Shannon Coulter
You can never count out teams from the Ligue de hockey M18 AAA du Québec (LHM18AAAQ) at Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship, and the Chevaliers de Lévis are a great example of why.
The LHM18AAAQ has sent a team to the gold medal game at the TELUS Cup in 10 of the last 12 tournaments.
The Chevaliers were an overtime goal away from joining the Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François in 2023 and Cantonniers de Magog in 2024 to make it three-consecutive national champions from Quebec—which would have been a first for the province. Instead, Maddox Schultz was the overtime hero for the Regina Pat Canadians, and Lévis took home a silver medal.
It’s a difficult task to follow in the footsteps of last year’s edition of the Chevaliers, especially since they accomplished something no LHM18AAAQ team had ever done—avoid a regulation defeat during the regular season. This season, Lévis produced a 30-11-1 record, good for second in the league.
In the playoffs, the Chevaliers swept the Albatros du Collège Notre-Dame before falling behind early in series against the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin and the Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal, needing two five-game series to advance to the league final against the Blizzard. Led by Malyk Côté’s 33 playoff points (9-24—33) in 18 games, the Chevaliers quickly went up 3-0 against the Blizzard and solidified their return to the TELUS Cup with a 5-3 win in Game 5.
Lévis knows what it takes to make it to the gold medal game at the national championship. This year, it’s all about redemption to turn that silver medal into gold.
HOW THEY GOT TO PETERBOROUGH
Ligue de hockey M18 AAA du Québec Division semifinal: defeated Albatros du Collège Notre-Dame 3-0 (7-4, 8-4, 3-2) Quarterfinal: defeated Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin 3-2 (3-5, 5-4, 4-5, 7-4, 4-2) Semifinal: defeated Rousseau Royal de Laval-Montréal 3-2 (1-2, 4-5, 5-0, 3-2, 3-2) Final: defeated Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François 4-1 (3-2, 6-3, 5-4, 3-4, 5-3)
REGULAR SEASON
Record (W-L-OTL): 30-11-1 (2nd in LHM18AAAQ) Goals for: 163 (4th in LHM18AAAQ) Goals against: 118 (2nd in LHM18AAAQ) Longest winning streak: 6 (Sept. 7-24) Top 3 scorers: - Jonathan St-Hilaire – 13G 36A 49P (14th in LHM18AAAQ) - Malyk Côté– 20G 20A 40P (29th in LHM18AAAQ) - Jacob Boucher – 13G 26A 39P (35th in LHM18AAAQ)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 12-6 Goals for: 79 Goals against: 57 Top 3 scorers: - Malyk Côté – 9G 24A 33P - Jacob Boucher – 8G 17A 25P - Simon Chartier – 15G 8A 23P
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2005 – Commandeurs de Lévis | bronze medal | 4-2-1 | 24GF 20GA 2010 – Commandeurs de Lévis | 6th place | 1-4-0 | 11GF 23GA 2025 – Chevaliers de Lévis | silver medal | 6-1 | 33GF 9GA
QMJHL DRAFTED PLAYERS
Jacob Boucher – Voltigeurs de Drummondville 2024 (3rd round, 55th overall) Simon Chartier – Cataractes de Shawinigan 2025 (4th overall, 71st overall) Benjamin Corso – Cataractes de Shawinigan 2024 (5th round, 82nd overall) Anthony Breton –Foreurs de Val-d’Or 2025 (5th round, 84th overall) Malyk Côté – Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand 2024 (7th round, 117th overall) Alex Duguay-Caron – Charlottetown Islanders 2025 (9th round, 153rd overall) Nathan Gagnon –Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda 2024 (14th round, 252nd overall)