2008–09 QMJHL season

2008–09 QMJHL season
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Preseason Regular season 2008-09-11–2009-03-15 Playoffs 2009-03-20–2009-05-12
Number of teams	18

2008–09 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL 2008-09-17–2009-03-15 QMJHL 2008-09-11–2009-03-15 WHL 2008-09-18–2009-03-15
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV

The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008. Eighteen teams played 68 games each. The Drummondville Voltigeurs, who finished first overall in the regular season, went on to capture their first President's Cup vs. the Shawinigan Cataractes in a series they won 4-3.

Team Changes

• The St. John's Fog Devils relocated to Verdun, Quebec, and are rename the Montreal Junior Hockey Club, and move from the Atlantic Division to the Telus West.
• The league switch from 2 division to 4. All 5 Maritime teams play in the Atlantic Division and all Quebec teams and the Lewiston Maineiacs are split into 3 Divisions Telus East, Telus Central, Telus West.

Notable dates

Offseason

• June 20–21, 2008—27 QMJHL players were selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.^[1]

Regular season

• November 17, 2008–Team QMJHL defeats the Russian Selects 5–3 in Game 1 of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge held in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
• November 19, 2008–Team QMJHL defeated by Russian Selects 4–3 in Game 2 of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge held in Saint John, New Brunswick

Playoffs

Standings

Division Standings

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

Division Telus Centre	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Drummondville Voltigeurs z	68	54	10	0	4	345	189	112
Shawinigan Cataractes x	68	51	14	3	0	308	183	105
Victoriaville Tigres x	68	32	32	2	2	219	249	68
Lewiston MAINEiacs x	68	22	43	1	2	190	286	47

Division Telus Est	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Québec Remparts z	68	49	16	0	3	282	184	101
Rimouski Océanic x	68	44	23	1	0	267	223	89
Chicoutimi Saguenéens x	68	24	32	4	8	215	256	60
Baie-Comeau Drakkar x	68	22	37	7	2	206	297	53

Division Atlantique	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Moncton Wildcats z	68	48	14	2	4	236	149	102
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x	68	46	18	3	1	252	201	96
Saint John Sea Dogs x	68	34	30	2	2	222	232	72
P.E.I. Rocket x	68	26	32	5	5	229	243	62
Acadie-Bathurst Titan x	68	20	35	7	6	187	256	53
Halifax Mooseheads	68	19	41	3	5	193	290	46

Division Telus Ouest	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Gatineau Olympiques z	68	38	25	2	3	232	232	81
Montreal Junior Hockey Club x	68	34	30	2	2	211	202	72
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x	68	30	30	5	3	210	245	68
Val-d'Or Foreurs	68	19	41	3	5	206	293	46

Overall Standing

• determines standings for the second round of the playoffs.

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

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Drummondville Voltigeurs z	68	54	10	0	4	345	189	112
2	Moncton Wildcats z	68	48	14	2	4	236	149	102
3	Québec Remparts z	68	49	16	0	3	282	184	101
4	Gatineau Olympiques z	68	38	25	2	3	232	232	81
5	Shawinigan Cataractes x	68	51	14	3	0	308	183	105
6	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles x	68	46	18	3	1	252	201	96
7	Rimouski Océanic x	68	44	23	1	0	267	223	89
8	Montreal Junior Hockey Club x	68	34	30	2	2	211	202	72
9	Saint John Sea Dogs x	68	34	30	2	2	222	232	72
10	Victoriaville Tigres x	68	32	32	2	2	219	249	68
11	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies x	68	30	30	5	3	210	245	68
12	P.E.I. Rocket x	68	26	32	5	5	229	243	62
13	Chicoutimi Saguenéens x	68	24	32	4	8	215	256	60
14	Baie-Comeau Drakkar x	68	22	37	7	2	206	297	53
15	Acadie-Bathurst Titan x	68	20	35	7	6	187	256	53
16	Lewiston MAINEiacs x	68	22	43	1	2	190	286	47
17	Val-d'Or Foreurs	68	19	41	3	5	206	293	46
18	Halifax Mooseheads	68	19	41	3	5	193	290	46

