Québec Remparts

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Québec Remparts

City:	Quebec City, Quebec
League:	Q.M.J.H.L.
Division:	Western
Founded:	1969 (Original) 1997 (Revived)
Home Arena:	Colisée Pepsi
Colours:	Red, white & black
Head Coach:	Patrick Roy
General Manager:	Patrick Roy
Franchise history
1990-97:	Beauport Harfangs
1997-Present:	Québec Remparts
Previous franchise history
1969-85:	Québec Remparts
1988-91:	Longueuil Collège Français
1991-94:	Verdun Collège Français

There have been two franchises known as the Québec Remparts that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The first franchise played from 1969 to 1985. The current franchise has played here since 1997. Both franchises were based out of Quebec City, Quebec. The teams played home games at the Colisée Pepsi, although the new edition of the Remparts played for two seasons at PEPS on the campus of the Université Laval between 1997 and 1999.

1 History
- 1.1 Original Remparts
- 1.2 Current Remparts
2 Current roster
3 NHL Alumni (1st edition)
4 NHL Alumni (2nd edition)
5 Retired numbers
6 External link

[edit] History

[edit] Original Remparts

The original Québec Remparts team existed from 1969 to 1985. The Remparts were finalists for the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1969-70, and eastern Canadian champions in 1970-71. It was this team that won a Memorial Cup in 1971, featuring future NHL Hall-of-Famer Guy Lafleur. The team also won the President's Cup five times. This edition of the Remparts is known to have the most American-born players on the roster every season.

After the 1984-85 season, the team went into receivership for three seasons then was resurrected. After returning to play the team moved to Longueuil to become the Longueuil Collège Français. The team played for three seasons, then in 1991 they moved to Verdun to become the Verdun Collège Français. The franchise ceased operations in 1994.

[edit] Current Remparts

The current Remparts franchise was granted for the 1990-91 season, and were known as the Beauport Harfangs, again based in the Quebec City Metro Area, before moving to Quebec City in 1997. They are considered as one of the most popular Canadian Hockey League teams, as they regularly draw over 8,000 spectators per game. The team claims the history and records of the original Remparts, similarly to the way the current Cleveland Browns claim the history of the original franchise that moved to Baltimore.

On May 28th, 2006, the Quebec Remparts won the Memorial Cup, beating the Moncton Wildcats 6-2 in the finals. Patrick Roy became the seventh coach to win the cup on his rookie year, the first to do so since Claude Julien with the Hull Olympiques in 1997. It was also the first time in history the finals involved two teams from the QMJHL. Quebec won the cup with out winning a league championship and without hosting the event, another first in Memorial Cup history.

[edit] Current roster

Number	Player	Position	Birthyear	Hometown
2	Andrew Andricopoulos	D	1987	Beverly, MA
5	Joey Ryan	D	1987	Stoneham, MA
6	Pierre Bergeron	D	1987	Drummondville, QC
7	Angelo Esposito	C	1989	Montréal, QC
9	Kesley Tessier	C	1990	Fredericton, NB
10	Roman Bashkirov	LW	1989	Moscow, Russia
11	Hubert Genest	D	1989	Quebec City, QC
13	Todd Chinova	RW	1989	Stratford, CT
14	Kenzie Sheppard	LW	1987	Sydney, NS
15	Marc-Olivier Vallerand	C	1989	Longueuil, QC
16	Darren Aubin	LW	1989	Ste-Sophie, QC
17	Félix Petit	C	1988	Jonquière, QC
18	Brent Aubin	RW	1986	Ste-Sophie, QC
19	Mathieu Boucher	LW	1989	Rimouski, QC
21	Maxime Lacroix	LW	1987	Quebec City, QC
23	Maxime Aubut	D	1986	Chicoutimi, QC
24	Mathieu Lavoie	D	1989	Sherbrooke, QC
25	Marc-André Parent	D	1989	St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
27	Stephen Valente	D	1988	Montreal, QC
30	Nicolas Barrière	G	1989	St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
34	Maxime Sauvé	C	1990	Tour, France
35	Kevin Desfossés	G	1987	Quebec City, QC
39	Loïc Lacasse	G	1986	Granby, QC
45	Benjamin Rubin	LW	1989	Montréal, QC
55	Alexandre Mineault	LW	1987	Gatineau, QC
58	Nicolas Robillard	RW	1986	Brossard, QC
71	Ruslan Bashkirov	RW	1989	Moscow, Russia
72	Billy Bezeau	D	1986	Miscou, NB