Quebec Aces

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The Quebec Aces are a defunct professional ice hockey franchise from Quebec City, Quebec that played home games at the Quebec Coliseum. The Aces were founded in 1928, and played until 1971. The Aces were Allan Cup champions in 1944, while still playing as an amateur team.

The Aces turned professional the following season, joining the Quebec Senior Hockey League (1944-1953), Quebec Hockey League (1953-1959) and American Hockey League (1959-1971).

The Aces were league champions of the Quebec Hockey League in 1953-54 and 1956-57, winning the Thomas O'Connell Memorial Trophy. The Aces challenged for the Edinburgh Trophy both seasons, versus the Western Hockey League champions, losing in 1953-54 versus the Calgary Stampeders, and winning in 1956-67 versus the Brandon Regals.

During the team's later years in the AHL, the Aces were the farm club for the Philadelphia Flyers four seasons from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, the parent club chose to relocate the Aces to Richmond, Virginia to play as the Richmond Robins.

1 Season-by-season results
- 1.1 Regular Season
- 1.2 Playoffs
2 Trivia
3 External link

[edit] Season-by-season results

Aces logo during
1967-1971.

1928-1936 (Quebec City Railway-Paper League)
1936-1944 (Montreal Senior Hockey League)
1944-1953 (Quebec Senior Hockey League)
1953-1959 (Quebec Hockey League)
1959-1971 (American Hockey League)

[edit] Regular Season

Results unavailable from 1928 to 1944.

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1944-45	24	15	7	2	32	160	89	2nd, QSHL
1945-46	50	17	30	3	37	149	169	4th, QSHL
1946-47	40	19	15	6	44	159	158	3rd, QSHL
1947-48	48	23	20	5	51	175	185	4th, QSHL
1948-49	60	22	32	6	50	186	213	5th, QSHL
1949-50	60	35	22	3	73	207	175	2nd, QSHL
1950-51	60	31	22	7	69	228	195	2nd, QSHL
1951-52	60	37	16	7	81	230	168	1st, QSHL
1952-53	60	22	26	12	56	178	197	6th, QSHL
1953-54	72	30	34	8	68	216	212	4th, QHL
1954-55	60	31	27	2	65	206	208	2nd, QHL
1955-56	64	23	37	4	50	190	230	4th, QHL
1956-57	68	40	21	7	87	226	175	1st, QHL
1957-58	64	29	31	4	62	224	233	4th, QHL
1958-59	62	21	33	8	50	176	232	4th, QHL

1959-60	72	19	51	2	40	178	333	7th, AHL
1960-61	72	30	39	3	63	217	267	6th, AHL
1961-62	70	30	36	4	64	208	207	4th, East
1962-63	72	33	28	11	77	206	210	4th, East
1963-64	72	41	30	1	83	258	225	1st, East
1964-65	72	44	26	2	90	280	223	1st, East
1965-66	72	47	21	4	98	337	226	1st, East
1966-67	72	35	30	7	77	275	249	3rd, East
1967-68	72	33	28	11	77	277	240	2nd, West
1968-69	74	26	34	14	66	235	258	3rd, West
1969-70	72	27	39	6	60	221	272	3rd, East
1970-71	72	25	31	16	66	211	240	4th, East

[edit] Playoffs

American Hockey League seasons only.

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
1959-60	Out of Playoffs
1960-61	Out of Playoffs
1961-62	Out of Playoffs
1962-63	Out of Playoffs
1963-64	W, 4-1, PIT	bye	L, 0-4, CLE
1964-65	L, 1-4, ROCH	--	--
1965-66	L, 2-4, ROCH	--	--
1966-67	L, 2-3, BALT	--	--
1967-68	W, 3-2, BUF	W, 3-1, PROV	L, 2-4, ROCH
1968-69	W, 3-2, CLE	W, 3-2, PROV	L, 1-4, HER
1969-70	L, 2-4, BUF	--	--
1970-71	L, 3-4, SPR^†	Out of Playoffs

^†One game tiebreaker to determine final playoff position.

[edit] Trivia

A team from the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey was also known as the Aces from 1997 to 1998, and 2001 to 2003. That team is now known as Quebec Radio X.