1988–89 QMJHL season

The 1988–89 QMJHL season was the 20th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The QMJHL first awards the end-of-season honours of the "Rookie All-star team" to first year players.

The Quebec Remparts franchise returned as Longueuil Collège Français, bringing the league up to eleven teams. The league dissolved its divisions, and each team played 70 games each in the schedule. The league made it mandatory for all the teams players to wear a full face shield covering their entire face.

On February 9, 1989, the Drummondville Voltigeurs' coach and general manager Jean Bégin was suspended indefinitely after he was arrested and charged with sexual assault.[1][2]

The Trois-Rivières Draveurs finished first overall in the regular season, winning their third Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Laval Titan won their first President's Cup since changing the name from the Laval Voisins, by defeating the Victoriaville Tigres in the finals.

Team changes

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
Trois-Rivières Draveurs704325288378314
Laval Titan704326187361292
Hull Olympiques704025585329264
Victoriaville Tigres704127284320267
Drummondville Voltigeurs703728579358303
Saint-Jean Castors703334369345386
Granby Bisons703235367286327
Shawinigan Cataractes703135466318321
Chicoutimi Saguenéens703237165335348
Longueuil Collège Français702541454280332
Verdun Junior Canadiens701256226231387

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Stephane MorinChicoutimi Saguenéens707710918671
Steve CadieuxSaint-Jean / Shawinigan70808616622
Donald AudetteLaval Titan707685161123
Steve ChartrandDrummondville Voltigeurs70748315746
Steve LaroucheTrois-Rivières Draveurs705110215353
J. F. QuintinShawinigan Cataractes6952100152105
Patrick LebeauShawinigan / Saint-Jean66628714989
Jan AlstonSaint-Jean Castors695886144115
Michel PicardTrois-Rivières Draveurs665981140107
Patrice TremblayChicoutimi Saguenéens706770137100
Denis ChalifouxLaval Titan70469113738

Playoffs

Yves Racine was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 33 points (3 goals, 30 assists).

Division semifinals
  • Shawinigan Cataractes defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 4 games to 0.
  • Laval Titan defeated Granby Bisons 4 games to 0.
  • Hull Olympiques defeated Saint-Jean Castors 4 games to 0.
  • Victoriaville Tigres defeated Drummondville Voltigeurs 4 games to 0.
Division Finals
  • Laval Titan defeated Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 2.
  • Victoriaville Tigres defeated Hull Olympiques 4 games to 1.
Finals
  • Laval Titan defeated Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to 3.

All-star teams
First team
  • Goaltender - Stephane Fiset, Victoriaville Tigres
  • Left defence - Yves Racine, Victoriaville Tigres
  • Right defence - Eric Dubois, Laval Titan
  • Left winger - Steve Chartrand, Drummondville Voltigeurs
  • Centreman - Stephane Morin, Chicoutimi Saguenéens
  • Right winger - Donald Audette, Laval Titan
  • Coach - Dany Dube, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards
Team
Player

See also

References
  1. Rouleau, Françcois-David (2015-03-12). "3 scandales qui ont marqué la LHJMQ". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. La Presse Canadienne (February 9, 1989). "Bégin arrêté". Le Soleil (in French). Quebec City, Quebec. p. 2.
Preceded by
1987–88 QMJHL season		 QMJHL seasons Succeeded by
1989–90 QMJHL season
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