2011–12 QMJHL season

2011–12 QMJHL season
LeagueQuebec Major Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
September 2011 – March 2012
Playoffs
March – May 2012
Number of teams17
Draft
Top draft pickNathan MacKinnon
Picked byBaie-Comeau Drakkar
Regular season
Jean Rougeau TrophySaint John Sea Dogs (3)
Season MVPYanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Top scorerYanni Gourde (Victoriaville Tigres)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPCharlie Coyle (Sea Dogs)
Finals championsSaint John Sea Dogs
  Runners-upRimouski Océanic
2011–12 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOHL
September 2011 – March 2012
QMJHL
September 2011 – March 2012
WHL
September 2011 – March 2012
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals championsShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) (1st title)
  Runners-upLondon Knights (OHL)

The 2011–12 QMJHL season was the 43rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season, which consisted of 17 teams playing 68 games each, began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. This season was Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's first season in the league, as the team relocated to Boisbriand from Verdun where they played as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club from 2008 to 2011. The league lost one of his charter teams when the Lewiston Maineiacs folded during after the previous season, the QMJHL later announce an expansion team to Sherbrooke for the 2012–13 season. In the playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs became the seventh team in league history to capture consecutive President's Cup championships.