The 2011–12 QMJHL season was the 43rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season, which consisted of 17 teams playing 68 games each, began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. This season was Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's first season in the league, as the team relocated to Boisbriand from Verdun where they played as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club from 2008 to 2011. The league lost one of his charter teams when the Lewiston Maineiacs folded during after the previous season, the QMJHL later announce an expansion team to Sherbrooke for the 2012–13 season. In the playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs became the seventh team in league history to capture consecutive President's Cup championships.

Regular season

Division standings

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

x - team has clinched playoff spot

y - team is division leader

z - team has clinched division

e - team is eliminated from playoff contention

Scoring leaders

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

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Total ice time; W = Wins; L = Losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

2012 President's Cup playoffs

First round

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (16) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

(2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (15) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

(3) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (14) Gatineau Olympiques

(4) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

(5) Quebec Remparts vs. (12) Drummondville Voltigeurs

(6) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (11) Moncton Wildcats

(7) Rimouski Océanic vs. (10) Val-d'Or Foreurs

(8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (9) Acadie–Bathurst Titan

Quarter-finals

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (13) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

(2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

(3) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

(5) Quebec Remparts vs. (6) Halifax Mooseheads

Semi-finals

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (8) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

(6) Halifax Mooseheads vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

QMJHL Championship

(1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (7) Rimouski Océanic

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Memorial Cup

Trophies and awards

Team

• President's Cup: Saint John Sea Dogs
• Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions: Saint John Sea Dogs
• Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals: Victoriaville Tigres
• Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA: Shawinigan Cataractes

Player

• Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres
• Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer: Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres
• Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP: Charlie Coyle, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Top Goaltender: Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Guy Carbonneau Trophy - Best Defensive Forward: Frederick Roy, Quebec Remparts
• Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year: Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski Océanic
• Kevin Lowe Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman: Morgan Ellis, Shawinigan Cataractes
• Mike Bossy Trophy - Top Prospect: Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts
• RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year: Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts
• Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year: Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts
• Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year: Zachary Fucale, Halifax Mooseheads
• Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player: Zach O'Brien, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
• QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year:
• Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player: Jonathan Brunelle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
• Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year: Jonathan Huberdeau, Saint John Sea Dogs

Executive

• Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year: Jean-François Houle, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Maurice Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year: Joël Bouchard, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year:
• Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year:

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team:

• Roman Will, Goaltender, Moncton Wildcats
• Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc, Defenceman, Rimouski Océanic
• Xavier Ouellet, Defenceman, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Mikhail Grigorenko, Centre, Quebec Remparts
• Yanni Gourde, Left Wing, Victoriaville Tigres
• Frederick Roy, Right Wing, Quebec Remparts

Second All-Star Team:

• Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault, Goaltender, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Morgan Ellis, Defenceman, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles/Shawinigan Cataractes
• Nathan Beaulieu, Defenceman, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Zach O'Brien, Centre, Acadie–Bathurst Titan
• Jonathan Huberdeau, Left Wing, Saint John Sea Dogs
• Sébastien Trudeau, Right Wing, Acadie–Bathurst Titan

All-Rookie Team:

• Zachary Fucale, Goaltender, Halifax Mooseheads
• Nikolas Brouillard, Defenceman, Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Samuel Morin, Defenceman, Rimouski Océanic
• Mikhail Grigorenko, Centre, Quebec Remparts
• Anthony Duclair, Left Wing, Quebec Remparts
• Sven Andrighetto, Right Wing, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

See also

• 2012 Memorial Cup
• List of QMJHL seasons
• 2011–12 OHL season
• 2011–12 WHL season
• 2011 in ice hockey
• 2012 in ice hockey

References

External links

• Official QMJHL website
• Official CHL website
• Official website of the Subway Super Series