x - team clinched QMJHL Playoff spot

z - team has cliched division

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Yannick Riendeau	Drummondville Voltigeurs	64	58	68	126	31
Dany Masse	Drummondville Voltigeurs	68	44	66	110	52
Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll	Shawinigan Cataractes	65	38	66	104	22
Paul Byron	Gatineau Olympiques	65	33	66	99	32
Mike Hoffman	Drummondville Voltigeurs	62	52	42	94	86
Nicholas Petersen	Shawinigan Cataractes	68	37	53	90	42
Felix Petit	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	68	25	65	90	28
Matthew Pistilli	Shawinigan Cataractes	63	45	41	86	37
Alexandre Quesnel	Gatineau Olympiques	63	37	45	82	88
Robert Slaney	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	63	36	45	81	78

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Nicola Riopel	Moncton Wildcats	59	3487	43	15	117	5	.931	2.01
Charles Lavigne	Quebec Remparts	51	2839	34	13	112	6	.916	2.37
Gabriel Girard	Shawinigan Cataractes	30	1638	22	5	70	2	.895	2.57
Timo Pielmeier	Shawinigan Cataractes	43	2408	29	11	106	2	.914	2.64
Antoine Tardif	Drummondville Voltigeurs	43	2378	32	7	109	0	.893	2.75

Players

2008 QMJHL Entry Draft

First round

1. Moncton Wildcats Brandon Gormley (D)
2. Drummondville Voltigeurs Sean Couturier (C)
3. Victoriaville Tigres Brandon Hynes (RW)
4. Val-d'Or Foreurs Cedrick Henley (LW)
5. Prince Edward Island Rocket Ben Duffy (F)
6. Lewiston MAINEiacs Garrett Clarke (D)
7. Shawinigan Cataractes Michael Bournival (C/LW)
8. Montréal Juniors Guillaume Asselin (RW)
9. Lewiston MAINEiacs Michael Chaput (C)
10. Québec Remparts Samuel Carrier (D)
11. Acadie-Bathurst Titan Vincent Arseneau (LW)
12. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Logan Shaw (RW)
13. Moncton Wildcats Louis Domingue (G)
14. Lewiston MAINEiacs Etienne Brodeur (LW)
15. Val-d'Or Foreurs Alex Noel (RW)
16. Gatineau Olympiques Yoan Pinette (RW)
17. Acadie-Bathurst Titan Stefan Fournier (RW)
18. Drummondville Voltigeurs Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (D)

