurs	68	25	36	4	3	186	283	57
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	68	26	40	2	0	196	270	54
Gatineau Olympiques	68	23	39	4	2	194	248	52

Central Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Drummondville Voltigeurs	68	52	13	2	1	338	173	107
Sherbrooke Phoenix	68	36	27	2	3	249	247	77
Victoriaville Tigres	68	30	33	4	1	188	219	65
Shawinigan Cataractes	68	14	49	2	3	188	347	33

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Baie-Comeau Drakkar	68	49	15	2	2	306	189	102
Rimouski Oceanic	68	44	20	4	0	272	173	92
Chicoutimi Sagueneens	68	39	22	3	4	218	205	85
Quebec Remparts	68	27	28	7	6	197	236	67

Telus Maritimes Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Halifax Mooseheads	68	49	15	2	2	300	164	102
Charlottetown Islanders	68	40	21	4	3	233	211	87
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	68	40	22	1	5	267	214	86
Moncton Wildcats	68	38	21	4	5	274	222	85
Saint John Sea Dogs	68	13	49	2	4	169	364	32
Acadie-Bathurst Titan	68	8	54	5	1	141	336	22

2019 President's Cup Playoffs

2019 QMJHL Presidents Cup Playoff logo

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 (or runner up if the Halifax Mooseheads win the playoffs) advances to the 2019 Memorial Cup being held a the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads.

Bracket

	Conference quarter-finals					Conference semi-finals					Semi-finals					President's Cup Championship
	1	Rouyn-Noranda	4
	8	Shawinigan	2
						1	Rouyn-Noranda	4
						4	Victoriaville	0
	2	Drummondville	4
	7	Gatineau	1
											1	Rouyn-Noranda	4
	Western Conference
										5	Rimouski	0
	3	Sherbrooke	4
	6	Blainville-Boisbriand	1
						2	Drummondville	4
						3	Sherbrooke	1
	4	Victoriaville	4
	5	Val-d'Or	3
																1	Rouyn-Noranda	4
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.)
															3	Halifax	2
	1	Halifax	4
	8	Quebec	3
						1	Halifax	4
						7	Moncton	0
	2	Baie-Comeau	3
	7	Moncton	4
											2	Drummondville	2
	Eastern Conference
										3	Halifax	4
	3	Rimouski	4
	6	Chicoutimi	0
						3	Rimouski	4
						5	Cape Breton	1
	4	Charlottetown	2
	5	Cape Breton	4

First Round

• Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 2
• Drummondville Voltigeurs defeated Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 1
• Halifax Mooseheads defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3
• Rimouski Océanic defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 games to none
• Cape Breton Screaming Eagles defeated Charlottetown Islanders 4 games to 2
• Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 1
• Victoriaville Tigres defeated Val-d'Or Foreurs 4 games to 3
• Moncton Wildcats defeated Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4 games to 3

Quarterfinals

• Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to none
• Drummondville Voltigeurs defeated Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 games to 2
• Halifax Mooseheads defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to none
• Rimouski Océanic defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to 1

Semifinals

• Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Rimouski Océanic 4 games to none
• Halifax Mooseheads defeated Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 games to 2

Final

• Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to 2

Both the Halifax Mooseheads and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies advance to the 2019 Memorial Cup as Halifax is hosting and Rouyn-Noranda representing the league. Noah Dobson was awarded the Guy Lafleur Trophy as QMJHL Playoff MVP.

2019 QMJHL champions Rouyn-Noranda Huskies