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 |
The Quebec Remparts are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. They play in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team is named after the old walls of Quebec City, called the Ramparts. There have been two different teams called the Quebec Remparts. The first team played from 1969 to 1985. The current team started playing in 1997 and plays at the Videotron Centre.
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The First Quebec Remparts Team
The first Quebec Remparts team was created in 1969. A group of people bought the junior Quebec Aces team and renamed it. Some of the new owners were Paul Dumont and Gérard Bolduc. The Remparts played in the same arena as the Aces, the Colisée de Québec.
This original team was very successful. They were finalists for the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1969–70. They also became eastern Canadian champions in 1970–71. This team had a famous player named Guy Lafleur, who later became a Hockey Hall of Famer. With Lafleur, the team won a big championship called the Memorial Cup in 1971. They also won the President's Cup (the QMJHL championship) five times. Gilles Courteau was the general manager of the Remparts from 1980 to 1985.
After the 1984–85 season, the team stopped playing for three years. When it came back, it was sponsored by "Le Collège Français." The team then moved to Longueuil and became the Longueuil Collège Français. They played there for three seasons. In 1991, the team moved again to Verdun and became the Verdun Collège Français. This team stopped playing completely in 1994.
The Modern Quebec Remparts Team
The current Remparts team started as a different team called the Beauport Harfangs in the 1990–91 season. Beauport is a suburb near Quebec City. In 1997, the team moved to Quebec City and changed its name to the Quebec Remparts. They played at PEPS at Laval University from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, they moved into the Colisée de Québec.
On May 28, 2006, the Remparts won the Memorial Cup again! They beat the Moncton Wildcats 6–2 in the final game. Their head coach, Patrick Roy, won the Cup in his very first year as a coach. This was also the first time in Memorial Cup history that two teams from the QMJHL played each other in the finals. The Remparts also won the Cup without winning their league championship or hosting the event, which was another first!
On November 27, 2014, the Remparts team was sold to a company called Quebecor. The Remparts were chosen to host the 2015 Memorial Cup. They won a tie-breaker game against the Rimouski Océanic 5-2. However, they were later eliminated by the Kelowna Rockets in the semi-finals. The team moved to their new home, the Centre Vidéotron, on September 12, 2015.
On June 4, 2023, the Remparts won the Memorial Cup for a third time! They beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 5–0 in the championship game. Coach Patrick Roy had announced that this would be his last year as coach. Winning the Cup was a great way for him to finish his time with the team.
Players Who Played in the NHL
Many players from both the original and modern Remparts teams went on to play in the National Hockey League (NHL), the top professional hockey league.
Original Remparts Players
Two players from the original Remparts, Michel Goulet and Guy Lafleur, are in 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 Players
- Maxim Balmochnykh
- Zachary Bolduc
- 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
- Nikita Kucherov
- Kristian Kudroc
- Philipp Kurashev
- Guillaume Lefebvre
- James Malatesta
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Maxime Ouellet
- Alexander Radulov
- Mike Ribeiro
- Kirill Safronov
- Logan Shaw
- Timofei Shishkanov
- Jordan Smotherman
- Antoine Vermette
- Marc-Édouard Vlasic
Playoff History
The Quebec Remparts have had many exciting playoff runs in the QMJHL. Here's a summary of how they've done in the 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 |
| 2023–24 | did not make the playoffs | |||
See also
- CHRC (AM), a radio station that used to be owned by the Remparts.
