QMJHL save ratio records

The best goaltending performances in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League history, measured in save ratio - the number of saves a goalie makes for every goal they allow.

Zachary Emond’s 2018-19 is the best season in QMJHL history at 13.67. The best single month belongs to Philippe Desrosiers, February 2014, at 27.63.

Best seasons

Ranked by save ratio. Minimum 25 games played.

#	Goalie	Team	When	GP	Save ratio	Saves	GA	Save %
1	Zachary Emond	Rou	2018-19	27	13.67	629	46	.932
2	Nicola Riopel	Mon	2008-09	59	13.57	1588	117	.931
3	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2017-18	46	13.24	1258	95	.930
4	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	2005-06	47	13.03	1407	108	.929
5	Nathan Darveau	Vic	2022-23	50	13.01	1509	116	.929
6	Jacob Steinman	Mon	2024-25	30	12.92	788	61	.928
7	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2018-19	43	12.43	1081	87	.926
8	Patrick Couture	Que	1997-98	37	12.38	941	76	.925
9	Etienne Montpetit	Vic	2017-18	44	12.32	1380	112	.925
10	Kevin Mandolese	Cap	2019-20	37	12.29	1008	82	.925
11	Riley Mercer	Dru	2024-25	46	12.29	1413	115	.925
12	Mathis Rousseau	Hal	2023-24	44	12.25	1213	99	.925
13	William Rousseau	Rou	2023-24	50	12.14	1335	110	.924
14	Antoine Samuel	BaC	2017-18	29	11.92	942	79	.923
15	Francesco Lapenna	Gat	2022-23	49	11.89	1356	114	.922
16	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2025-26	50	11.87	1341	113	.922
17	Jake Allen	Dru	2009-10	45	11.76	1082	92	.922
18	Julien Ellis	Sha	2004-05	59	11.69	1636	140	.921
19	Martin Houle	Cap	2003-04	51	11.64	1327	114	.921
20	Jean-Christophe Blanchard	Mon	2004-05	25	11.64	547	47	.921
21	Corey Crawford	Mon	2004-05	51	11.57	1400	121	.920
22	Tristan Côté-Cazenave	Vic	2018-19	42	11.50	1104	96	.920
23	Maxime Joyal	Que	2004-05	55	11.49	1563	136	.920
24	Christopher Gibson	Chi	2010-11	37	11.49	1034	90	.920
25	Julio Billia	Chi	2015-16	49	11.35	1339	118	.919

Drawn from 1,133 qualified seasons since 1969-70.

Best months

A single calendar month. Minimum 6 games played.

#	Goalie	Team	When	GP	Save ratio	Saves	GA	Save %
1	Philippe Desrosiers	Rim	February 2014	9	27.63	221	8	.965
2	Creed Jones	Gat	January 2020	7	27.20	136	5	.965
3	Ryan Mior	Gat	November 2007	8	25.50	153	6	.962
4	Etienne Montpetit	VdO	November 2015	7	23.29	163	7	.959
5	Samuel Harvey	Rou	January 2018	7	22.22	200	9	.957
6	Rudy Guimond	Mon	February 2025	7	21.78	196	9	.956
7	Marc-André Fleury	Cap	September 2002	9	20.75	332	16	.954
8	Wendell Vye	Mon	January 2010	6	20.75	166	8	.954
9	Nathan Darveau	Vic	November 2022	10	20.38	326	16	.953
10	Alexis Shank	Chi	January 2019	6	20.29	142	7	.953
11	Nicola Riopel	Mon	October 2008	9	19.77	257	13	.952
12	Alexis Shank	Chi	October 2018	7	19.75	158	8	.952
13	Jonathan Bernier	Lew	March 2008	6	19.56	176	9	.951
14	Josh Tordjman	Mon	January 2006	8	19.30	193	10	.951
15	William Rousseau	Rou	October 2023	7	19.25	231	12	.951
16	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	January 2007	6	19.22	173	9	.951
17	Mathieu Garon	Vic	October 1997	11	19.13	287	15	.950
18	Martin Houle	Cap	October 2004	11	19.00	323	17	.950
19	Anthony Morrone	Vic	November 2017	6	18.89	170	9	.950
20	Jacob DeSerres	SNB	December 2010	7	18.80	188	10	.949
21	Jérémy Duchesne	Hal	March 2005	6	18.75	150	8	.949
22	Charles-Édward Gravel	BLB	April 2022	6	18.56	167	9	.949
23	Mathieu Corbeil-Thériault	SNB	February 2012	6	18.50	148	8	.949
24	Samuel Richard	Rou	April 2022	12	18.29	311	17	.948
25	Samuel Harvey	Rou	January 2019	8	18.20	182	10	.948

Drawn from 5,198 qualified months since 1969-70.

