The Hockey News' QMJHL Jersey Rankings

It’s not fair to say Quebec teams are different than in the rest of Canada, because the QMJHL also has squads from America and the Canadian Maritimes. Having said that, the ‘Q’ does march to its own beat when it comes to colors and designs, which is good in some cases and bad in others.

Big thanks to River City Sports for helping us with pictures, as the CHL is bringing in new Reebok sweaters for 2009-10 and photos were unavailable at the time of voting.

While logos (last year’s competition) are certainly a big part of the hockey jersey, we also considered shoulder patches, striping and piping – so teams gained and lost points based on those factors. You'll also notice both home and away jerseys are used to represent the teams. Simply put, we took the one we liked best out of the two. Third or alternate jersey weren't considered. Click on each thumbnail for a larger picture.

Once you've taken in our rankings, head over to the voting page to select your favorite from our top 10 and help it to move on in the Jersey Tournament that will follow the rankings of each league’s jerseys (find the rankings and tournament schedule on The Hockey News Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central page).

THE HOCKEY NEWS QMJHL JERSEY RANKINGS

RK.	LOGO	TEAM	THE SCOOP
1		Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Striping and double-blue is gorgeous
2		Gatineau Olympiques	Took some disparate colors and made them work
3		Rimouski Océanic	Logo's a winner, so are the colors
4		Saint John Sea Dogs	Love the grey shoulders and repping of city on trim
5		Quebec Remparts	Classic retro look works well
6		Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	Fading is original, logo nice too
7		Shawinigan Cataractes	New-look logo works with clean design
8		Baie-Comeau Drakkar	Hard to say no to a viking ship
9		Acadie-Bathurst Titan	Cool logo, clean sweater design
10		Lewiston Maineiacs	Originality points for logo, clean look
11		P.E.I. Rocket	Rocket's color scheme pretty slick
12		Drummondville Voltigeurs	V-shaped trim wins points
13		Val-d'Or Foreurs	Not sure about shoulder color, but simple logo is great
14		Montreal Junior Hockey Club	Classic or boring? Hard to decide
15		Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Jury wasn't feeling dominating logo
16		Victoriaville Tigres	Tigres pretty middle-of-the-road
17		Moncton Wildcats	Why is your mascot jumping out of your chest?
18		Halifax Mooseheads	It's a corporate beer mascot on Christmas paper

Over the next two months, THN.com will leave the voting on the best jerseys up to you, the reader. To vote for your favorite, click HERE (QMJHL jersey voting ends at 9 a.m. EST on Sept. 7.). To see ratings from other leagues, visit THN.com's Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central.