Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec
Current season or competition: 2016-17 QJHL season
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| Region(s) | Quebec |
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| Commissioner | Jacques Laporte (2015) |
| Chairman | Stephane Scotto |
| Former name(s) | Quebec Provincial Junior Hockey League (1988-1998) Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League (1998-2014) |
| Founded | 1988 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Associated Title(s) |
Fred Page Cup (Eastern Championship) Royal Bank Cup (National Championship) Dudley Hewitt Cup (Central Championship) |
| Recent Champions | Terrebonne Cobras (2017) |
| Headquarters | Longueuil, Quebec |
| Website | LHJQ |
The Ligue de Hockey Junior du Québec (LHJQ) or Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) is a Hockey Québec Canadian Junior A ice hockey league and is a member of Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The winner of the QJHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup against the winners of the Central Junior A Hockey League and the Maritime Hockey League and the host team which is on a three-year cycle between the MHL, CJHL and LHJAAAQ. The winner of the Fred Page Cup then moves on to compete for the Royal Bank Cup.
The Quebec Junior Hockey League is an offshoot of the Quebec Junior A Hockey League that lasted from 1972-1982. Founded in 1988, the QJHL has been a rather strong league with 3 Central Canadian Champions (Dudley Hewitt Cup) in its early years: the Longueuil Sieurs in 1990 and the Chateauguay Elites in 1993 and 1994. In 1994-95 they were grouped into the Eastern Canadian region to compete for the Fred Page Cup. The Joliette Nationals won the first ever Fred Page Cup in 1995. To this day, the QJHL has 4 Eastern Canadian titles, the others going to the Joliette Action, Lennoxville Cougars, and St. Jerome Panthers. No Quebec team has ever won the National Title despite attending the tournament 7 times since 1988.
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