Corbeil, Huberdeau Awarded Awards

The Saint John Sea Dogs are coming home with two awards from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Golden Puck Gala which was held tonight in Montreal.

Team captain Jonathan Huberdeau won the Paul Dumont Trophy as personality of the year and goaltender Mathieu Corbeil was awarded the Jacques Plante Trophy for having the league’s best goals against average.

Nathan Beaulieu was nominated for the Emile Bouchard Trophy, awarded to the league’s best defenceman, but the honour went to Rimouski’s Jerome Gauthier-Leduc.

There will be a new Canadian Hockey League Coach of the Year this season as Jean-Francois Houle of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada beat out the Sea Dogs’ Gerard Gallant for the Ron Lapointe Trophy for the QMJHL’s top coach. Gallant had won the award in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Corbeil, Beaulieu, and Huberdeau were all named to the league’s second all-star team.

Here are the full list of award winners and all-star teams.

Jacques Plante Trophy (best GAA) — Mathieu Corbeil, Saint John

RDS Cup (rookie of the year) — Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec

Ron Lapointe Trophy (coach of the year) — J-F Houle, Blainville-Boisbriand

Jean Beliveau Trophy (top scorer) — Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville

Marcel Robert Trophy (scholastic player of the year) — Jonathan Brunelle, Cape Breton

Humanitarian and community involvement trophy — Vincent Barnard, Quebec

Emile Bouchard Trophy (best defenceman) — Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski

Frank J. Selke Trophy (most sportsmanlike player) — Zach O’Brien, Bathurst

Mike Bossy Trophy (best professional prospect) — Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec

Maurice Filion Trophy (general manager of the year) — Joel Bouchard, Blainville-Boisbriand

Paul Dumont Trophy (personality of the year) — Jonathan Huberdeau, Saint John

Michel Briere Trophy (MVP) — Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville

FIRST-TEAM ALL-STARS

G Roman Will, Moncton

D Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski

D Xavier Ouellet, Blainville-Boisbriand

C Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec

L Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville

R Frederick Roy, Quebec

SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS

G Mathieu Corbeil, Saint John

D Morgan Ellis, Cape Breton/Shawinigan

D Nathan Beaulieu, Saint John

C Zach O’Brien, Bathurst

L Jonathan Huberdeau, Saint John

R Sebastien Trudeau, Bathurst

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

G Zachary Fucale, Halifax

D Nikolas Brouillard, Drummondville

D Samuel Morin, Rimouski

C Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec

L Anthony Duclair, Quebec

R Sven Andrighetto, Rouyn-Noranda

For once, we didn’t completely embarrass ourselves with our predictions. 

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