1977–78 QMJHL season

The 1977–78 QMJHL season was the ninth season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates two awards, the Robert Lebel Trophy for the team with best goals against average, and the Guy Lafleur Trophy for the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. Ten teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Trois-Rivières Draveurs finished first overall in the regular season winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy, and won the President's Cup defeating the Montreal Juniors 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

Dilio Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
Trois-Rivières Draveurs7247187101412252
Sherbrooke Castors724126587482380
Quebec Remparts722835965334339
Chicoutimi Saguenéens7216451143335458
Shawinigan Dynamos72365410258687
Lebel Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
Cornwall Royals7246188100404258
Montreal Juniors724125688397327
Laval National7235261181435362
Verdun Éperviers723231973378332
Hull Olympiques723434472357397

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Ron CarterSherbrooke Castors71888617428
Kevin ReevesMontreal Juniors726210917144
Sylvain LocasChicoutimi/Sherbrooke688381164138
Mark GreenSherbrooke Castors715610015671
Rick VaiveSherbrooke Castors687679155199
Denis PomerleauHull/Trois-Rivières73757314845
Dan MetivierHull Olympiques66737514859
Glen CurrieLaval National72638214529
Dan GeoffrionCornwall Royals716875143183
Rick PatersonCornwall Royals715880138105

Playoffs

Richard David was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists).

Quarterfinals
  • Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 0.
  • Cornwall Royals defeated Hull Olympiques 4 games to 0.
  • Montreal Juniors defeated Verdun Éperviers 4 games to 0.
  • Sherbrooke Castors defeated Laval National 4 games to 0, 1 tie.
Semifinals
  • Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 1.
  • Montreal Juniors defeated Cornwall Royals 4 games to 1.
Finals
  • Trois-Rivières Draveurs defeated Montreal Juniors 4 games to 0.

All-star teams

First team
Second team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player

See also

References

Preceded by
1976–77 QMJHL season
QMJHL seasons Succeeded by
1978–79 QMJHL season
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