Best stretches

The hottest a goalie has ever been. Consecutive games within a single season — only each goalie’s best stretch per season is listed, because a great 20-game run contains eleven good 10-game runs and one goalie would otherwise fill the table.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio	Saves	GA
1	Philippe Desrosiers	Rim	2013-14	Feb 7, 2014 – Feb 17, 2014	64.50	129	2
2	William Lacelle	BLB	2025-26	Jan 11, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026	59.50	119	2
3	William Rousseau	Rou	2023-24	Nov 2, 2023 – Nov 17, 2023	59.00	118	2
4	Wendell Vye	Mon	2009-10	Oct 29, 2009 – Jan 2, 2010	57.00	57	1
5	Louis-Philip Guindon	Dru	2013-14	Jan 17, 2014 – Jan 26, 2014	52.00	104	2
6	Alex Bishop	SNB	2015-16	Feb 20, 2016 – Mar 12, 2016	51.00	102	2
7	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2017-18	Dec 31, 2017 – Jan 18, 2018	51.00	153	3
8	Kevin Maletto	Sha	2007-08	Dec 16, 2007 – Jan 4, 2008	45.67	137	3
9	Creed Jones	Gat	2019-20	Jan 3, 2020 – Jan 18, 2020	44.00	88	2
10	Ryan Mior	Gat	2007-08	Nov 4, 2007 – Nov 16, 2007	41.50	83	2
11	Éric Lafrance	Hul	2001-02	Jan 20, 2002 – Feb 2, 2002	41.33	124	3
12	Antoine Coulombe	Sha	2019-20	Sep 21, 2019 – Oct 4, 2019	39.33	118	3
13	Patrick Déniger	Que	2025-26	Nov 28, 2025 – Dec 28, 2025	39.33	118	3
14	Mathieu Bellemare	Gat	2017-18	Dec 3, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017	39.00	156	4
15	Alexis Cournoyer	Cap	2024-25	Dec 28, 2024 – Jan 12, 2025	35.50	142	4
16	Mathieu Chouinard	Sha	1998-99	Feb 18, 1999 – Feb 27, 1999	35.00	140	4
17	Marc-André Fleury	Cap	2002-03	Sep 13, 2002 – Sep 22, 2002	35.00	210	6
18	Jake Allen	Dru	2009-10	Feb 26, 2010 – Mar 10, 2010	35.00	105	3
19	Mario Lessard	SC1	1971-72	Feb 29, 1972 – Mar 14, 1972	33.80	169	5
20	Alex Dubeau	Mon	2012-13	Jan 20, 2013 – Feb 1, 2013	32.75	131	4
21	Philippe Cadorette	BaC	2013-14	Oct 12, 2013 – Oct 20, 2013	32.25	129	4
22	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2024-25	Feb 17, 2025 – Mar 13, 2025	32.25	129	4
23	Charles Lavigne	Que	2008-09	Dec 17, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009	32.00	128	4
24	Nicola Riopel	Mon	2007-08	Sep 26, 2007 – Oct 2, 2007	31.75	127	4
25	François Brassard	Que	2013-14	Nov 13, 2013 – Nov 27, 2013	31.75	127	4

