Gatineau Olympiques Olympiques de Gatineau | |
City | Gatineau, Quebec |
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League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
Division | Telus West |
Founded | 1969 |
Home arena | Centre Slush Puppie |
Colors | Black, white and silver |
General manager | Louis Robitaille |
Head coach | Louis Robitaille |
Championships | 1997 Memorial Cup Champions 1986, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2008 QMJHL Champions |
Website olympiquesdegatineau.ca | |
Franchise history | |
1969–1970 | Hull Hawks |
1970–1976 | Hull Festivals |
1976–2003 | Hull Olympiques |
2003–present | Gatineau Olympiques |
The Gatineau Olympiques are a major junior ice hockey team based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, that plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Starting with the 2021–22 season, the Olympiques play home games at Centre Slush Puppie,[1] having previously played at the Robert Guertin Centre dating back to its beginnings in the Central Junior A Hockey League. The club, then known as the Hull Festivals, was granted membership in the QMJHL in 1973. The Olympiques have appeared in the Memorial Cup seven times, winning once in 1997. Over eighty former players and coaches have gone on to play or coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), including Martin Biron, Aleš Hemský, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Luc Robitaille, Jeremy Roenick, Michael Ryder, Maxime Talbot, José Théodore, Colin White, Claude Giroux, David Krejčí, Jack Adams-winning head coaches Alain Vigneault and Pat Burns, and 2011 Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien.
History[]
Before joining the QMJHL, the team was a member of the Central Junior A Hockey League, known originally as the Hull Blackhawks (Les Éperviers de Hull) but later as the Hull Beavers (Les Castors de Hull) and Hull-Volant Junior A. Originally Hull and the CJHL were eligible to compete for the Memorial Cup, the Major Junior crown, but were relegated to Tier II Junior "A" in 1970. The season before joining the QMJHL in 1973 they became the Hull Festivals, and in 1976, they became the Hull Olympiques; the team name was changed to the Gatineau Olympiques one year after the city of Hull was amalgamated into Gatineau in 2002.
The Olympiques share a junior hockey market with the Ottawa 67's, across the Ottawa River. Pre-season games between the two teams were a regular occurrence from 1975 to 1986.[2] The teams have played interleague regular-season home and home games in the 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2009–10 seasons since.[3]
The Olympiques have won the President's Cup seven times, most recently in 2007–08. The team has been to four Memorial Cup finals, losing three (1986, 2003 and 2004) and winning the 1997 Memorial Cup, which they also hosted.
From 1985 until 1992, the Olympiques were owned by Wayne Gretzky; it was under his ownership that the team first adopted black, silver and white as their team colours, similar to those of the Los Angeles Kings, whom Gretzky played for in 1988.
On May 31, 2010, it was announced that former Olympiques coach Benoit Groulx, who had left the organization to coach the Rochester Americans would be returning to be the general manager and head coach.[4]
For the 2011–12 season, the Olympiques returned to the colours of black, silver and white following an eight-year absence. [5]
In 2016, coach Groulx left the Olympiques again to become the head coach of the Syracuse Crunch. He was replaced by Mario Duhamel who would only coach 47 games with a 19–24–4 record. Duhamel was replaced by assistant coach Éric Landry.[6]
Prior to the move to the Centre Slush Puppie the team was forced to play the 2020-21 QMJHL season out of the Arena Baribeau due to the Centre Robert Guertin being used as an emergency homeless shelter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Championships[]
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Memorial Cup
Canadian Hockey League champions
- 1986 – Finalist vs. Guelph Platers
- 1988 – 3rd place in tournament
- 1995 – 4th place in tournament
- 1997 – Champions vs. Lethbridge Hurricanes
- 2003 – Finalist vs. Kitchener Rangers
- 2004 – Finalist vs. Kelowna Rockets
- 2008 – 4th place in tournament
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President's Cup – League playoff champions
- 1985–86 – Champions vs. Drummondville Voltigeurs
- 1987–88 – Champions vs. Drummondville Voltigeurs
- 1994–95 – Champions vs. Laval Titan Collège Français
- 1996–97 – Champions vs. Chicoutimi Saguenéens
- 1998–99 – Finalist vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan
- 1999–00 – Finalist vs. Rimouski Océanic
- 2002–03 – Champions vs. Halifax Mooseheads
- 2003–04 – Champions vs. Moncton Wildcats
- 2007–08 – Champions vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
- 2010–11 – Finalist vs. Saint John Sea Dogs
Jean Rougeau Trophy – Regular season champions
- 1985–86, 1987–88, 1996–97, 2003–04
Division titles – Regular season champions
- 1985–86, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2021–22, 2022–23
Coaches[]
Notable coaches for the Olympiques include, Jean Bégin, Pat Burns, John Chabot, Benoit Groulx, Claude Julien, Bob Mongrain, Marcel Pronovost, Guy Trottier, and Alain Vigneault.
