Changes have been made to the QMJHL Officiating Staff for 2016-17. New to the crew are referees Samuel Bernier, Marc-Antoine Chagnon, Jesse Gour, Nic Leduc, Kevin Maille, and Ross Welner. They’re joined by recently-hired linesmen Christophe Belair, Nicolas Boivin, Kevin Fisher, Jean-Phillippe Michaud, Christopher Provost, Alex Robichaud, and Felix Sigouin.
Gone are referees Kevin Arseneault, Mathieu Binette, Alexandre Cote, Andre Dupuis, Alex Garon, Benoit Lessard, Corey Logan, Devin Piccott, and linesmen Denis Drolet, Julien Lavoie, Matt Maillet, Yannick Pothier, and Peter Sheppard.
Jonathan Girard and Jeff Heron have also been move to full-time referees; both spent time as referees and linesmen last season.
Below are the QMJHL officials for the 2016-17 season. Click on a heading to sort by name or number.
2016-17 QMJHL Referees
| Number | Name |
|---|---|
| 8 | ALARIE, Jonathan |
| 9 | ARSENAULT, Thane |
| 10 | BEDARD, Dominick |
| 26 | BERNIER, Samuel |
| 32 | CHAGNON, Marc-Antoine |
| 2 | CHARRON, Eric |
| 40 | COMTOIS, Nicolas |
| 25 | DUTIL, Nicolas |
| 30 | GIRARD, Jonathan |
| 7 | GOUIN, Olivier |
| 16 | GOUR, Jesse |
| 19 | HAMEL, Tim |
| 11 | HERON, Jeff |
| 20 | HOPKINS, Jeff |
| 17 | LABONTE, Guillaume |
| 12 | LANGILLE, Jonathan |
| 6 | LAVOIE, Marc-Andre |
| 39 | LEBLANC, Maurice |
| 31 | LEDUC, Nicolas |
| 33 | MAILLE, Kevin |
| 21 | MAILLET, Mario |
| 13 | McCORMACK, Josh |
| 24 | MILLS, Brad |
| 29 | MORAITIS, Peter |
| 5 | MUYLAERT, Marc |
| 3 | ST-JACQUES, Pascal |
| 36 | STARZOMSKI, Stephen |
| 4 | SYLVAIN, Jean-Philippe |
| 37 | TARTRE, Simon |
| 27 | TESSIER, Dominic |
| 15 | THOMANDER, Todd |
| 23 | TRUDEL, Jonathan |
| 35 | WELNER, Ross |
2016-17 QMJHL Linesmen
| Number | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | BECHARD, Daniel |
| 98 | BELAIR, Christophe |
| 50 | BOIVIN, Nicolas |
| 48 | BOUDREAU, Christian |
| 78 | BOYCE, Brett |
| 81 | BRUNELLE, Guillaume |
| 49 | BURCHELL, Justin |
| 44 | CAPANO, Stefan |
| 88 | CHAPUT, Maxime |
| 63 | CHENIER, Mathieu |
| 54 | CIMON, Olivier |
| 42 | CLARKE, Stephen |
| 76 | CORNISH, Nolan |
| 70 | DESJARDINS, Maxime |
| 52 | DEYOUNG, Josh |
| 55 | DOIRON, Jay |
| 41 | DOUGHART, Jackson |
| 43 | DOYLE, Wayne |
| 93 | FISHER, Kevin |
| 64 | GAUDREAULT, Yannick |
| 58 | HICKS, Mat |
| 53 | HUOT, Pierre Luc |
| 79 | IVANKO, Chris |
| 92 | IVEY, Dave |
| 47 | LAFERRIERE, Jean-Francois |
| 80 | LEBLANC, Antoine |
| 90 | LOSIER, Jean-Francois |
| 71 | LOSIER, Sylvain |
| 86 | MacDONNELL, Mike |
| 83 | MARQUIS, Jesse |
| 84 | MARTINEAU, Benoit |
| 61 | McCONNELL, Mat |
| 66 | MELANSON, Nick |
| 45 | MICHAUD, Jean-Phillippe |
| 95 | MONGEON, Maxime |
| 56 | MORIN, Patrick |
| 91 | PARADIS, Jonathan |
| 75 | PICHE, Nicolas |
| 57 | PILON, Philippe |
| 73 | POIRIER, Eric |
| 94 | PROVOST, Christopher |
| 74 | RIOUX, Jean-Francois |
| 46 | ROBICHAUD, Alex |
| 60 | RODRIGUE, David |
| 85 | SANSOUCY, Benoit |
| 77 | SIGOUIN, Felix |
| 62 | SIMARD, Marc |
| 68 | SKINNER, MacKenzie |
| 96 | TREMPE, Francis |
| 89 | VOYER, Luc |
2016-17 QMJHL Officiating Staff
Officiating Director – Richard Trottier
Supervisors – Quebec
- Sylvain Cloutier
- Jean Hould
- Jean Morin
- David Taveroff
- Stephane Tremblay
Supervisors – Maritimes
- Larry Christian
- Rick Gaudet
- Guy Pellerin