2008 NHL Entry Draft

In total, 27 QMJHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Trades

Date	Deal made
January 8, 2009	To Shawinigan Cataractes Mathieu Bolduc	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens 1st round pick, 2011
January 8, 2009	To Montreal Juniors Philippe Fontaine	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 5th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009	To Gatineau Olympiques Dave Nolin John Esposito	To Victoriaville Tigres Bradley MacDonald 2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan Artem Demkov	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009	To Shawinigan Cataractes Nicolas Marcoux-Larocque	To Saint John Sea Dogs 5th round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads)
January 8, 2009	To Shawinigan Cataractes Maxime Macenauer	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Brad Yetman 4th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Francis Schanck	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 10th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009	To PEI Rocket Jarrad Struthers	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2nd round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) 3rd round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
January 8, 2009	To Halifax Mooseheads Andrew Smith	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens 8th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens Louis Leblanc Maxim Guerin Marc-Andre Carre	To Val-d'Or Foreurs 3rd round pick, 2009 9th round pick, 2009
January 8, 2009	To Moncton Wildcats Tomy Joly	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan Julien Tremblay 2nd round pick, 2009 (Victoriaville Tigres) 2nd round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan Jeremie Blain	To Victoriaville Tigres Olivier Jannard 4th round pick, 2010 5th round pick, 2010
January 8, 2009	To Baie-Comeau Drakkar Anthony Taylor	To Montreal Juniors Felix-Antoine Poulin
January 8, 2009	To Saint John Sea Dogs Olivier Ouellet	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens 2nd round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes)
January 7, 2009	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Keven Charland-Guerette	To Saint John Sea Dogs 3rd round pick, 2009 (Halifax Mooseheads)
January 7, 2009	To Baie-Comeau Drakkar Nathan Dunnett 7th round pick, 2009 (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies) 3rd round pick, 2010	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Marco Cousineau
January 7, 2009	To Gatineau Olympiques 3rd round pick, 2009	To Drummondville Voltigeurs 3rd round pick, 2010 (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
January 7, 2009	To Baie-Comeau Drakkar Jordan Bernier Charles Vouligny	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
January 7, 2009	To Baie-Comeau Drakkar Francois Lacerte 4th round pick, 2009 (Lewiston Maineiacs)	To Rimouski Océanic Maxime Ouimet
January 7, 2009	To Victoriaville Tigres Tyler Noseworthy	To Moncton Wildcats 6th round pick, 2010
January 7, 2009	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Michel Kowalew	To Montreal Juniors 10th round pick, 2009
January 6, 2009	To Saint John Sea Dogs Mathieu Gingras Simon Giroux 1st round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Christopher DiDomenico
January 5, 2009	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Brad Tesink	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan Olivier Dame-Malka
January 6, 2009	To Rimouski Océanic Marc-Andre Bourdon Matthew Dopud Justin MacNaughton	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 1st round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) 2nd round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts) 7th round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 4th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009	To Halifax Mooseheads Pascal Amyot 1st round pick, 2009 (EU)	To Saint John Sea Dogs 1st round pick, 2009 (EU) 4th round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009	To Shawinigan Cataractes Alex Grant 5th round pick, 2010	to Saint John Sea Dogs Danick Gauthier 2nd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010
January 5, 2009	To Rimouski Océanic Jason Demers	To Victoriaville Tigres 8th round pick, 2009
January 5, 2009	To Quebec Remparts Alexandre Neron	To Rimouski Océanic 1st round pick, 2009 3rd round pick, 2009
January 2, 2009	To Gatineau Olympiques Alexei Dostoinov	To Saint John Sea Dogs 5th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens Drew Paris	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4th round pick, 2009 4th round pick, 2010
December 31, 2008	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Matthew Lachaine Jeremiah Coon-Come	To PEI Rocket Jason Legault Maxime Levesque
December 31, 2008	To Shawinigan Cataractes Nicolas Deslongchamps 9th round pick, 2009	To Victoriaville Tigres Jean-Michel Fortier
December 30, 2008	To Moncton Wildcats Joe Dillon	To Val-d'Or Foreurs 12th round pick, 2009
December 30, 2008	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Mickael Audette	To Quebec Remparts 2nd round pick, 2009 (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
December 29, 2008	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Sasha Famin	To Moncton Wildcats Mitch Morgan 3rd round pick, 2009 1st round pick, 2010 (EU)
December 27, 2008	To Shawinigan Cataractes 4th round pick, 2009 (Shawinigan Cataractes)	To Lewiston Maineiacs 5th round pick, 2009
December 27, 2008	To Halifax Mooseheads Jan Stransky	To Gatineau Olympiques 5th round pick, 2010 (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
December 26, 2008	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Michael Ward Stephen Horyl	To Lewiston Maineiacs Samuel Finn Murdock MacLellan 5th round pick, 2010
December 26, 2008	To Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Taylor MacDougall	To Montreal Juniors Jeremy Gouchie
December 23, 2008	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Gabriel Cote	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan 7th round pick, 2009 (Val-d'Or Foreurs)
December 23, 2008	To Rimouski Océanic Logan MacMillan	to Halifax Mooseheads Guillaume Pelletier 4th round pick, 2009 2nd round pick, 2010 2nd round pick, 2011 3rd round pick, 2011
December 22, 2008	To Saint John Sea Dogs Benjamin Lecomte	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6th round pick, 2009 (Rimouski Océanic)
December 22, 2008	To Lewiston Maineiacs Nick Huard	To Victoriaville Tigres Pierre-Luc Pelletier
December 22, 2008	To PEI Rocket Joel Champagne Christopher Guay 6th round pick, 2010	To Chicoutimi Saguenéens Mathieu Tousignant 6th round pick, 2009 (Quebec Remparts)
December 22, 2008	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Marc-Antoine Dupuis	To Acadie-Bathurst 8th round pick, 2009 (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
December 20, 2008	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Raphael Neiderer	To PEI Rocket William Beaudoin
December 20, 2008	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan Danick Malouin	To PEI Rocket 3rd round pick, 2009
November 25, 2008	To Gatineau Olympiques Kyle Paige	To Saint John Sea Dogs 9th round pick, 2010
October 15, 2008	To Drummondville Voltigeurs Patrik Prokop	To Gatineau Olympiques 6th round pick, 2008 (Gatineau Olympiques) 3rd round pick, 2010
October 9, 2008	To Halifax Mooseheads Radek Vlasanek	To Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5th round pick, 2010
October 6, 2008	To Val-d'Or Foreurs Francois Gauthier 5th round pick, 2009	To Saint John Sea Dogs 1st round pick, 2009 (EU)
October 1, 2008	To Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Antoine Lafleur	To PEI Rocket 8th round pick (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
September 20, 2008	To Quebec Remparts Maxime Pomerleau	To Halifax Mooseheads 7th round pick, 2009

