Quebec Remparts facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Quebec RempartsRemparts de Québec |
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| City | Quebec City, Quebec |
| League | Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League |
| Division | East |
| Founded | 1969 (original) 1997 (revived) |
| Home arena | Videotron Centre |
| Colours | Red, white, black |
| General manager | Simon Gagné |
| Head coach | Éric Veilleux |
| Championships | Memorial Cup champions (1971, 2006, 2023) QMJHL champions (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2023) |
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Website http://www.remparts.ca/ |
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| Franchise history | |
| 1990–1997 | Beauport Harfangs |
| 1997–present | Quebec Remparts |
| Previous franchise history | |
| 1969–1985 | Quebec Remparts |
| 1988–1991 | Longueuil Collège Français |
| 1991–1994 | Verdun Collège Français |
There have been two Canadian junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts (French: Remparts de Québec) that played in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. Both franchises were based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The current team plays at Videotron Centre. The team is named after the Ramparts of Quebec City (French: Remparts de Québec).
Original Remparts
The original Quebec Remparts team was founded in 1969 by a group of investors who purchased the assets of the junior Quebec Aces team. Some of the new owners included Paul Dumont, and Gérard Bolduc. The Remparts took up residence in the same arena as the Aces in the Colisée de Québec. The Remparts were finalists for the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1969–70, and eastern Canadian champions in 1970–71. It was this team, which featured future Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, that won a Memorial Cup championship in 1971. The team also won the President's Cup five times. Gilles Courteau was the general manager of the Remparts from 1980 to 1985.
After the 1984–85 season, the team went into dormancy for three seasons before being resurrected. After returning to play, then-sponsored by "Le Collège Français", the team moved to Longueuil to become the Longueuil Collège Français. The team played for three seasons before moving to Verdun in 1991 to become the Verdun Collège Français. The franchise ceased operations in 1994.
Revived Remparts
The current Remparts franchise was granted for the 1990–91 season and was known as the Beauport Harfangs, a suburb in the Quebec City metropolitan area. In 1997 the team moved to Quebec City, playing two seasons at PEPS on the campus of Laval University between 1997 and 1999. In 1999 the team moved into the Colisée de Québec.
On May 28, 2006, the Remparts won the Memorial Cup, beating the Moncton Wildcats 6–2 in the finals. Then-head coach Patrick Roy became the seventh coach to win the Cup in his first year as head coach, and the first to do so since Claude Julien of the Hull Olympiques in 1997. It was also the first time in Memorial Cup history that the finals involved two teams from the QMJHL. Quebec also won the Cup without winning a League championship and without hosting the event, another first in Memorial Cup history.
On November 27, 2014, the Remparts were sold to Quebecor for an estimated price between $20 million and $25 million. The Remparts were chosen to be the host of the 2015 Memorial Cup. They defeated the Rimouski Océanic in tie-breaker 5-2, but were eliminated by the Kelowna Rockets in the semi-finals 9-3. The team moved to Centre Vidéotron on September 12, 2015.
On June 4, 2023, the Remparts won the Memorial Cup, beating the Seattle Thunderbirds 5–0 in the championship game; head coach Patrick Roy had previously announced that this was his last year as head coach, thus completing the book end to his first year Cup win.
