The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League unveiled today the list of finalists for the 2015-16 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 6th.

Here are this year’s nominees:

Michel-Brière Trophy – Most Valuable Player

Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Conor Garland – Moncton Wildcats

Francis Perron – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Rookie of the Year

Vitalii Abramov – Gatineau Olympiques

Mathieu Bellemare – Gatineau Olympiques

Émile « Butch » Bouchard Trophy – Best Defenseman

Thomas Chabot – Saint John Sea Dogs

Samuel Girard – Shawinigan Cataractes

Philippe Myers – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

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

Alexis D’Aoust – Shawinigan Cataractes

Alex Dostie – Gatineau Olympiques

Samuel Girard – Shawinigan Cataractes

Michael-Bossy Trophy – Top Professional Prospect

Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Julien Gauthier – Val-d’Or Foreurs

Foreurs Pascal Laberge – Victoriaville Tigres

Marcel-Robert Trophy – Scholastic Player of the Year

Callum Booth – Québec Remparts

Alexis D’Aoust – Shawinigan Cataractes

Frédéric Aubé – Drummondville Voltigeurs

Ron-Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year

Gilles Bouchard – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Mario Durocher – Val-d’Or Foreurs

Benoit Groulx – Gatineau Olympiques

Maurice-Filion Trophy – General Manager of the Year

Gilles Bouchard – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Yanick Jean – Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Darrell Young – Saint John Sea Dogs

Paul-Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year

Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Pascal Laberge – Victoriaville Tigres

Daniel Sprong – Charlottetown Islanders

Humanitarian and Community Involvement Trophy

Guillaume Beaudoin – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Samuel Laberge – Rimouski Océanic

Francis Perron – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Please note that the following trophies will be awarded at special pre-game ceremonies held tomorrow night : Raymond-Lagacé (Defensive Rookie of the year), 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:

Raymond-Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year

Mathieu Bellemare – Gatineau Olympiques

Zachary Lauzon – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Matthew Welsh – Charlottetown Islanders

Michel-Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year

Vitalii Abramov – Gatineau Olympiques

Maxime Comtois – Victoriaville Tigres

Martins Dzierkals – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Guy-Carbonneau Trophy – Best defensive forward

Mathieu Joseph – Saint John Sea Dogs

Shawn Ouellette-St-Amand – Val-d’Or Foreurs

Nicolas Roy – Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Kevin-Lowe Trophy – Best defensive defenceman

Sergei Boikov – Dummondville Voltigeurs

Allan Caron – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Olivier Galipeau – Val-d’Or Foreurs

Here are the winners for the Robert-Lebel, Jean-Rougeau and Luc Robitaille trophies



Robert-Lebel – Best goals-against-average – Team

Gatineau Olympiques

Jean-Rougeau – Regular season champions

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Luc Robitaille – Best offensive team

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

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 Charlottetown. The finalists will be revealed at a later date.

You can follow all the action on April 6th on Twitter #goldenpuck. TVA Sports will broadcast the Awards and induction ceremonies at a later date.