Rimouski Océanic

The QMJHL is proud to announce the winners of the Gervais-Munger Awards as part of 2026 Hooked on School Days. The Gervais-Munger Awards for Academic Perseverance are presented annually to one player from each QMJHL team who has distinguished himself through his efforts and academic perseverance. The award includes a $500 scholarship offered by the QMJHL Foundation. Here are the 2026 recipients:  Team Player Baie-Comeau Drakkar Mattias Gilbert Blain.-Boisbriand Armada Théo Lemieux Cape Breton Eagles Will Murphy

Status: Confirmed Transaction Date: 01/22/2026 Player: Oliver Czaja (F) From: Rimouski Océanic To: Vernon Vipers Source: You need a free account to view Transfer URL Sign In/Up

Status: Recall/Reassignment Date: 01/29/2026 Player: Julien Nadeau (D) From: Collège Notre-Dame Albatros To: Rimouski Océanic Information: Recalled Source: You need a free account to view Transfer URL Sign In/Up

Status: Recall/Reassignment Date: 01/29/2026 Player: Jérémy Turcot (F) From: Trois-Rivières Estacades To: Rimouski Océanic Information: Recalled Source: You need a free account to view Transfer URL Sign In/Up

Status: Recall/Reassignment Date: 01/29/2026 Player: Malik Bourque-Vigneault (D) From: West Kent Steamers To: Rimouski Océanic Information: Recalled Source: You need a free account to view Transfer URL Sign In/Up

Captain Canada added another item to his long list of accolades Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. Rimouski Océanic legend Sidney Crosby (PIT) became Canada's all-time scoring leader at NHL Olympics when he recorded his 15th point as part of a 10-2 win over France Sunday. The previous record belonged to fellow CHL alumnus Jarome Iginla. Crosby is a previous two-time Olympic gold medallist (2010 / 2014) and famously scored the overtime winner in Vancouver in 2010 while he captained the 2014 squad. The 38-year-old also captained Canada to gold at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off tournament and is a member of the exclusive Triple Gold club. Drafted first overall in 2005, he has captained the Pittsburgh Penguins for 19 seasons, winning three Stanley Cups (2009 / 2016 / 2017), two Conn Smythe, two Hart, and two Art Ross trophies, while posting 20 straight point-per-game seasons. Earlier this season, the Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native recorded his 1,700th

The latest Videotron Player of the Week in the QMJHL is defenseman Alex Huang of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. The 18-year-old from Rosemère, Quebec scored twice and added five assists as the Sags went a perfect 3-0-0-0 on the week. On Wednesday night in Baie-Comeau, Huang recorded an assist on the eventual game winning tally early in the second period and the Saguenéens earned a 3-1 triumph over the Drakkar. The third-year veteran also finished the game with a +1 rating. Back home on Friday night, Huang scored his seventh goal of the season midway through the first period to help pace the Sags to their fourth straight triumph, a 6-4 decision over the Drakkar in the back end of the home-and-home series. Once again, Huang was on the right side of the +/- line, ending the night a +2. In Rimouski on Sunday afternoon, Huang was locked in. His assist on the game’s first goal 1:15 in was the start of a one-goal, four-assist outing for the

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Every month, the QMJHL honors its student-athletes following a consultation conducted by the Director of the Education Program, Valérie Monette, with the League’s academic advisors. “These student-athletes caught our attention for their brilliance both on the ice and in school, says Monette. At the QMJHL, the League, management and players understand the importance of school and do everything in their power to combine studies and sport as best they can. Yes, we want to develop future professional hockey players, but above all good citizens.” These 18 deserving recipients were carefully selected by the league teams’ academic advisors, who play a key role in supporting student-athletes on their educational journey. They are first-hand witnesses to the considerable sacrifices made by these players in their quest for academic success. Congratulations to the 18 BMR Student-Athletes of the Month for January! _

