1999–2000 QMJHL season

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

Final standings

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

Lebel Conference
West Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA
Hull Olympiques7242246090339256
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies7233334272272288
Montreal Rocket7229326569276313
Val-d'Or Foreurs7219417550244267
Central Division GP W L T OL Pts GF GA
Shawinigan Cataractes7237255584295257
Drummondville Voltigeurs7238294181307280
Sherbrooke Castors7235287279267255
Victoriaville Tigres7227363663286316

Dilio Conference
East Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Rimouski Océanic72481842102370274
Quebec Remparts7244204496289213
Baie-Comeau Drakkar7231315572257285
Chicoutimi Saguenéens7222443350226320
Maritime Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Moncton Wildcats7244205396292211
Halifax Mooseheads7241206593316259
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles7224393657230302
Acadie-Bathurst Titan7220408452227311

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Brad RichardsRimouski Océanic637111518669
Ramzi AbidAcadie-Bathurst / Halifax726791158209
Simon GamacheVal-d'Or Foreurs72647914374
Benoît DusablonVal-d'Or / Halifax72478813563
Marc-André ThinelVictoriaville Tigres71597313255
Jonathan RoyDrummondville / Moncton73646112550
Carl MalletteVictoriaville Tigres69497612597
Brandon ReidHalifax Mooseheads62448012410
Jérôme TremblayRouyn-Noranda Huskies71467011683
Dominic ForgetShawinigan Cataractes67387811628

Playoffs

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
First team
  • Goaltender – Simon Lajeunesse, Moncton Wildcats
  • Left defence – Michel Periard, Rimouski Océanic
  • Right defence – Jonathan Girard, Moncton Wildcats
  • Left winger – Ramzi Abid, Acadie-Bathurst Titan / Halifax Mooseheads
  • Centreman – Brad Richards, Rimouski Océanic
  • Right winger – Marc-André Thinel, Victoriaville Tigres
  • Coach – Doris Labonte, Rimouski Océanic
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
Team
Player
Executive

See also

References
Preceded by
1998–99 QMJHL season		 QMJHL seasons Succeeded by
2000–01 QMJHL season
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