The
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (French:
Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, abbreviated
QMJHL in English,
LHJMQ in French) is one of the three major
junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the
Canadian Hockey League. The league is often simply referred to as "The Q". The league comprises teams across the provinces of
Quebec,
Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island. Since the departure of the
Lewiston Maineiacs from
Lewiston, Maine, the QMJHL is the only one of the three member leagues of the CHL that does not currently have teams located in the United States (the OHL has teams in Michigan and Pennsylvania while the WHL has teams in Washington and Oregon). The current Commissioner of the QMJHL is Gilles Courteau.