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Twelve of the QMJHL's regular season games will air on TVA Sports during the NHL's Olympic break, from February 6 to 22. The first game on the schedule, tonight at 7 p.m., will see the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies take on the Québec Remparts, live from the Vidéotron Centre. Four Remparts games will be televised, while the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, second in the overall standings, will be featured three times: February 11 at 7 p.m., February 19 at 7 p.m., and February 22 at 4 p.m. Chicoutimi is in the QMJHL Top 10, along with Blainville-Boisbriand, Rouyn-Noranda, Drummondville, Shawinigan, and Val-d'Or, all of which you can see in the 12 featured games. Except for February 8, 9, 10, 16, and 18, there will be QMJHL games airing every day on TVA Sports until the end of the Olympic Games, on the 22nd. This partnership would not have been possible without the invaluable collaboration of our webcast platform, FloHockey. _ QMJHL Games on TVA Sports

The 2026 Olympic Games begin this Friday in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and 26 former QMJHL players will participate in the ice hockey tournament. Slovakia will have five former QMJHL players, compared to four for Latvia and Switzerland. Canada, Italy, and Czechia will each have three. Denmark follows with two, one more than France and Germany, while Finland, Sweden, and the United States will have none. Naturally, all eyes will be on Team Canada, which will count on three former QMJHLers, and three big names: Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Océanic, Nathan MacKinnon of the Halifax Mooseheads, and Brad Marchand, who split his junior career between Moncton, Val-d'Or, and Halifax. All three will play a key role for Canada in its quest for the gold medal. In fact, Slovakia will be relying on four former QMJHL players, not five, since Marek Hrivik (Moncton) is injured. However, Lukas Cingel (Baie-Comeau), Michal Ivan (Acad

The 2026 Olympic Games begin this Friday in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and 24 former QMJHL players will participate in the ice hockey tournament. Latvia, Slovakia, and Switzerland will each have four QMJHL alumni, while Canada, Italy, and Czechia will have three. Denmark, France, and Germany will each have one alumnus from our league, while Finland, Sweden, and the United States won’t have any. Naturally, all eyes will be on Team Canada, which will count on three former QMJHLers, and three big names: Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Océanic, Nathan MacKinnon of the Halifax Mooseheads, and Brad Marchand, who split his junior career between Moncton, Val-d'Or, and Halifax. All three will play a key role for Canada in its quest for the gold medal. As a matter of fact, only Switzerland will be relying on four former QMJHL players, as Rodrigo Abols (Acadie-Bathurst) and Eriks Mateiko (Saint John and Rimouski) are injured for Latvia, as is Marek Hrivik (Moncton) for Slovakia. Marti

Forward of the Month Philippe Veilleux – Val-d’Or Foreurs – 12GP, 10G, 13A, 23Pts The Foreurs put together a successful month of January and Philippe Veilleux was one of the key factors behind it. The 18-year-old from St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec was held off the scoresheet in the Foreurs’ first game of the new year. That would be it for containing the dazzling third-year winger, who enters February on an 11-game point streak. Included in that run are eight multi-point efforts. The high point occurred on the 15th, when Veilleux scored his second hat trick of the season and added an assist against Saint John. The following night, versus Rouyn-Noranda, Veilleux scored a first period power play marker for his 200th regular season QMJHL point. He then proceeded to close out January with seven points in three games, while the Foreurs went 10-2-0-0 on the month to propel themselves up in the Western Conf

Exactly 15 defencemen in QMJHL history have recorded 100 or more points in a single season. Michel Périard is one of them. On top of hitting the century mark, Périard also hit the jackpot, leaving the ‘Q’ as a Memorial Cup Champion with the 2000 Rimouski Océanic. But had you told him back then – or even in the latter stages of a 17-year pro career – that he would find a home behind the bench, he would’ve been skeptical. “It was unexpected,” he says of his transition to coaching. “As a player, I wasn’t a big talker in the room. I was more of a leader on the ice. But I was lucky because I had some great leaders in the room with me during my career.” “I got a call from my old (U-18) coach and he asked if I was interested in being an assistant,” Périard goes on to say, discussing his first stop with the Collège Charles-Lemoyne Riverains. “Thinking back on it, the last four or five years I was playing, I’d really enjoyed helping along

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