The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League unveiled today the list of finalists for the 2013-14 Golden Puck Awards. The various trophies will be awarded at the annual event which will be held at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in Montreal on April 2nd.

Here are this year’s nominees:



Michel-Brière Trophy – Most Valuable Player

Drouin, Jonathan – Halifax Mooseheads

Duclair, Anthony – Québec Remparts

Mantha, Anthony – Val-d’Or Foreurs



RDS Cup – Rookie of the Year

Booth, Callum – Québec Remparts

Ehlers, Nikolaj – Halifax Mooseheads

Meloche, Nicolas – Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Pelletier, Julien – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Roy, Jérémy – Sherbrooke Phoenix

Sprong, Daniel – Charlottetown Islanders



Émile « Butch » Bouchard Trophy – Best Defenseman

Gazzola, Randy – Val-d’Or, Foreurs

Gélinas, Guillaume – Val-d’Or, Foreurs

Weegar, Mackenzie – Halifax, Mooseheads



Frank-J.-Selke Trophy – Sportsman of the Year

Gaudreau, Frédérick – Drummondville Voltigeurs

Sprong, Daniel – Charlottetown Islanders

Stevens, Adam – Gatineau Olympiques



Michael-Bossy Trophy – Top Professional Prospect

Barbashev, Ivan – Moncton Wildcats

Ehlers, Nikolaj – Halifax Mooseheads

Vanier, Alexis – Baie-Comeau Drakkar



Marcel-Robert Trophy – TELUS Scholastic Player of the Year

Dominic Talbot-Tassi – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Jérémy Grégoire – Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Louis-Philip Guindon – Drummondville Voltigeurs



Ron-Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year

Beausoleil, Serge – Rimouski Océanic

Houle, Jean-François – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Veilleux, Eric – Baie-Comeau Drakkar



Maurice-Filion Trophy – General Manager of the Year

Ahern, Steve – Baie-Comeau, Drakkar

Dumont, Marc-André – Cape Breton, Screaming Eagles

Ricard, Dominic – Drummondville, Voltigeurs



Paul-Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year

Fucale, Zachary – Halifax, Mooseheads

Groulx, Benoit – Gatineau, Olympiques

Mantha, Anthony – Val-d’Or, Foreurs



Humanitarian and Community Involvement Trophy presented by the Public Relations firm NATIONAL

Beaudoin, Charles-David – Drummondville Voltigeurs

Duke, Brendan – Halifax Mooseheads

Henley, Samuel – Val-d’Or Foreurs

Raymond-Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year

Booth, Callum – Québec, Remparts

Meloche, Nicolas – Baie-Comeau, Drakkar

Roy, Jérémy – Sherbrooke, Phoenix



Please note that the following trophies will be awarded at special pre-game ceremonies held at the beginning of the playoffs: Michel-Bergeron (Offensive Rookie of the Year), Guy-Carbonneau (Best Defensive Forward), Kevin-Lowe (Best Defensive Defenseman), Robert-Lebel (Best goals-against-average – Team), Jean-Rougeau (Regular Season Champions) and Luc-Robitaille (Best Offensive Team).



Here are the nominees:

Michel-Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year

Ehlers, Nikolaj – Halifax, Mooseheads

Pelletier, Julien – Cape Breton, Screaming Eagles

Sprong, Daniel – Charlottetown, Islanders



Guy-Carbonneau Trophy – Best defensive forward

Andrews, Brent – Halifax, Mooseheads

Burke, Taylor – Gatineau, Olympiques

Girard, Félix – Baie-Comeau, Drakkar



Kevin-Lowe Trophy – Best defensive defenseman

Haché, Justin – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Oligny, Jimmy – Rimouski Océanic

Verpaelst, Gabriel – Baie-Comeau Drakkar



The John-Horman (Administrator of the Year), Jean-Sawyer (Marketing Director of the Year) and Denis Arsenault (Academic Consultant of the Year) trophies will be awarded at the Annual Entry Draft in Sherbrooke. The finalists will be revealed at a later date.



You can follow all the action on April 2nd on Twitter #goldenpuck and view highlights of the event afterwards on the QMJHL website http://qmjhl.tv