Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Baie-Comeau Drakkar
City:	Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
League:	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Division:	Telus East
Founded:	1997
Home Arena:	Centre Henry-Leonard
Colors:	Red, yellow, black and white
General Manager:	Steve Ahearn
Head Coach:	Marco Pietroniro
Franchise history
(1997-Present):	Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Championships
Division Championships:	2001, 2003, 2012, 2013

The Baie-Comeau Drakkar ("Viking Ship") are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at Centre Henry-Leonard in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. Their franchise was granted for the 1997–98 season.

History

The Drakkar first played in the QMJHL in 1997. One of the founders of the team was former Quebec Nordique co-founder Marius Fortier.

Baie-Comeau has generally not been successful on the ice, never having won the President's Cup, and with just seven winning seasons in their history, clustered between 2001-2003, 2007-2008 and from 2013 to the 2014 season. The 2012-13 team made it to the league finals for the first time in franchise history, finishing with the second best record in the league and losing in the finals to the Halifax Mooseheads, four games to one.

NHL alumni include Marc-André Bergeron, Jean-François Jacques, Yanick Lehoux, Olivier Michaud, Joel Perrault, Patrick Thoresen, Bruno St. Jacques and Gabriel Bourque.

During its 2005-06 season, the team was the subject of the documentary film Junior by the National Film Board of Canada.

Season-by-season record

• Baie-Comeau Drakkar (1997–Present)

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OL	SL	Points	Pct	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoff
1997–98	70	18	47	5	-	-	41	0.293	215	332	7th, Dilio	Out of Playoffs
1998–99	70	18	44	8	-	-	44	0.314	208	297	7th, Dilio	Out of Playoffs
1999–2000	72	31	31	5	5	-	72	0.500	257	285	3rd, East	Lost 1st round
2000–01	72	41	23	8	0	-	90	0.625	283	255	1st, East	Lost 3rd round
2001–02	72	38	25	7	2	-	85	0.590	288	231	2nd, East	Lost 1st round
2002–03	72	50	14	6	2	-	108	0.750	319	213	1st, East	Lost 3rd round
2003–04	70	21	42	5	2	-	49	0.350	195	285	5th, Eastern	Lost 1st round
2004–05	70	24	37	5	4	-	57	0.407	208	280	5th, Eastern	Lost 1st round
2005–06	70	30	38	-	2	-	62	0.443	249	285	7th, Western	Lost 1st round
2006–07	70	35	26	-	1	8	79	0.564	304	285	7th, Telus	Lost 2nd round
2007–08	70	45	19	-	2	4	96	0.686	249	210	2nd, Telus	Lost 1st round
2008–09	68	22	37	-	7	2	53	0.390	206	297	4th, East	Lost 1st round
2009–10	68	21	40	-	4	3	49	0.360	187	297	4th, East	Out of Playoffs
2010–11	68	12	46	-	6	4	34	0.250	151	266	6th, East	Out of Playoffs
2011–12	68	29	34	-	1	4	63	0.463	217	241	6th, Telus East	Lost 2nd round
2012–13	68	44	19	-	2	3	93	0.684	274	191	1st, Telus East	Lost in Finals
2013–14	68	47	16	-	2	3	99	0.728	255	170	1st, Telus East	Lost in Finals
2014–15	68	35	25	-	5	3	78	0.574	227	237	4th, East	Lost 2nd round
2015–16	68	14	49	-	2	3	33	0.260	147	302	6th, East	Out of Playoffs
2016–17	68	26	32	-	6	4	62	0.462	203	230	5th, East	Lost 1st round
2017–18	68	30	33	-	4	1	65	0.465	224	257	4th, East	Lost 1st round
2018–19	68	49	15	-	2	2	102	0.750	306	189	1st, East	Lost 1st round
2019–20	64	24	29	-	7	4	59	0.461	196	240	4th, East	Playoffs Cancelled
2020-21	36	8	26	-	1	1	18	0.250	82	137	6th East	TBD

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1997-98	-	-	-	-
1998–99	-	-	-	-
1999–2000	L, 4-2, Halifax	-	-	-
2000–01	Bye	W, 4-1, Rimouski	L, 4-2, Acadie Bathurst	-
2001–02	L, 4-1, Cape Breton	-	-	-
2002–03	Bye	W, 4-1, Quebec	L, 4-3, Halifax	-
2003–04	L, 4-0, Moncton	-	-	-
2004–05	L, 4-2, Chicoutimi	-	-	-
2005–06	L, 4–0, Chicoutimi	-	-	-
2006–07	W, 4–2, Victoriaville	L, 4-1, Val-d'Or	-	-
2007–08	L, 4–1, Rimouski	-	-	-
2008–09	L, 4–1, Quebec	-	-	-
2009–10	-	-	-	-
2010–11	-	-	-	-
2011–12	W, 4-0, Victoriaville	L, 4-0, Saint John	-	-
2012–13	W, 4-0, Sherbrooke	W, 4-0, Victoriaville	W, 4-2, Blainville-Boisbriand	L, 4-1, Halifax
2013–14	W, 4-0, Shawinigan	W, 4-0, Rouyn-Noranda	W, 4-3, Blainville-Boisbriand	L, 4-3, Val-d'Or
2014–15	W, 4-1, Saint John	L, 4-3, Val-d'Or	-	-
2015–16	-	-	-	-
2016-17	L, 4-0, Charlottetown	-	-	-
2017-18	L, 4-1, Halifax	-	-	-
2018-19	L, 4-1 Moncton	-	-	-
2019-20	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21	TBD

Team records

The team's all-time leading point scorer is Yanick Lehoux with 164 goals and 218 assists for 382 points; he is also the team's all-time leader in goals and assists. Thierry Douville is the team's all-time penalty minute leader with 1104. Frédéric Gamelin has played the most games in team history with 315.

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	108	2002–03
Most wins	50	2002–03
Most goals for	319	2002–03
Least goals for	120	2009–10
Least goals against	191	2012-13
Most goals against	332	1997–98

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Yanick Lehoux	67	2000-01
Most assists	François Bouchard	80	2006–07
Most points	Yanick Lehoux	135	2000–01
Most points, rookie	Valentin Zykov	75	2012–13
Most points, defenceman	Marc-André Dorion	54	2006–07
Best GAA, goalie	Philippe Cadorette	2.36	2013-14
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

External links

• Baie-Comeau Drakkar website
• Baie-Comeau Drakkar great amateur website

Drakkar Greats

Olivier Michaud Marc-André Bergeron Yannick Lehoux Bruno St-Jacques Joël Perrault Jean-François Jacques Patrick Thoresen Marco Charpentier Sylvain Deschatelets Charles Linglet

Pascal Pelletier Alexandre Picard-Hooper Oleg Timchenko Benoît Mondou Maxime Fortunus François Bouchard Olivier Proulx Jean-François David Maxime Ouimet