Q 01/05

Sidney Crosby starred for which QMJHL team before the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted him first overall in 2005?

A) Halifax Mooseheads

B) Rimouski Océanic

C) Moncton Wildcats

D) Quebec Remparts

Answer · why

B) Rimouski Océanic

The Rimouski Océanic retired his number 87 in 2019, and the league then took it out of use for every one of its teams. He had scored 135 points for th...

Q 02/05

In December 2023 the QMJHL kept its initials but replaced which word of its full name with "Maritimes"?

A) Memorial

B) Montreal

C) Minor

D) Major

Answer · why

D) Major

Major gave way to Maritimes in the league's name, a nod to the Atlantic Canadian clubs that had been members for almost 30 years. A new logo arrived a...

Q 03/05

Which NHL superstar owned the QMJHL team now known as the Gatineau Olympiques from 1985 until 1992?

A) Wayne Gretzky

B) Mark Messier

C) Bryan Trottier

D) Gordie Howe

Answer · why

A) Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky gave the Olympiques their black, silver and white colours, modelled on those of the Los Angeles Kings he joined in 1988. He owned the ju...

Q 04/05

The QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads take their name from which kind of Maritime company, which paid the team's expansion fee?

A) A shipyard

B) A fish cannery

C) A brewery

D) A lumber mill

Answer · why

C) A brewery

A brewery, Moosehead, put up the $500,000 fee in 1994 and secured the naming rights. The Mooseheads became the first team from Atlantic Canada to join...

Q 05/05

Which Laval Voisins centre set the QMJHL single-season scoring record with 282 points in 1983–84?

A) Pierre Turgeon

B) Mario Lemieux

C) Denis Savard

D) Luc Robitaille

Answer · why

B) Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux piled up 133 goals and 149 assists in only 70 games that winter. No junior in any of Canada's three top leagues has matched the total si...