Season-by-season record[]
- Hull Hawks (1969–1970)
- Hull Festivals (1970–1976)[7]
- Hull Olympiques (1976–2003)[8]
- Gatineau Olympiques (2003–present)[9]
Regular season[]
Complete results before 1969 unavailable.
- OL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss, Pct = Winning percentage
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OL | SL | Points | Pct | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing |
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1969–70 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 0.300 | 149 | 199 | 5th, CJAHL |
1970–71 | 48 | 21 | 20 | 7 | - | - | 49 | 0.510 | 255 | 238 | 3rd, CJAHL |
1971–72 | 48 | 16 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 33 | 0.344 | 178 | 269 | 5th, CJAHL |
1972–73 | 55 | 7 | 45 | 3 | - | - | 17 | 0.155 | 192 | 338 | 6th, CJAHL |
1973–74 | 70 | 14 | 55 | 1 | - | - | 29 | 0.207 | 226 | 405 | 6th, West |
1974–75 | 72 | 34 | 32 | 6 | - | - | 74 | 0.514 | 386 | 369 | 4th, West |
1975–76 | 72 | 30 | 35 | 7 | - | - | 67 | 0.465 | 312 | 318 | 4th, West |
1976–77 | 72 | 26 | 37 | 9 | - | - | 61 | 0.424 | 283 | 333 | 5th, Lebel |
1977–78 | 72 | 34 | 34 | 4 | - | - | 72 | 0.500 | 357 | 397 | 5th, Lebel |
1978–79 | 72 | 10 | 55 | 7 | - | - | 27 | 0.188 | 262 | 491 | 5th, Lebel |
1979–80 | 72 | 25 | 35 | 12 | - | - | 62 | 0.431 | 336 | 378 | 3rd, Lebel |
1980–81 | 72 | 23 | 46 | 3 | - | - | 49 | 0.340 | 262 | 353 | 4th, Lebel |
1981–82 | 64 | 41 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 84 | 0.656 | 343 | 260 | 2nd, QMJHL |
1982–83 | 70 | 30 | 40 | 0 | - | - | 60 | 0.429 | 393 | 406 | 5th, Lebel |
1983–84 | 70 | 25 | 45 | 0 | - | - | 50 | 0.357 | 301 | 411 | 6th, Lebel |
1984–85 | 68 | 33 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 71 | 0.493 | 347 | 352 | 2nd, Lebel |
1985–86 | 72 | 54 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 108 | 0.750 | 423 | 262 | 1st, Lebel |
1986–87 | 70 | 26 | 39 | 5 | - | - | 57 | 0.407 | 286 | 323 | 4th, Lebel |
1987–88 | 70 | 43 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 90 | 0.643 | 380 | 394 | 1st, Lebel |
1988–89 | 70 | 40 | 25 | 5 | - | - | 85 | 0.607 | 329 | 264 | 3rd, QMJHL |
1989–90 | 70 | 36 | 29 | 5 | - | - | 77 | 0.550 | 306 | 282 | 6th, QMJHL |
1990–91 | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | - | - | 79 | 0.564 | 263 | 235 | 2nd, Lebel |
1991–92 | 70 | 41 | 24 | 5 | - | - | 87 | 0.621 | 331 | 259 | 2nd, Lebel |
1992–93 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 82 | 0.586 | 296 | 268 | 2nd, Lebel |
1993–94 | 72 | 38 | 31 | 3 | - | - | 79 | 0.549 | 310 | 304 | 3rd, Lebel |
1994–95 | 72 | 42 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 86 | 0.597 | 340 | 274 | 2nd, Lebel |
1995–96 | 70 | 52 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 106 | 0.757 | 347 | 246 | 2nd, Lebel |
1996–97 | 70 | 48 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 99 | 0.707 | 346 | 205 | 1st, Lebel |
1997–98 | 70 | 32 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 65 | 0.464 | 270 | 268 | 6th, Lebel |
1998–99 | 70 | 23 | 38 | 9 | - | - | 55 | 0.393 | 276 | 298 | 6th, Lebel |
1999–2000 | 72 | 42 | 24 | 6 | 0 | - | 90 | 0.625 | 339 | 256 | 1st, West |
