Emile Bouchard Trophy

The Émile Bouchard Trophy is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, to the "Defenceman of the Year."

Winners

Season	Player	Team
2015–16	Samuel Girard	Shawinigan Cataractes
2014–15	Jan Kostalek	Rimouski Océanic
2013–14	Guillaume Gélinas	Val-d'Or Foreurs
2012–13	Kevin Gagne	Rimouski Océanic
2011–12	Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc	Rimouski Océanic
2010–11	Simon Després	Saint John Sea Dogs
2009–10	David Savard	Moncton Wildcats
2008–09	Dmitri Kulikov	Drummondville Voltigeurs
2007–08	Marc-André Bourdon	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
2006–07	Kris Letang	Val-d'Or Foreurs
2005–06	Keith Yandle	Moncton Wildcats
2004–05	Mario Scalzo	Rimouski Océanic / Victoriaville Tigres
2003–04	Doug O'Brien	Gatineau Olympiques
2002–03	Maxime Fortunus	Baie-Comeau Drakkar
2001–02	Danny Groulx	Victoriaville Tigres
2000–01	Marc-André Bergeron	Shawinigan Cataractes
1999–2000	Michel Périard	Rimouski Océanic
1998–99	Jiri Fischer	Hull Olympiques
1997–98	Derrick Walser	Rimouski Océanic
1996–97	Stéphane Robidas	Shawinigan Cataractes
1995–96	Denis Gauthier	Drummondville Voltigeurs
1994–95	Stéphane Julien	Sherbrooke Faucons
1993–94	Steve Gosselin	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
1992–93	Benoît Larose	Laval Titan
1991–92	François Groleau	Shawinigan Cataractes
1990–91	Patrice Brisebois	Drummondville Voltigeurs
1989–90	Claude Barthe	Victoriaville Tigres
1988–89	Yves Racine	Victoriaville Tigres
1987–88	Éric Desjardins	Granby Bisons
1986–87	Jean-Marc Richard	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
1985–86	Sylvain Côté	Hull Olympiques
1984–85	Yves Beaudoin	Shawinigan Cataractes
1983–84	Billy Campbell	Verdun Juniors
1982–83	Jean-Jacques Daigneault	Longueuil Chevaliers
1981–82	Paul Boutilier	Sherbrooke Castors
1980–81	Fred Boimistruck	Cornwall Royals
1979–80	Gaston Therrien	Quebec Remparts
1978–79	Ray Bourque	Verdun Éperviers
1977–78	Mark Hardy	Montreal Juniors
1976–77	Robert Picard	Montreal Juniors
1975–76	Jean Gagnon	Quebec Remparts

External links

• QMJHL official site List of trophy winners.