2000–01 QMJHL season

The 2000–01 QMJHL season was the 32nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Shawinigan Cataractes finished first overall in the regular season, winning their second Jean Rougeau Trophy.

Simon Gamache of the Val-d'Or Foreurs 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. Gamache helped Val-d'Or win their second President's Cup, defeating the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the finals.

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 OTL Pts GF GA
Val-d'Or Foreurs 72 46 17 7 2 101 369 235
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 72 43 22 5 2 93 318 251
Hull Olympiques 72 34 28 7 3 78 288 284
Montreal Rocket 72 24 35 7 6 61 249 310
Central Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Shawinigan Cataractes 72 54 10 6 2 116 375 192
Victoriaville Tigres 72 45 21 3 3 96 341 269
Drummondville Voltigeurs 72 31 30 5 6 73 246 267
Sherbrooke Castors 72 28 37 4 3 63 245 274

Dilio Conference

East Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 72 41 23 8 0 90 283 255
Quebec Remparts 72 22 36 9 5 58 225 303
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 72 22 39 10 1 55 242 313
Rimouski Océanic 72 25 43 2 2 54 268 328
Maritime Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
Halifax Mooseheads 72 32 24 10 6 80 235 253
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 72 30 37 4 1 65 270 292
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 72 29 38 4 1 63 239 281
Moncton Wildcats 72 23 41 6 2 54 246 323

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Simon Gamache Val-d'Or Foreurs 72 74 110 184 70
Marc-Andre Thinel Victoriaville Tigres 70 62 88 150 101
Dominic Forget Shawinigan Cataractes 71 47 94 141 78
Yanick Lehoux Baie-Comeau Drakkar 70 67 68 135 62
Brandon Reid Val-d'Or Foreurs 57 45 81 126 18
Radim Vrbata Shawinigan Cataractes 55 56 64 120 18
Antoine Vermette Victoriaville Tigres 71 57 62 119 102
Sebastien Thinel Victoriaville Tigres 72 45 73 118 84
Stephane Veilleux Val-d'Or Foreurs 68 48 67 115 90
Jason Pominville Shawinigan Cataractes 71 46 67 113 24

Playoffs

Simon Gamache was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 57 points (22 goals, 35 assists), setting the QMJHL playoff points record.

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals President's Cup Final
            
L1 Shawinigan 4
L4 Rouyn-Noranda 0
L4 Rouyn-Noranda 4
L5 Hull 1
L1 Shawinigan 2
L2 Val-d'Or 4
L2 Val-d'Or 4
L7 Sherbrooke 0
L2 Val-d'Or 4
L3 Victoriaville 3
L3 Victoriaville 4
L6 Drummondville 2
L2 Val-d'Or 4
D4 Acadie-Bathurst 0
D1 Baie-Comeau 4
D7 Rimouski 1
D2 Halifax 2
D7 Rimouski 4
D1 Baie-Comeau 2
D4 Acadie-Bathurst 4
D3 Cape Breton 4
D6 Chicoutimi 3
D3 Cape Breton 1
D4 Acadie-Bathurst 4
D4 Acadie-Bathurst 4
D5 Quebec 1

All-star teams

First team
Second team
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

Team
Player
Executive

See also

References

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