QMJHL Playoffs

Overview

	First Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					QMJHL Championships
	1C	Drummondville	4
	4C	Lewiston	0
						1	Drummondville	4
						8	Montreal	1
	2O	Montreal	4
	3O	Rouyn-Noranda	2
											1	Drummondville	4
											7	Rimouski	0
	1A	Moncton	4
	4A	P.E.I.	1
						2	Moncton	1
						7	Rimouski	4
	2E	Rimouski	4
	3E	Chicoutimi	0
																1	Drummondville	4
																5	Shawinigan	3
	1E	Quebec	4
	4E	Baie-Comeau	1
						3	Quebec	4
						6	Cape Breton	3
	2A	Cape Breton	4
	3A	Saint John	0
											3	Quebec	1
											5	Shawinigan	4
	1O	Gatineau	4
	5A	Acadie-Bathurst	1
						4	Gatineau	1
						5	Shawinigan	4
	2C	Shawinigan	4
	3C	Victoriaville	0

First Round

Division Telus Centre

(1C) Drummondville vs. (4C) Lewiston Date Away Home March 20 Lewiston 3 12 Drummondville March 21 Lewiston 1 10 Drummondville March 24 Drummondville 7 2 Lewiston March 25 Drummondville 9 3 Lewiston Drummondville wins 4–0

(2C) Shawinigan vs. (3C) Victoriaville Date Away Home March 20 Victoriaville 2 5 Shawinigan March 21 Victoriaville 1 7 Shawinigan March 24 Shawinigan 4 3 Victoriaville (OT) March 25 Shawinigan 2 1 Victoriaville (OT) Shawinigan wins 4–0

Division Telus Est

(1E) Québec vs. (4E) Baie-Comeau Date Away Home March 20 Baie-Comeau 1 8 Québec March 21 Baie-Comeau 2 5 Québec March 24 Québec 3 4 Baie-Comeau March 25 Québec 5 2 Baie-Comeau March 27 Baie-Comeau 1 7 Québec Québec wins 4–1

(2E) Rimouski vs. (3E) Chicoutimi Date Away Home March 20 Chicoutimi 2 8 Rimouski March 21 Chicoutimi 1 5 Rimouski March 24 Rimouski 6 3 Chicoutimi March 25 Rimouski 4 3 Chicoutimi Rimouski wins 4–0

Division Atlantique

(1A) Moncton vs. (4A) P.E.I. Date Away Home March 20 P.E.I. 1 7 Moncton March 21 P.E.I. 0 5 Moncton March 24 Moncton 3 2 P.E.I. (OT) March 25 Moncton 4 5 P.E.I. March 28 P.E.I. 3 4 Moncton Moncton wins 4–1

