The 2005–06 QMJHL season was the 37th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Canadian Hockey League institutes the shootout loss statistic to be recorded in the regular season standings. The league inaugurates the Maurice Filion Trophy for the "General Manager of the Year."

The QMJHL continued to expand eastward, into former American Hockey League markets, by granting franchises in Saint John, New Brunswick and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The league reorganizes into a West Division, entirely made of teams from the province of Quebec, and an East Division, entirely made of teams in Atlantic Canada. Eighteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule.

Coach Ted Nolan led the Moncton Wildcats to a first overall finish in the regular season, winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Wildcats also won their first President's Cup, defeating the Quebec Remparts in the finals. Since Moncton was chosen by default (due to no other bids) to host the 2006 Memorial Cup tournament, the Remparts qualified for the Cup as league finalists, and won the Memorial Cup, defeating Moncton in the championship game.

Team changes

edit

Final standings

edit

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

Western Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA
y-Quebec Remparts 70 52 16 1 1 106 349 221
x-Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 51 15 2 2 106 321 185
x-Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 70 43 22 2 3 91 305 259
x-Gatineau Olympiques 70 40 23 4 3 87 261 215
x-Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 37 28 3 2 79 273 256
x-Shawinigan Cataractes 70 37 28 3 2 79 285 278
x-Baie-Comeau Drakkar 70 30 38 2 0 62 249 285
x-Val-d'Or Foreurs 70 28 39 1 2 59 244 298
x-Victoriaville Tigres 70 26 42 1 1 54 226 302
Rimouski Océanic 70 10 57 2 1 23 184 357
Eastern Division GP W L OTL SL Pts GF GA
y-Moncton Wildcats 70 52 15 0 3 107 345 184
x-Acadie-Bathurst Titan 70 43 19 3 5 94 291 223
x-Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 70 40 23 3 4 87 236 206
x-Lewiston Maineiacs 70 36 23 3 8 83 240 207
x-Halifax Mooseheads 70 35 33 1 1 72 246 258
x-St. John's Fog Devils 70 30 34 5 1 66 219 286
x-P.E.I. Rocket 70 25 38 4 3 57 221 304
Saint John Sea Dogs 70 15 47 2 6 38 174 325
y- division champion
x- playoff team

Scoring leaders

edit

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Alexander Radulov Quebec Remparts 62 61 91 152 101
Stanislav Lascek Chicoutimi Saguenéens 64 47 88 135 96
Maxime Boisclair Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 70 60 130 97
Olivier Latendresse Val-d'Or Foreurs 70 41 84 125 83
David Desharnais Chicoutimi Saguenéens 63 33 85 118 44
Brent Aubin Rouyn-Noranda / Quebec 72 57 60 117 92
Derick Brassard Drummondville Voltigeurs 58 44 72 116 92
Alex Bourret Shawinigan Cataractes 67 44 70 114 133
Philippe Dupuis Moncton Wildcats 56 32 76 108 52
Mathieu Roy Acadie-Bathurst Titan 65 50 54 104 101

Canada-Russia Challenge

edit

The 2005 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Drummondville Voltigeurs and the Moncton Wildcats. On November 21, 2005, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 7–4 at the Centre Marcel Dionne. On November 22, 2005, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 6–4 at the Moncton Coliseum. Since the tournament began in 2003, the QMJHL All-stars and Russian Selects have three wins each.

Playoffs

edit

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

Alexander Radulov was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 55 points (21 goals, 34 assists).

Division quarterfinals Division semifinals Semifinals Finals
            
1 Moncton 4
8 Victoriaville 1
1 Moncton 4
4 Halifax 1
4 Lewiston 2
5 Halifax 4
1 Moncton 4
Eastern Division
4 Gatineau 1
2 Acadie-Bathurst 4
7 P.E.I. 2
2 Acadie-Bathurst 4
3 Cape Breton 0
3 Cape Breton 4
6 St. John's 1
E1 Moncton 4
W1 Quebec 2
1 Quebec 4
8 Val-d'Or 1
1 Quebec 4
6 Shawinigan 1
3 Rouyn-Noranda 1
6 Shawinigan 4
1 Quebec 4
Western Division
2 Acadie-Bathurst 3
2 Chicoutimi 4
7 Baie-Comeau 0
2 Chicoutimi 1
4 Gatineau 4
4 Gatineau 4
5 Drummondville 3

Victoriaville seeded 8th in Eastern division.

All-star teams

edit
First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

edit
Team
Player
Executive

See also

edit

References

edit
Preceded by QMJHL seasons Succeeded by