2006–07 QMJHL season

The 2006–07 QMJHL season was the 38th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 14, 2006 to March 18, 2007. Eighteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Lewiston Maineiacs finished first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. Lewiston won sixteen playoff games and lost only one, en route to their first President's Cup, defeating the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the finals.

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Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; SL = Shootout loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Telus Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA
Val-d'Or Foreurs 70 41 23 4 2 88 280 231
Victoriaville Tigres 70 38 25 3 4 83 264 240
Gatineau Olympiques 70 39 27 2 2 82 303 274
Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 37 26 1 6 81 262 255
Quebec Remparts 70 37 28 2 3 79 294 288
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 70 36 27 3 4 79 265 266
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 70 35 26 1 8 79 304 285
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 34 28 7 1 76 235 236
Shawinigan Cataractes 70 25 39 2 4 56 228 301
Rimouski Océanic 70 22 39 7 2 53 237 303
Eastern Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA
Lewiston Maineiacs 70 50 14 2 4 106 282 196
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 70 46 22 2 0 94 308 200
Moncton Wildcats 70 39 25 4 2 84 254 263
P.E.I. Rocket 70 36 26 2 6 80 278 250
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 70 35 28 2 5 77 291 269
Halifax Mooseheads 70 32 31 3 4 71 269 287
St. John's Fog Devils 70 28 36 2 4 62 228 310
Saint John Sea Dogs 70 20 47 1 2 43 209 337

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Francois Bouchard Baie-Comeau Drakkar 68 45 80 125 72
Thomas Beauregard Acadie-Bathurst Titan 69 71 53 124 44
Mathieu Perreault Acadie-Bathurst Titan 67 41 78 119 66
Claude Giroux Gatineau Olympiques 63 48 64 112 49
David Desharnais Chicoutimi Saguenéens 61 38 70 108 32
Brent Aubin Quebec Remparts 68 51 54 105 124
Slava Trukhno Gatineau Olympiques 60 25 77 102 67
Benoit Doucet Victoriaville Tigres 64 43 57 100 38
Morten Madsen Victoriaville Tigres 62 32 68 100 86
Jerome Samson Val-d'Or Foreurs 71 44 55 99 36

Goaltending leaders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Ondrej Pavelec Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 43 2335 28 11 98 1 0.908 2.52
Jonathan Bernier Lewiston Maineiacs 37 2185 26 10 94 2 0.905 2.58
Peter Delmas Lewiston Maineiacs 34 1982 23 10 93 3 0.898 2.81
Guillaume Blouin Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 11 488 3 3 24 0 0.902 2.95
Pier-Olivier Pelletier Halifax Mooseheads 51 2952 29 18 146 1 0.901 2.97
Antoine Lafleur P.E.I. Rocket 49 2708 27 19 134 3 0.909 2.97

Canada-Russia Challenge

The 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and the Val-d'Or Foreurs. On November 20, 2006, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 6–2 at the Aréna Dave Keon. On November 21, 2006, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 4–3 at the Centre Air Creebec. Since the tournament began in 2003, the QMJHL All-stars have won five games, the Russian Selects have three wins.

Playoffs

The top nine teams from the Telus division, and top seven teams from the Eastern division qualified for the playoffs. The ninth place team in the Telus division qualified in the Eastern division, and ranked by regular season points. All series were best-of-seven. Divisions crossed over in the semifinals.

Brad Marchand was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 40 points (16 goals, 24 assists).

  Division quarterfinals Division semifinals Semifinals Finals
                                     
E1  Lewiston 4  
E8†  Shawinigan 0  
  E1  Lewiston 4  
 
  E6  Halifax 1  
E3  Moncton 3
E6  Halifax 4  
  E1  Lewiston 4  
Eastern Division
  T6  Rouyn-Noranda 0  
E2  Cape Breton 4  
E7  St. John's 0  
  E2  Cape Breton 4
 
  E5  Acadie-Bathurst 1  
E4  P.E.I. 3
E5  Acadie-Bathurst 4  
  E1  Lewiston 4
  T1  Val-d'Or 0
T1  Val-d'Or 4  
T8  Chicoutimi 0  
  T1  Val-d'Or 4
 
  T7  Baie-Comeau 1  
T2  Victoriaville 2
T7  Baie-Comeau 4  
  T1  Val-d'Or 4
Telus Division
  E2  Cape Breton 3  
T4  Drummondville 4  
T5  Quebec 1  
  T4  Drummondville 3
 
  T6  Rouyn-Noranda 4  
T3  Gatineau 1
T6  Rouyn-Noranda 4  

†Shawinigan seeded 8th in Eastern division.

All-star teams

First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player
Executive

See also

References

Preceded by
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2007–08 QMJHL season
Maritimes Division Acadie-Bathurst Titan • Cape Breton Screaming Eagles • Halifax Mooseheads • Moncton Wildcats • P.E.I. Rocket • Saint John Sea Dogs
Telus East Baie-Comeau Drakkar • Chicoutimi Saguenéens • Quebec Remparts • Rimouski Océanic • Victoriaville Tigres
Telus West Blainville-Boisbriand Armada • Drummondville Voltigeurs • Gatineau Olympiques • Rouyn-Noranda Huskies • Shawinigan Cataractes • Val-d'Or Foreurs
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