(2A) Cape Breton vs. (3A) Saint John Date Away Home March 20 Saint John 4 5 Cape Breton (OT) March 21 Saint John 2 5 Cape Breton March 24 Cape Breton 8 3 Saint John March 25 Cape Breton 3 2 Saint John Cape Breton wins 4–0

Division Telus Ouest

(1O) Gatineau vs. (5A) Acadie-Bathurst Date Away Home March 20 Acadie-Bathurst 4 5 Gatineau (OT) March 21 Acadie-Bathurst 2 8 Gatineau March 24 Gatineau 3 5 Acadie-Bathurst March 25 Gatineau 4 0 Acadie-Bathurst March 27 Gatineau 4 3 Acadie-Bathurst (OT) Gatineau wins 4–1

(2O) Montréal vs. (3O) Rouyn-Noranda Date Away Home March 20 Rouyn-Noranda 3 5 Montréal March 21 Rouyn-Noranda 4 3 Montréal March 24 Montréal 4 1 Rouyn-Noranda March 25 Montréal 2 3 Rouyn-Noranda March 27 Rouyn-Noranda 0 7 Montréal March 29 Montréal 4 3 Rouyn-Noranda Montréal wins 4–2

Quarter-finals

(1) Drummondville vs. (8) Montréal Date Away Home March 29 Montréal 4 3 Drummondville April 3 Montréal 1 7 Drummondville April 4 Drummondville 4 3 Montréal (OT) April 7 Drummondville 6 1 Montréal April 8 Drummondville 5 3 Montréal Drummondville wins 4–1	(2) Moncton vs. (7) Rimouski Date Away Home April 3 Rimouski 2 1 Moncton April 4 Rimouski 0 3 Moncton April 7 Moncton 2 3 Rimouski (OT) April 8 Moncton 2 4 Rimouski April 10 Rimouski 1 0 Moncton Rimouski wins 4–1
(3) Québec vs. (6) Cape Breton Date Away Home April 3 Cape Breton 3 2 Québec (OT) April 5 Cape Breton 5 3 Québec April 7 Québec 3 2 Cape Breton April 8 Québec 5 2 Cape Breton April 10 Québec 2 3 Cape Breton April 13 Cape Breton 0 3 Québec April 14 Cape Breton 0 3 Québec Québec wins 4–3	(4) Gatineau vs. (5) Shawinigan Date Away Home April 3 Shawinigan 4 3 Gatineau April 4 Shawinigan 3 5 Gatineau April 7 Gatineau 3 6 Shawinigan April 8 Gatineau 2 4 Shawinigan April 10 Shawinigan 5 2 Gatineau Shawinigan wins 4–1

Semi-finals

(1) Drummondville vs. (7) Rimouski Date Away Home April 17 Rimouski 1 8 Drummondville April 19 Rimouski 3 4 Drummondville April 21 Drummondville 6 4 Rimouski April 22 Drummondville 7 2 Rimouski Drummondville wins 4–0

(3) Québec vs. (5) Shawinigan Date Away Home April 17 Shawinigan 2 4 Québec April 18 Shawinigan 4 3 Québec April 21 Québec 1 4 Shawinigan April 22 Québec 4 5 Shawinigan April 24 Shawinigan 6 1 Québec Shawinigan wins 4–1

QMJHL Championship

(1) Drummondville vs. (5) Shawinigan Date Away Home May 1 Shawinigan 1 2 Drummondville May 2 Shawinigan 5 3 Drummondville May 5 Drummondville 5 4 Shawinigan May 6 Drummondville 9 2 Shawinigan May 8 Shawinigan 4 1 Drummondville May 10 Drummondville 1 2 Shawinigan (OT) May 12 Shawinigan 2 3 Drummondville Drummondville wins 4–3

Canada Russia Challenge

The ADT Canada Russia Challenge is a six game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) versus Russia's National Junior hockey team. Within the Canadian Hockey League umbrella, one team from each of its three leagues — the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League — compete in two games against the Russian junior team.