Best 5-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 1,916 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1969-70.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio	Saves	GA
1	William Rousseau	Rou	2023-24	Oct 14, 2023 – Nov 17, 2023	35.50	284	8
2	Philippe Desrosiers	Rim	2013-14	Feb 7, 2014 – Mar 1, 2014	25.90	259	10
3	Wendell Vye	Mon	2009-10	Oct 29, 2009 – Jan 24, 2010	23.56	212	9
4	Jake Allen	Dru	2009-10	Feb 19, 2010 – Mar 14, 2010	23.00	230	10
5	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2024-25	Jan 18, 2025 – Mar 13, 2025	21.31	277	13
6	Nicola Riopel	Mon	2008-09	Sep 26, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008	21.23	276	13
7	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2017-18	Dec 9, 2017 – Jan 20, 2018	21.00	294	14
8	Samuel Richard	Rou	2021-22	Apr 1, 2022 – Apr 23, 2022	20.75	249	12
9	Jérémy Duchesne	Hal	2004-05	Feb 9, 2005 – Mar 15, 2005	20.70	207	10
10	Michel Bergevin-Robinson	BaC	2002-03	Sep 22, 2002 – Oct 17, 2002	20.69	269	13
11	Martin Houle	Cap	2004-05	Oct 1, 2004 – Oct 24, 2004	20.64	289	14
12	Nathan Darveau	Vic	2022-23	Nov 4, 2022 – Nov 30, 2022	20.38	326	16
13	Emmanuel Fernandez	Lav	1993-94	Jan 30, 1994 – Feb 25, 1994	20.08	261	13
14	Alexis Shank	Chi	2018-19	Sep 28, 2018 – Nov 3, 2018	19.92	239	12
15	Richard Brodeur	Cor	1971-72	Nov 25, 1971 – Jan 2, 1972	19.81	317	16
16	Tristan Côté-Cazenave	Vic	2018-19	Jan 18, 2019 – Feb 15, 2019	19.80	297	15
17	Jacob Steinman	Mon	2024-25	Jan 15, 2025 – Feb 8, 2025	19.75	316	16
18	William Lacelle	BLB	2025-26	Jan 8, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026	19.67	236	12
19	Samuel Hlavaj	She	2019-20	Oct 6, 2019 – Nov 14, 2019	19.46	253	13
20	Nathan Darveau	Vic	2023-24	Oct 15, 2023 – Nov 18, 2023	19.20	288	15
21	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	2005-06	Feb 10, 2006 – Mar 14, 2006	19.13	306	16
22	Blade Mann-Dixon	Cha	2016-17	Nov 26, 2016 – Jan 11, 2017	19.12	325	17
23	Charles Lavigne	Que	2008-09	Dec 9, 2008 – Jan 10, 2009	19.09	210	11
24	Zachary Fucale	Hal	2013-14	Feb 13, 2014 – Mar 14, 2014	19.00	209	11
25	Alexis Cournoyer	Cap	2024-25	Dec 28, 2024 – Jan 30, 2025	19.00	266	14

Best 10-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 1,720 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1969-70.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio	Saves	GA
1	Jake Allen	Dru	2009-10	Feb 6, 2010 – Mar 14, 2010	21.53	366	17
2	Jérémy Duchesne	Hal	2004-05	Jan 21, 2005 – Mar 18, 2005	20.53	308	15
3	Nathan Darveau	Vic	2022-23	Oct 23, 2022 – Dec 7, 2022	19.24	481	25
4	Nicola Riopel	Mon	2008-09	Sep 12, 2008 – Oct 30, 2008	18.36	404	22
5	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2017-18	Dec 31, 2017 – Feb 23, 2018	18.32	403	22
6	Josh Tordjman	Mon	2005-06	Dec 12, 2005 – Feb 7, 2006	18.23	401	22
7	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2024-25	Dec 8, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025	18.17	418	23
8	Philippe Desrosiers	Rim	2013-14	Jan 25, 2014 – Mar 8, 2014	18.13	417	23
9	William Rousseau	Rou	2023-24	Oct 14, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023	17.96	413	23
10	Jacob Steinman	Mon	2024-25	Dec 31, 2024 – Feb 15, 2025	17.86	500	28
11	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2025-26	Nov 6, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025	17.46	454	26
12	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	2006-07	Jan 19, 2007 – Mar 2, 2007	17.18	378	22
13	Julien Ellis	Sha	2004-05	Nov 14, 2004 – Jan 7, 2005	17.15	446	26
14	Charles Lavigne	Que	2008-09	Dec 9, 2008 – Jan 25, 2009	17.05	341	20
15	Simon Lajeunesse	Mon	1999-00	Jan 18, 2000 – Mar 4, 2000	16.67	350	21
16	Matthew Welsh	Cha	2017-18	Nov 18, 2017 – Jan 7, 2018	16.62	432	26
17	Wendell Vye	Mon	2009-10	Sep 27, 2009 – Feb 24, 2010	16.47	313	19
18	Alexis Cournoyer	Cap	2024-25	Dec 28, 2024 – Mar 2, 2025	16.24	406	25
19	Cédrick Desjardins	Rim	2004-05	Dec 9, 2004 – Feb 25, 2005	16.14	468	29
20	Mathis Rousseau	Hal	2023-24	Sep 30, 2023 – Nov 12, 2023	16.04	433	27
21	Richard Brodeur	Cor	1971-72	Nov 19, 1971 – Jan 13, 1972	15.90	461	29
22	Lucas Beckman	BaC	2025-26	Jan 16, 2026 – Mar 21, 2026	15.76	331	21
23	Adam Russo	Bat	2002-03	Nov 14, 2002 – Dec 28, 2002	15.76	394	25
24	Riley Mercer	Dru	2024-25	Oct 4, 2024 – Nov 22, 2024	15.71	487	31
25	Olivier Rodrigue	Mon	2019-20	Jan 26, 2020 – Mar 11, 2020	15.71	377	24

