Quebec Remparts
Remparts de Québec
CityQuebec City, Quebec
LeagueQuebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
DivisionEast
Founded1969 (original)
1997 (revived)
Home arenaVideotron Centre
ColoursRed, white, black
     
General managerSimon Gagné
Head coachÉric Veilleux
Websitehttp://www.remparts.ca/
Franchise history
1990–1997Beauport Harfangs
1997–presentQuebec Remparts
Previous franchise history
1969–1985Quebec Remparts
1988–1991Longueuil Collège Français
1991–1994Verdun Collège Français
Championships
Playoff championshipsMemorial Cup champions (1971, 2006, 2023)
QMJHL champions (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2023)

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.[1] Some of the new owners included Paul Dumont,[2] and Gérard Bolduc.[3] 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.[4]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Remparts centre ice at Centre Vidéotron

On November 27, 2014, the Remparts were sold to Quebecor for an estimated price between $20 million and $25 million.[5] 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Modern Remparts

Playoffs

Season 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals
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

References

  1. ^ www.remparts.qc.ca
  2. ^ "INTRONISÉS EN 1991". Temple de la renommée du Hockey Québécois (in French). 1991. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ^ "Gérard Bolduc". Planète Généalogie (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  4. ^ "Intronisés en 2016". Temple de la Renommée du Hockey Québécois (in French). 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. ^ www.thehockeynews.com

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