Quebec Remparts

For the structural ramparts, see Ramparts of Quebec City.

Quebec Remparts
City	Quebec City, Quebec
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Conference	Telus
Division	Telus East
Founded	1969 (1969) (Original) 1997 (Revived)
Home arena	Videotron Centre
Colours	Red, white and black
General manager	Philippe Boucher
Head coach	Philippe Boucher
Championships	1971 & 2006 Memorial Cup Champions
Website http://www.remparts.ca/
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 junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts (French: Remparts de Québec) that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The first B league franchise played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. Both franchises were based out of Quebec City, Quebec. The teams played home games at the Videotron Centre, although the new edition of the Remparts played for two seasons at PEPS on the campus of Laval University between 1997 and 1999. Throughout their history, the Remparts have developed several future National Hockey League (NHL) players, including Simon Gagné, Kevin Lowe, Mike Ribeiro, Antoine Vermette, Marc-Édouard Vlasic and Hall of Famers Michel Goulet and Guy Lafleur.

The name "Remparts" means curtain walls in French.

History

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. 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. 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 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, again based in the Quebec City metropolitan area, before moving to Quebec City proper in 1997. They are considered one of the most popular Canadian Hockey League (CHL) teams, as they regularly draw over 11,000 spectators per game. Similar to the National Football League's Cleveland Browns, the team claims the history and records of the original Remparts.

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. The 2006 Remparts were known for a high number of players from the New England region, six.

New owners and the move to Videotron Centre

Ramparts 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. The team moved to Videotron Centre in September 12, 2015.

2015 Memorial Cup

The Remparts were chosen to be the host of the 2015 Memorial Cup. They defeated the Rimouski Oceanic in tie-breaker 5-2, but got eliminated by the Kelowna Rockets in the semi-finals 9-3.

NHL alumni

Original Remparts

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 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

Michel Goulet and Guy Lafleur are the former Remparts in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Remparts alumni

Maxim Balmochnykh Eric Chouinard Jean-Philippe Côté Cédrick Desjardins Gordie Dwyer

Simon Gagné Martin Grenier Josh Hennessy Aaron Johnson Juraj Kolnik

Kristian Kudroc Guillaume Lefebvre Maxime Ouellet Alexander Radulov Mike Ribeiro

Kirill Safronov Timofei Shishkanov Antoine Vermette Marc-Édouard Vlasic Jonathan Marchessault

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	109	1970–71
Most wins	54	1970–71
Most goals for	531	1973–74
Fewest goals for	192	1981–82
Fewest goals against	204	1997–98
Most goals against	396	1982–83

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Guy Lafleur	130	1970–71
Most assists	Rich Nantais	130	1973–74
Most points	Réal Cloutier	216	1973–74
Most points, rookie	Daniel Rioux	119	1979–80
Most points, defenseman	Gaston Therrien	125	1979–80
Best GAA (goalie)	Patrick Couture	1.85	1997–98
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

Retired numbers

• 4 Guy Lafleur
• 12 Simon Gagné
• 22 Alexander Radulov
• 44 Marc-Édouard Vlasic

2014–15 season

Current squad

Roster updated as of August 26, 2015

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Age	Glove	Acquired	NHL Draft	Place of birth
30		Callum Booth	18	L	Via Draft (2013)	CAR2015	Montreal, Quebec
34		Julian Galloway	18	L	Trade RIM 2015		Sackville, New Brunswick
Defencemen
Number		Player	Age	Shoots	Acquired	NHL Draft	Place of birth
5		Raphaël Maheux 'A'	19	L	Trade SHA 2013		Quebec City, Quebec
9		Aaron Dutra	19	L	Free agent 2014		Toronto, Ontario
15		Nikolas Brouillard 'A'	20	L	Trade DRU 2014		Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec
16		Christian Huntley	16	L	Via Draft (2015)	2017	Halifax, Nova Scotia
25		Alexandre Drapeau	18	L	Trade RIM 2015		Rimouski, Quebec
28		Ross MacDougall	18	R	Via Draft (2014)		St. Stephen, New Brunswick
52		Austin McEneny	18	R	Free agent 2015		Milton, Ontario
55		Matt Murphy 'C'	20	L	Trade HAL 2014		Fredericton, New Brunswick
66		Dakotah Woods	17	L	Free agent 2015	2016	Chapleau, Ontario
Forwards
Number		Player	Age	Position	Acquired	NHL Draft	Place of birth
14		Olivier Garneau	17	LW	Via Draft (2014)	2016	Quebec City, Quebec
17		Yanick Turcotte 'A'	19	RW	Via Draft (2013)		Quebec City, Quebec
18		Charley Graaskamp	19	C	Free agent 2015		Eau Claire, Wisconsin
19		Sean O'Brien	16	RW	Free agent 2015	2016	London, Ontario
21		Lucas Thierus	17	RW	Trade SHE 2015	2016	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
23		Massimo Carozza	19	C	Via Draft (2012)		Montreal, Quebec
24		Ryan McReynolds	18	RW	Free agent 2015		Barrie, Ontario
26		Bronson Beaton	20	C	Trade MON 2015		Springhill, Nova Scotia
27		Derek Gentile	16	C	Via Draft (2015)	2017	Sydney, Nova Scotia
29		Mikaël Robidoux	16	RW	Via Draft (2015)	2017	La Prairie, Quebec
82		Jesse Sutton	17	C	Via Draft (2014)	2016	Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
88		Dmytro Timashov	19	LW	Via Import Draft (2014)	TOR2015	Kirovograd, Ukraine
91		Matthew Boucher	18	C	Trade DRU 2015		Los Angeles, California
96		Zachery Moody	19	C	Trade CAP 2013		Margaretsville, Nova Scotia
97		Auguste Impose	18	RW	Via Import Draft (2015)		La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

See also

• 2005–06 Quebec Remparts hockey season
• CHRC (AM) (defunct radio station last owned by the Remparts)

External links

• Quebec Remparts Official Site
• QMJHL Arena Guide profile