Best 15-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 1,559 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1969-70.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio	Saves	GA
1	William Rousseau	Rou	2023-24	Oct 7, 2023 – Dec 15, 2023	17.61	546	31
2	Nathan Darveau	Vic	2022-23	Oct 10, 2022 – Dec 10, 2022	17.33	624	36
3	Jérémy Duchesne	Hal	2004-05	Dec 19, 2004 – Mar 20, 2005	17.08	427	25
4	Jacob Steinman	Mon	2024-25	Dec 1, 2024 – Feb 8, 2025	16.41	640	39
5	Samuel Harvey	Rou	2017-18	Dec 2, 2017 – Feb 23, 2018	16.24	536	33
6	Nicola Riopel	Mon	2008-09	Oct 12, 2008 – Dec 19, 2008	15.86	587	37
7	Alexis Cournoyer	Cap	2024-25	Dec 28, 2024 – Mar 14, 2025	15.76	536	34
8	Richard Brodeur	Cor	1971-72	Nov 19, 1971 – Jan 27, 1972	15.38	615	40
9	Julien Ellis	Sha	2004-05	Oct 31, 2004 – Jan 7, 2005	15.26	595	39
10	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	2005-06	Oct 13, 2005 – Jan 21, 2006	15.26	656	43
11	Rudy Guimond	Mon	2025-26	Nov 2, 2025 – Jan 3, 2026	14.92	582	39
12	Colten Ellis	Rim	2017-18	Dec 9, 2017 – Feb 16, 2018	14.67	484	33
13	Michel Bergevin-Robinson	BaC	2002-03	Sep 20, 2002 – Nov 10, 2002	14.66	513	35
14	Philippe Desrosiers	Rim	2013-14	Jan 4, 2014 – Mar 7, 2014	14.64	527	36
15	Riley Mercer	Dru	2024-25	Oct 4, 2024 – Dec 28, 2024	14.64	644	44
16	Simon Lajeunesse	Mon	1999-00	Jan 3, 2000 – Mar 4, 2000	14.63	439	30
17	Zachary Emond	Rou	2018-19	Oct 26, 2018 – Feb 27, 2019	14.63	439	30
18	Ondrej Pavelec	Cap	2006-07	Jan 21, 2007 – Mar 18, 2007	14.57	437	30
19	Corey Crawford	Mon	2004-05	Sep 19, 2004 – Nov 26, 2004	14.51	566	39
20	Patrick Couture	Que	1997-98	Dec 19, 1997 – Feb 24, 1998	14.47	521	36
21	Frédéric Henry	Gra	1996-97	Oct 18, 1996 – Dec 17, 1996	14.45	578	40
22	Kevin Mandolese	Cap	2019-20	Dec 28, 2019 – Mar 7, 2020	14.43	577	40
23	Charles Lavigne	Que	2008-09	Dec 9, 2008 – Feb 13, 2009	14.33	473	33
24	Cole McLaren	Hal	2018-19	Oct 5, 2018 – Mar 3, 2019	14.27	471	33
25	Marc-André Fleury	Cap	2002-03	Sep 13, 2002 – Nov 1, 2002	14.27	685	48

Best 20-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 1,395 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1969-70.

By decade

League-average save ratio, for all goalies across each time period.

Decade	Seasons	Save ratio	Save %
60s	1	6.78	.871
70s	10	6.33	.864
80s	10	6.26	.862
90s	10	7.34	.880
00s	10	8.30	.893
10s	10	8.33	.893
20s	6	8.44	.894

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