1999–2000 QMJHL season

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The 1999–2000 QMJHL season was the 31st season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. The QMJHL splits into four divisions, retaining the names Lebel and Dilio for its conferences. The Lebel conference is split into the West and Central divisions, and the Dilio Conference is split into the East and Maritime divisions.

The overtime loss statistic is adopted by the Canadian Hockey League. The QMJHL had previously experiment with a single point awarded for an overtime loss in the 1984–85 QMJHL season. Sixteen teams played seventy-two games each in the schedule.

Brad Richards of the Rimouski Océanic is the top scorer in the league, wins the regular season and playoff MVP awards, and three other individual awards at the season's end. Richards helped Rimouski finish first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy, and their first President's Cup, defeating the Hull Olympiques in the finals.

Team changes[edit]

  • The Montreal Rocket join the league as an expansion franchise, playing in the West Division of the Lebel Conference.

Final standings[edit]

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

Lebel Conference[edit]

West Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA
Hull Olympiques 72 42 24 6 0 90 339 256
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 72 33 33 4 2 72 272 288
Montreal Rocket 72 29 32 6 5 69 276 313
Val-d'Or Foreurs 72 19 41 7 5 50 244 267
Central Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA
Shawinigan Cataractes 72 37 25 5 5 84 295 257
Drummondville Voltigeurs 72 38 29 4 1 81 307 280
Sherbrooke Castors 72 35 28 7 2 79 267 255
Victoriaville Tigres 72 27 36 3 6 63 286 316

Dilio Conference[edit]

East Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Rimouski Océanic 72 48 18 4 2 102 370 274
Quebec Remparts 72 44 20 4 4 96 289 213
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 72 31 31 5 5 72 257 285
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 72 22 44 3 3 50 226 320
Maritime Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Moncton Wildcats 72 44 20 5 3 96 292 211
Halifax Mooseheads 72 41 20 6 5 93 316 259
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 72 24 39 3 6 57 230 302
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 72 20 40 8 4 52 227 311

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Brad Richards Rimouski Océanic 63 71 115 186 69
Ramzi Abid Acadie-Bathurst / Halifax 72 67 91 158 209
Simon Gamache Val-d'Or Foreurs 72 64 79 143 74
Benoît Dusablon Val-d'Or / Halifax 72 47 88 135 63
Marc-André Thinel Victoriaville Tigres 71 59 73 132 55
Jonathan Roy Drummondville / Moncton 73 64 61 125 50
Carl Mallette Victoriaville Tigres 69 49 76 125 97
Brandon Reid Halifax Mooseheads 62 44 80 124 10
Jérôme Tremblay Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 71 46 70 116 83
Dominic Forget Shawinigan Cataractes 67 38 78 116 28

Playoffs[edit]

Brad Richards was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 37 points (13 goals, 24 assists).

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals President's Cup Final
            
D1 Rimouski 4
D4 Halifax 0
D4 Halifax 4
D5 Baie-Comeau 2
D1 Rimouski 4
D2 Moncton 1
D2 Moncton 4
D7 Acadie-Bathurst 0
D2 Moncton 4
D3 Quebec 3
D3 Quebec 4
D6 Cape Breton 0
D1 Rimouski 4
L1 Hull 1
L1 Hull 4
L5 Rouyn-Noranda 2
L4 Sherbrooke 1
L5 Rouyn-Noranda 4
L1 Hull 4
L3 Drummondville 0
L2 Shawinigan 4
L7 Victoriaville 2
L2 Shawinigan 3
L3 Drummondville 4
L3 Drummondville 4
L6 Montreal 1

All-star teams[edit]

First team
Second team
  • Goaltender – Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
  • Left defence – François Beauchemin, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats
  • Right defence – Jonathan Gauthier, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
  • Left winger – Simon Gamache, Val-d'Or Foreurs
  • Centreman – Brandon Reid, Halifax Mooseheads
  • Right winger – Mathieu Benoît, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Moncton Wildcats
  • Coach – Jean Pronovost, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Rookie team

Trophies and awards[edit]

Team
Player
Executive

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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