The 2020–21 QMJHL season was the 52nd season of the

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(QMJHL). The regular season began on October 2, 2020, and ended on April 18, 2021. The playoffs began on April 23 and ended on June 5 with the

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winning the

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as the QMJHL champion. Traditionally, the champion would have earned a berth in the 2021 Memorial Cup, which was to be hosted by the

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from June 17 to 27, 2021, however, the Memorial Cup was cancelled for the second season in a row due to the restrictions during the ongoing

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. The QMJHL was the only Canadian Hockey League member to award a playoff champion in 2021 as the Ontario Hockey League completely cancelled its season and the Western Hockey League only had small regional tournaments.

Final standings

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''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; PTS%= Points percentage; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched Jean Rougeau Trophy''

Scoring leaders

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

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average''
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Playoffs

Maritimes round-robin

Due to local travel restrictions, all Nova Scotia-based teams were deemed ineligible to compete in the playoffs. Three New Brunswick-based teams competed in a nine-game round-robin tournament to determine who would face the Charlottetown Islanders in the Maritimes division final.

Playoff bracket

Final results:

First round

Quebec divisions

(1) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (12) Baie-Comeau Drakkar

(2) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (11) Sherbrooke Phoenix

(3) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (10) Rimouski Océanic

(4) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (9) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

(5) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada vs. (8) Gatineau Olympiques

(6) Quebec Remparts vs. (7) Drummondville Voltigeurs

Quarterfinals

Quebec Divisions

(1) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (6) Rimouski Océanic

(2) Chicoutimi Saguenéens vs. (5) Quebec Remparts

(3) Victoriaville Tigres vs. (4) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Maritimes Division

(1) Charlottetown Islanders vs. (2) Acadie–Bathurst Titan

Semifinals

(1) Charlottetown Islanders vs. (4) Victoriaville Tigres

(2) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (3) Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Finals

(2) Val-d'Or Foreurs vs. (4) Victoriaville Tigres

Playoff leading scorers

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

Playoff leading goaltenders

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average''

Trophies and awards

– Playoff Champions:

Jean Rougeau Trophy The Jean Rougeau Trophy is awarded annually to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team that records the most points in the regular season. The trophy was named for former league president Jean Rougeau. Winners See also *Hamilton Spectator Tro ...

– Regular Season Champions:

Charlottetown Islanders The Charlottetown Islanders are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, the Islanders play their home games at the Eastlink Centre, which has 3,717 arena se ...

* Luc Robitaille Trophy – Team with the best goals for average: Charlottetown Islanders * Robert Lebel Trophy – Team with best GAA:

Val-d'Or Foreurs The Val-d'Or Foreurs are a junior ice hockey team based in Val-d'Or, in the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. The team was founded for the 1993–94 season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, a member of the Canadian Hock ...

Player *

Michel Brière Memorial Trophy The Michel Brière Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. It is named for former QMJHL and NHL player Michel Brière, who was killed in a car crash. There is another trophy with the ...

– Most Valuable Player: Cédric Desruisseaux, Charlottetown Islanders *

Jean Béliveau Trophy The Jean Béliveau Trophy is awarded to the top regular season scorer of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The award is named after Quebec native Jean Béliveau, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Béliveau died on December 2, 2014 at the age ...

– Top Scorer: Cédric Desruisseaux, Charlottetown Islanders *

Guy Lafleur Trophy The Guy Lafleur Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs. It is named for Hockey Hall of Famer and QMJHL alumnus Guy Lafleur Guy Damien Lafleur (September 20, 1951 – April 22, ...

– Playoff MVP: Benjamin Tardif, Victoriaville Tigres * Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Top Goaltender:

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, Charlottetown Islanders * Guy Carbonneau Trophy – Best Defensive Forward:

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, Chicoutimi Saguenéens *

Emile Bouchard Trophy The Émile Bouchard Trophy is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, to the "Defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing te ...

– Defenceman of the Year: Lukas Cormier, Charlottetown Islanders *

Kevin Lowe Trophy The Kevin Lowe Trophy (Trophée Kevin Lowe) is awarded annually to the player in the QMJHL judged to be the best defensive defenceman. The winner is determined by the number of bodychecks, plus-minus differential, the player's role within the team, ...

