2018 Golden Puck Awards: the Nominees Are Revealed
March 29, 2018 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) News Release
BOUCHERVILLE, Thursday March 29, 2018 - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League unveiled today the list of finalists for the 2017-18 Golden Puck Awards. The various trophies will be awarded at the annual event which will be held at the Ãtoile Banque Nationale in Brossard on April 4th.
Here are this year's nominees:
Jacques-Plante Trophy - Best goals-against average
Samuel Harvey - Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Rookie of the Year
Colten Ellis - Rimouski Océanic
Alexis Lafreniere - Rimouski Océanic
Ron-Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year
Serge Beausoleil - Rimouski Océanic
Joël Bouchard - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Dominique Ducharme - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Marcel-Robert Trophy - Scholastic Player of the Year
Alexandre Alain - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Matthew Welsh - Charlottetown Islanders
Antoine Samuel - Quebec Remparts
Ãmile «Butch» Bouchard Trophy - Best Defenseman
Charle-Ãdouard D'Astous - Rimouski Océanic
Noah Dobson - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Olivier Galipeau - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Frank-J.-Selke Trophy - Sportsman of the Year
Jakob Pelletier - Moncton Wildcats
Otto Somppi - Halifax Mooseheads
Joël Teasdale - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Humanitarian and Community Involvement Trophy
Thomas Grégoire - Sherbrooke Phoenix
Charle-Ãdouard D'Astous - Rimouski Océanic
Vincent Tremblay-Lapalme - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Maurice-Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year
Serge Beausoleil - Rimouski Océanic
Joël Bouchard - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Dominique Ducharme - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Jean-Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer
Alex Barré-Boulet - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Michael-Bossy Trophy - Top Professional Prospect
Noah Dobson - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Joe Veleno - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Filip Zadina - Halifax Mooseheads
Paul-Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year
Drake Batherson - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Dominique Ducharme - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Alexis Lafreniere - Rimouski Océanic
Michel-Briere Trophy - Most Valuable Player
Vitalii Abramov - Victoriaville Tigres
Alex Barré-Boulet - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Samuel Harvey - Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Please note that the following trophies have been awarded in special pre-game ceremonies held last week: Guy-Carbonneau (Best Defensive Forward), Kevin-Lowe (Best Defensive Defenseman), Robert-Lebel (Best goals-against-average - Team), Jean-Rougeau (Regular Season Champions), Luc-Robitaille (Best Offensive Team), Michel-Bergeron (Offensive Rookie of the Year) and Raymond-Lagacé (Defensive Rookie of the year).
Here are the nominees:
Guy-Carbonneau - Best Defensive Forward
Samuel Dove-McFalls - Rimouski Océanic
Maxime Comtois - Victoriaville Tigres
Otto Sompi - Saint John Sea Dogs
Kevin Lowe - Best Defensive Defenseman
Noah Dobson - Titan d'Acadie-Bathurst
Tobbie Paquette-Bisson - Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand
Charle-Ãdouard D'Astous - Océanic de Rimouski
Michel-Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year
Alexis Lafreniere - Rimouski Océanic
Jakob Pelletier - Moncton Wildcats
Filip Zadina - Halifax Mooseheads
Raymond-Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year
Justin Barron - Mooseheads d'Halifax
Colten Ellis - Océanic de Rimouski
Radim Salda - Sea Dogs de Saint John
Robert-Lebel - Best goals-against-average - Team
Rimouski Océanic
Jean-Rougeau - Regular Season Champions
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Luc Robitaille - Best Offensive Team
Drummondville Voltigeurs
You can follow all the action on April 4th on Twitter #goldenpuck. TVA Sports will broadcast the Awards and induction ceremonies at a later date.
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