Charlottetown Islanders (junior)

Charlottetown Islanders
City:	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
League:	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Conference:	Telus
Division:	Telus Maritimes
Founded:	2013
Home Arena:	Eastlink Centre
Colors:	Black, gold and white
Head Coach:	Jim Hulton
General Manager:	Jim Hulton
Franchise history
1999-2003:	Montreal Rocket
2003-2013:	P.E.I. Rocket
2013-present:	Charlottetown Islanders

The Charlottetown Islanders are a major junior ice hockey team that plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Islanders play their home games at the 3, 717 seat Eastlink Centre.

History

The Islanders were originally located in Montreal, Quebec as the Montreal Rocket, but in 2003 the team relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and became the P.E.I. Rocket. The team were called the Rockets to honor NHL great Maurice Richard, who's nickname was the Rocket. Richard played for the Montreal Canadiens, and their team crest displayed his number, 9.

Since the 2013-14 QMJHL Season the team has played as the Charlottetown Islanders.

President and governor Serge Savard Jr confirmed on April 17, 2013, that the QMJHL had got in touch with the Rockets two days prior to try and buy the struggling hockey club. Savard said he was going to accept the offer, somewhere in the price of $3.5 million, unless he successful to find someone or some people local to buy the club. Savard said QMJHL commissioner Gilles Corteau had given him until April 26 to find a buyer. An interested group wanted the team relocated to Sorel, Quebec.

However, instead of relocating to Sorel an ownership group owned by Geoff Boyle agreed on buying the franchise, making sure that the team would stay in Charlottetown for the 2013-14 QMJHL season and later. The Islanders logo and colour scheme was shown to the public on May 27.

In the 2014-15 season, for the first time since the franchise began as the P.E.I. Rocket, the Charlottetown Islanders advanced to the second round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, after defeating the Sherbrooke Phoenix 4-2 in the first round. However, in the second round, they ended up getting eliminated by the Quebec Remparts 4-0.

On June 29, 2015, the Islanders hired Jim Hulton as head coach after Gordie Dwyer was relieved of his duties as head coach.

On March 29, 2016, the Islanders set a new QMJHL record for most shots on goal in one period with 32. The previous record was 30, shared by four teams

On June 4, 2016, the Charlottetown Islanders will be hosting the 2016 QMJHL Draft, after doing the same thing back in 2006 when they were named the P.E.I. Rocket.

Yearly results

Regular season

Season	G	W	L	T	OL	SL	Pts	Pct %	GF	GA	Standing
2003–04	70	40	19	5	6	-	91	0.607	251	189	3rd Atlantic
2004–05	70	24	39	7	0	-	55	0.393	198	260	4th Atlantic
2005–06	70	25	38	-	4	3	57	0.373	221	304	7th East
2006–07	70	36	28	-	2	6	80	0.514	278	250	4th East
2007–08	70	30	36	-	2	2	64	0.425	243	287	7th East
2008–09	68	26	32	-	5	5	62	0.382	229	243	6th Atlantic
2009–10	68	35	25	-	2	6	78	0.515	215	224	4th Atlantic
2010–11	68	33	26	-	3	6	75	0.551	217	220	4th Maritimes
2011–12	68	19	43	-	2	4	44	0.324	205	320	6th Maritimes
2012–13	68	41	23	-	3	1	86	0.632	262	229	3rd Maritimes
2013-14	68	21	39	-	3	5	50	0.368	186	256	Tied 4th Maritimes
2014-15	68	35	28	-	1	4	75	0.551	226	243	2nd Maritimes
2015-16	68	35	26	-	5	2	77	0.566	227	232	4th Maritimes
2016-17	68	46	18	-	4	0	96	0.706	303	214	2nd Maritimes
2017-18	68	37	24	-	7	0	81	0.596	209	219	3rd Maritimes
2018-19	68	40	21	-	4	3	87	0.640	233	211	2nd Maritimes
2019-20	64	33	26	-	5	0	71	0.555	197	205	3rd Maritimes
2020-21	40	35	5	-	0	0	70	0.875	197	89	1st Maritimes

Playoffs

• 2003–04 – Defeated Québec Remparts 4 games to 1 in first round.
  Lost to Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
• 2004–05 – Out of Playoffs.
• 2005–06 – Lost to Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 games to 2 in first round.
• 2006–07 – Lost to Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 games to 3 in first round.
• 2007–08 – Lost to Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 0 in the first round.
• 2008–09 – Lost to Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 1 in the first round.
• 2009–10 – Lost to Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 1 in the first round.
• 2010–11 – Lost to Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 1 in the first round.
• 2011–12 – Out of Playoffs.
• 2012–13 – Lost to Val-d'Or Foreurs, 4 games to 2 in the first round.
• 2013–14 – Lost to Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to 0 in the first round.
• 2014–15 – Defeated Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 games to 2 in the first round.
  Lost to Québec Remparts 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.
• 2015–16 – Defeated Rimouski Océanic 4 games to 2 in the first round.
  Lost to Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
• 2016-17 - Defeated Baie-Comeau Brakkar 4 games to none in the first round.
  Defeated Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 games to none in the quarterfinals
  Lost to Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 1 in the semifinals
• 2017-18 - Defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3 in the first round
  defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to none in the quarterfinals
  Lost to Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 games to 3 in the semifinals
• 2018-19 - Lost to Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 2-4 in first round
• 2019-20 - Playoffs cancelled
• 2020-21 - Received a bye to second round due to circumstances caused by COVID-19 pandemic,
  Defeated Acadie-Bathurst 3-0 in Second Round
  Lost Semifinal to Victoriaville Tigres 3 games to 2