– Best Defensive Defenceman: Noah Laaouan, Charlottetown Islanders *

Michael Bossy Trophy The Michael Bossy Trophy ('' French:Trophée Michael Bossy'') is awarded annually to the player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL' ...

– Top Prospect: Zachary Bolduc,

Rimouski Océanic The Rimouski Océanic are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was granted for the 1969–70 season as the Sherbrooke Castors. The Castors played in Sherbrooke from 1969 to 1982 before moving t ...

RDS Cup The RDS Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the overall Rookie of the Year. The Cup was known as the Molson Cup from 1991 to 1994, and the New Face Cup from 1994 to 1996, but is now sponsored by the French-language s ...

– Rookie of the Year:

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Gatineau Olympiques The Gatineau Olympiques are a major junior ice hockey team based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, that plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Starting with the 2021–22 season, the Olympiques play home games at Centre Slush Puppie, ...

Michel Bergeron Trophy The Michel Bergeron Trophy is awarded annually to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's "Offensive Rookie of the Year." From 1969 to 1980, the trophy was awarded to the QMHL's "Overall Rookie of the Year." The Bergeron trophy's counterpart since ...

– Offensive Rookie of the Year: Antonin Verreault, Gatineau Olympiques *

Raymond Lagacé Trophy The Raymond Lagacé Trophy is awarded annually to the Defensive Rookie of the Year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Prior to 1980, there was only one Rookie of the Year trophy, the Michel Bergeron Trophy The Michel Bergeron Trophy is awar ...

– Defensive Rookie of the Year: Tristan Luneau, Gatineau Olympiques * Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy – Most sportsmanlike player: Dawson Mercer, Chicoutimi Saguenéens *

QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year The QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year Award is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to one player for humanitarianism and community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norm ...

– Humanitarian of the Year: Anthony D'Amours, Rimouski Océanic *

Marcel Robert Trophy The Marcel Robert Trophy is awarded annually to the Scholastic Player of the Year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ...

– Best Scholastic Player: Jacob Gaucher,

Paul Dumont Trophy The Paul Dumont Trophy is awarded annually to the "Personality of the Year" in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The award can be won by anyone connected to the league, including players and staff. It was named after former league president Pau ...

– Personality of the Year: Nicolas Sauvé,

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Executive * Ron Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year:

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, Charlottetown Islanders *

Maurice Filion Trophy The Maurice Filion Trophy is awarded annually to the general manager of the Year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ' ...

– General Manager of the Year: Jim Hulton, Charlottetown Islanders

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team: *

, Goaltender,

* Lukas Cormier, Defenceman, Charlottetown Islanders *

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, Defenceman,

* Cédric Desruisseaux, Forward, Charlottetown Islanders *

, Forward, Chicoutimi Saguenéens * Jakob Pelletier, Forward, Val-d'Or Foreurs Second All-Star Team * Jonathan Lemieux, Goaltender, Val-d'Or Foreurs * Noah Laaouan, Defenceman, Charlottetown Islanders *

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, Defenceman,

Halifax Mooseheads The Halifax Mooseheads are a Canadian major junior ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio Division of the QMJHL from the ...

* Elliot Desnoyers, Forward, Halifax Mooseheads * Mathieu Desgagnés, Forward,

Acadie–Bathurst Titan The Acadie–Bathurst Titan are a major junior ice hockey team based in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. They are members of the Telus Maritimes Division in the Telus Conference of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team plays it ...

* Thomas Casey, Forward, Charlottetown Islanders All-Rookie Team: * Chad Arsenault, Goaltender, Acadie–Bathurst Titan *

, Defenceman,

* Evan Nause, Defenceman,

Quebec Remparts There have been two junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts (french: Remparts de Québec) that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has pla ...

* Justin Côté, Forward,

Drummondville Voltigeurs The Drummondville Voltigeurs are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and is based in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, playing its home games at ...

* Peter Reynolds, Forward,

Saint John Sea Dogs The Saint John Sea Dogs are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team was founded as an expansion team in 2005 and play at TD Station in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Sea Dogs became the first tea ...

* Antonin Verreault, Forward, Gatineau Olympiques

References

External links

Official QMJHL website

Official CHL website

Official Memorial Cup website
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