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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

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Final standings

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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 Draveurs 70 43 25 2 88 378 314
Laval Titan 70 43 26 1 87 361 292
Hull Olympiques 70 40 25 5 85 329 264
Victoriaville Tigres 70 41 27 2 84 320 267
Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 37 28 5 79 358 303
Saint-Jean Castors 70 33 34 3 69 345 386
Granby Bisons 70 32 35 3 67 286 327
Shawinigan Cataractes 70 31 35 4 66 318 321
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 32 37 1 65 335 348
Longueuil Collège Français 70 25 41 4 54 280 332
Verdun Junior Canadiens 70 12 56 2 26 231 387

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Stephane Morin Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 77 109 186 71
Steve Cadieux Saint-Jean / Shawinigan 70 80 86 166 22
Donald Audette Laval Titan 70 76 85 161 123
Steve Chartrand Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 74 83 157 46
Steve Larouche Trois-Rivières Draveurs 70 51 102 153 53
J. F. Quintin Shawinigan Cataractes 69 52 100 152 105
Patrick Lebeau Shawinigan / Saint-Jean 66 62 87 149 89
Jan Alston Saint-Jean Castors 69 58 86 144 115
Michel Picard Trois-Rivières Draveurs 66 59 81 140 107
Patrice Tremblay Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 67 70 137 100
Denis Chalifoux Laval Titan 70 46 91 137 38

Playoffs

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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

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First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

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Team
Player

See also

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References

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  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. 
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