“	The ADT Canada Russia Challenge has become a highlight on the CHL schedule and we are very proud to be associated with it. These two nations have such a storied hockey history that fans from across the country tune in expecting to see a hard fought series. We expect nothing short of world class hockey this November that hockey fans from across the country won’t want to miss.	”
— Joe O’Connell, Regional Vice-President of Canada[2]

The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge was held in six cities across Canada, with two cities for each league within the Canadian Hockey League. The series began on November 17, 2008, and concluded on November 27, 2008. All six games were televised nationally on Rogers Sportsnet, along with RDS televising both games from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.^[3][4]

Results

In the first game of the two part series between Team QMJHL and the Russian Selects, Team QMJHL scored five goals en route to a 5–3 win in front of 4,378 fans at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Kmitri Kugryshev of the Russian Selects and goaltender Olivier Roy of Team QMJHL were named the ADT Players of the Game for their respective teams.^[5] The Russian Selects evened the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, winning the second game after having registered four goals in a 4–3 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 6,451 assembled at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.^[6]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Location	Recap
1	November 17, 2008	Russian Selects	3–5	Team QMJHL	4,378	Sydney, Nova Scotia
2	November 19, 2008	Russian Selects	4–3	Team QMJHL	6,451	Saint John, New Brunswick
3	November 20, 2008	Russian Selects	6–3	Team OHL	4,751	Guelph, Ontario
4	November 24, 2008	Russian Selects	2–3	Team OHL	3,145	St. Catharines, Ontario
5	November 26, 2008	Russian Selects	0–5	Team WHL	2,800	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
6	November 27, 2008	Russian Selects	1–2	Team WHL	2,749	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Memorial Cup

The 91st MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.^[7]

All-star teams

First team

• Goaltender - Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
• Defence - Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs & Marc-André Bourdon, Rimouski Océanic
• Left winger - Mike Hoffman, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Centreman - Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Shawinigan Cataractes
• Right winger - Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs

Second team

• Goaltender - Charles Lavigne, Quebec Remparts
• Defence - Charles-Olivier Roussel, Shawinigan Cataractes & Sébastien Piché, Rimouski Océanic
• Left winger - Paul Byron, Gatineau Olympiques
• Centreman - Danny Masse, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Right winger - Nicholas Petersen, Shawinigan Cataractes

Rookie team

• Goaltender - Christopher Holden, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
• Defence - Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs & Brandon Gormley, Moncton Wildcats
• Left winger - Sergey Ostapchuk, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
• Centreman - Ben Duffy, P.E.I. Rocket
• Right winger - Dmitri Kugryshev, Quebec Remparts

Trophies and awards

Team

• President's Cup - Playoff Champions: Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions: Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals: Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA: Moncton Wildcats

Player

• Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
• Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer: Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP : Yannick Riendeau, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA: Nicola Riopel, Moncton Wildcats
• Guy Carbonneau Trophy - Best Defensive Forward: Jean-Philip Chabot, Gatineau Olympiques
• Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Kevin Lowe Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman: Maxime Ouimet, Rimouski Oceanic
• Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kugryshev, Quebec Remparts
• Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year: Dmitri Kulikov, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player: Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Shawinigan Cataractes
• QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year: Matthew Pistilli, Shawinigan Cataractes
• Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player: Payton Liske, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year: Guy Boucher, Drummondville Voltigeurs

Executive

• Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year: Danny Flynn, Moncton Wildcats
• Maurice Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year: Dominic Ricard, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year: Louis Painchaud, Quebec Remparts
• Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year: Sylvie Fortier, Drummondville Voltigeurs

See also

• 2009 Memorial Cup
• List of QMJHL seasons
• 2008–09 OHL season
• 2008–09 WHL season
• 2008 NHL Entry Draft
• 2008 in ice hockey
• 2009 in ice hockey

References

External links

• Official QMJHL website
• Official CHL website
• Official website of the MasterCard Memorial Cup
• Official website of the Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
• Official website of the ADT Canada Russia Challenge