Quebec Remparts

For the structural ramparts, see Ramparts of Quebec City.

The Quebec Remparts (French: Remparts de Québec) are a Canadian junior ice hockey based in Quebec City, Quebec. The team plays in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and is named after the Ramparts of Quebec City (French: Remparts de Québec). There have been two franchises named the Quebec Remparts. The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. The current team plays at Videotron Centre.

Quebec Remparts Remparts de Québec
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
Website	http://www.remparts.ca/
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
Championships
Playoff championships	Memorial Cup champions (1971, 2006, 2023) QMJHL champions (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2023)

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]}

• 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

• Maxim Balmochnykh
• 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
• Kristian Kudroc
• Philipp Kurashev
• Guillaume Lefebvre
• Jonathan Marchessault
• Maxime Ouellet
• Alexander Radulov
• Mike Ribeiro
• Kirill Safronov
• Timofei Shishkanov
• Jordan Smotherman
• Antoine Vermette
• Marc-Édouard Vlasic

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

• CHRC (AM), defunct radio station owned by the Remparts

References

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

External links

• Quebec Remparts Official Site