1970-71 QMJHL season

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The 1970-71 QMJHL Season was the 2nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ten teams played 62 games each in the schedule. The league dissolves East and West Divisions. The Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy is first awarded to the most sportsmanlike player, after being the trophy for the West Division champions for the previous season.

The Québec Remparts repeated as first place in the regular season, and won their second President's Cup, defeating the Shawinigan Bruins in the finals.

1 Team Changes
2 Final Standings
3 Scoring Leaders
4 Playoffs
5 All-Star team
6 Trophies and awards
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Team Changes

The Laval Saints cease operations.
East and West divisions are dissolved.

[edit] Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Overall	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Québec Remparts	62	54	7	1	109	437	205
Shawinigan Bruins	62	38	23	1	77	301	256
Trois-Rivières Ducs	62	37	24	1	75	302	245
Sherbrooke Castors	62	30	31	1	61	287	298
Verdun Maple Leafs	62	27	33	2	56	252	306
Sorel Éperviers	62	25	36	1	51	214	249
Saint-Jérôme Alouettes	62	25	36	1	51	260	300
Drummondville Rangers	62	24	35	3	51	272	310
Rosemont National	62	22	39	1	45	263	353
Cornwall Royals	62	22	40	0	44	260	326

complete list of standings.

[edit] Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Guy Lafleur	Québec Remparts	62	130	79	209	135
Michel Briere	Québec Remparts	62	51	93	144	35
Andre Savard	Québec Remparts	61	50	89	139	150
Norm Dube	Sherbrooke Castors	62	72	66	138	17
Rich Leduc	Trois-Rivières Ducs	59	56	76	132	195
Claude St. Sauveur	Sherbrooke Castors	62	52	67	119	80
Andre Peloffy	Rosemont National	60	49	69	118	67
Jacques Richard	Québec Remparts	55	53	60	113	125
Serge Martel	Verdun Maple Leafs	62	41	60	101	12
Richard Grenier	Québec Remparts	62	23	76	99	74

complete scoring statistics

[edit] Playoffs

Guy Lafleur was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 43 points (22 goals, 21 assists).

Quarterfinals

Québec Remparts defeated Verdun Maple Leafs 4 games to 0, with 1 tie.
Shawinigan Bruins defeated Saint-Jérôme Alouettes 4 games to 1.
Trois-Rivières Ducs defeated Sorel Éperviers 4 games to 3.
Sherbrooke Castors defeated Drummondville Rangers 4 games to 2.

Semifinals

Québec Remparts defeated Trois-Rivières Ducs 4 games to 0.
Shawinigan Bruins defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 0, with 1 tie.

Finals

Québec Remparts defeated Shawinigan Bruins 4 games to 1.

[edit] All-Star team

First team

Goalkeeper - Michel Deguise, Sorel Éperviers
Left Defence - Pierre Roy, Québec Remparts
Right Defence - Richard Campeau, Sorel Éperviers
Left Winger - Jacques Richard, Québec Remparts
Centreman - Richard Leduc, Trois-Rivières Ducs
Right Winger - Guy Lafleur, Québec Remparts
Coach - Claude Dolbec, Shawinigan Bruins

Second team

Goalkeeper - Raynald Bélanger, Shawinigan Bruins
Left Defence - Pierre Archambault, Saint-Jérôme Alouettes
Right Defence - Michel Ruest, Cornwall Royals
Left Winger - Normand Dubé, Sherbrooke Castors
Centreman - André Savard, Québec Remparts
Right Winger - Yves Bergeron, Shawinigan Bruins
Coach - Maurice Filion, Québec Remparts

List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.

[edit] Trophies and awards

Team

President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Québec Remparts
Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Québec Remparts

Player

Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Guy Lafleur, Québec Remparts
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Raynald Fortier, Québec Remparts
Michel Bergeron Trophy - Rookie of the Year, Bob Murphy, Cornwall Royals
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Normand Dubé, Sherbrooke Castors