NHL alumni
- Original Remparts
Michel Goulet, and Guy Lafleur have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Pierre Aubry
- Rick Bowness
- Stéphane Brochu
- Mario Brunetta
- Nelson Burton
- Guy Chouinard
- Réal Cloutier
- Alain Côté
- Sylvain Côté
- André Doré
- Gaétan Duchesne
- Peter Folco
- Eddy Godin
- Michel Goulet
- Richard Grenier
- Val James
- Michel Lachance
- Pierre Lacroix
- Guy Lafleur
- Jean-Marc Lanthier
- Kevin Lowe
- Gilles Lupien
- Mario Marois
- Pat Mayer
- Gilles Meloche
- Rich Nantais
- Paul Pageau
- Dave Pichette
- Jacques Richard
- Mario Roberge
- Serge Roberge
- Normand Rochefort
- Roberto Romano
- André Savard
- Jean Savard
- Martin Simard
- Gaston Therrien
- Vincent Tremblay
- Modern Remparts
- Maxim Balmochnykh
- Eric Chouinard
- Louis Crevier
- Jean-Philippe Côté
- Cédrick Desjardins
- Louis Domingue
- Anthony Duclair
- Gordie Dwyer
- Adam Erne
- Simon Gagné
- Alexandre Grenier
- Martin Grenier
- Mikhail Grigorenko
- Josh Hennessy
- Aaron Johnson
- Juraj Kolnik
- Kristian Kudroc
- Philipp Kurashev
- Guillaume Lefebvre
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Maxime Ouellet
- Alexander Radulov
- Mike Ribeiro
- Kirill Safronov
- Timofei Shishkanov
- Jordan Smotherman
- Antoine Vermette
- Marc-Édouard Vlasic
Playoffs
| Season | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
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| 1997–98 | W, 4–0, Cape Breton | 2–2, round-robin, Rimouski/Moncton | L, 2–4, Rimouski | - |
| 1998–99 | Bye | W, 4–3, Rimouski | L, 2–4, Acadie–Bathurst | - |
| 1999–2000 | W, 4–0, Cape Breton | L, 3–4, Moncton | - | - |
| 2000–01 | L, 0–4, Acadie–Bathurst | - | - | - |
| 2001–02 | W, 4–0, Chicoutimi | L, 1–4, Acadie–Bathurst | - | - |
| 2002–03 | W, 4–2, Moncton | L, 1–4, Baie-Comeau | - | - |
| 2003–04 | L, 1–4, P.E.I. | - | - | - |
| 2004–05 | W, 4–3, Victoriaville | L, 2–4, Chicoutimi | - | - |
| 2005–06 | W, 4–1, Val-d'Or | W, 4–1, Shawinigan | W, 4–3, Acadie–Bathurst | L, 2–4, Moncton |
| 2006–07 | L, 1–4, Drummondville | - | - | - |
| 2007–08 | W, 4–2, Chicoutimi | L, 2–4, Gatineau | - | - |
| 2008–09 | W, 4–1, Baie-Comeau | W, 4–3, Cape Breton | L, 1–4, Shawinigan | - |
| 2009–10 | W, 4–1, Acadie–Bathurst | L, 0–4, Victoriaville | - | - |
| 2010–11 | W, 4–0, Val-d'Or | W, 4–3, Shawinigan | L, 3–4, Gatineau | - |
| 2011–12 | W, 4–0, Drummondville | L, 3–4, Halifax | - | - |
| 2012–13 | W, 4–2, Chicoutimi | L, 1–4, Rouyn-Noranda | - | - |
| 2013–14 | L, 1–4, Rouyn-Noranda | - | - | - |
| 2014–15 | W, 4–3, Cape Breton | W, 4–0, Charlottetown | W, 4–0, Moncton | L, 3–4, Rimouski |
| 2015–16 | L, 0–4, Gatineau | - | - | - |
| 2016–17 | L, 0–4, Acadie–Bathurst | - | - | - |
| 2017–18 | L, 3–4, Charlottetown | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | L, 3–4, Halifax | - | - | - |
| 2019–20 | playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020–21 | W, 3–0, Drummondville | L, 0–3, Chicoutimi | - | - |
| 2021–22 | W, 3–0, Chicoutimi | W, 3–1, Rimouski | L, 2–3, Shawinigan | - |
| 2022–23 | W, 4–0, Charlottetown | W, 4–0 Rimouski | W, 4–0, Gatineau | W, 4–2, Halifax |
See also
- CHRC (AM), defunct radio station owned by the Remparts