2000–01 | 72 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 3 | - | 78 | 0.542 | 288 | 284 | 3rd, West |
2001–02 | 72 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 6 | - | 75 | 0.521 | 230 | 253 | 1st, West |
2002–03 | 72 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 2 | - | 84 | 0.583 | 266 | 222 | 2nd, West |
2003–04 | 70 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 0 | - | 107 | 0.764 | 306 | 179 | 1st, Western |
2004–05 | 70 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 4 | - | 75 | 0.536 | 216 | 237 | 3rd, Western |
2005–06 | 70 | 40 | 23 | - | 4 | 3 | 87 | 0.621 | 261 | 215 | 4th, Western |
2006–07 | 70 | 39 | 27 | - | 2 | 2 | 82 | 0.586 | 303 | 274 | 3rd, Telus |
2007–08 | 70 | 43 | 19 | - | 6 | 2 | 94 | 0.664 | 272 | 209 | 3rd, Telus |
2008–09 | 68 | 38 | 25 | - | 2 | 3 | 81 | 0.559 | 232 | 232 | 1st, Western |
2009–10 | 68 | 30 | 33 | - | 1 | 4 | 65 | 0.441 | 213 | 217 | 3rd, Telus West |
2010–11 | 68 | 43 | 17 | - | 3 | 5 | 94 | 0.691 | 243 | 193 | 3rd, Telus West |
2011–12 | 68 | 26 | 32 | - | 5 | 5 | 62 | 0.456 | 223 | 274 | 4th, Telus West |
2012–13 | 68 | 29 | 34 | - | 1 | 4 | 63 | 0.463 | 220 | 265 | 5th, Telus West |
2013–14 | 68 | 41 | 23 | - | 1 | 3 | 86 | 0.632 | 254 | 218 | 4th, Telus West |
2014–15 | 68 | 31 | 31 | - | 0 | 6 | 68 | 0.500 | 234 | 242 | 5th, West |
2015–16 | 68 | 46 | 19 | - | 2 | 1 | 95 | 0.699 | 250 | 173 | 3rd, West |
2016–17 | 68 | 33 | 31 | - | 4 | 0 | 70 | 0.515 | 234 | 253 | 3rd, West |
2017–18 | 68 | 32 | 27 | - | 5 | 4 | 73 | 0.537 | 213 | 215 | 5th, West |
2018–19 | 68 | 23 | 39 | - | 4 | 2 | 52 | 0.382 | 194 | 248 | 4th, West |
2019–20 | 64 | 22 | 37 | - | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0.383 | 204 | 247 | 4th, West |
2020–21 | 31 | 16 | 11 | - | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0.581 | 95 | 87 | 4th, West |
2021–22 | 68 | 39 | 15 | - | 11 | 3 | 92 | 0.676 | 248 | 193 | 2nd, West |
2022–23 | 68 | 49 | 12 | - | 5 | 2 | 105 | 0.772 | 304 | 197 | 2nd, West |
2023-24 | 68 | 25 | 31 | - | 6 | 6 | 62 | 213 | 268 | 3rd West |
NHL alumni[]
Lists of National Hockey League alumni. No player from the "Hull Hawks" went on the play in the NHL.
- Hull Castors (1968–1969)
- Hull Festivals (1970–1976)[10]
- Hull Olympiques (1976–2003)[11]
- Jeff Allan
- Joel Baillargeon
- Yves Beaudoin
- Francis Bélanger
- Martin Biron
- Michel Bolduc
- Sébastien Bordeleau
- Martin Brochu
- Paul Brousseau
- Benoît Brunet
- Jim Campbell
- John Chabot
- Stéphane Charbonneau
- Sylvain Côté
- Jonathan Delisle
- Matthieu Descoteaux
- André Doré
- Christian Dubé
- Gordie Dwyer
- Karl Dykhuis
- Jiri Fischer
- Steven Fletcher
- Michel Galarneau
- Jean-Marc Gaulin
- Jocelyn Gauvreau
- Martin Gélinas
- Martin Gendron
- Rick Hayward
- Ales Hemsky
- Jean-François Labbé
- Marc LaBelle
- Mario Larocque
- Eric Lavigne
- John LeBlanc
- Shane MacEachern
- Don MacLean
- Paul MacLean
- Craig Martin
- Stéphane Matteau
- Andrew McKim
- Jan Nemecek
- Lee Norwood
- Jason Pominville
- Stéphane Quintal
- André Racicot
- Peter Ratchuk
- Alain Raymond
- Stéphane Richer
- Serge Roberge
- Luc Robitaille
- Jeremy Roenick
- Roberto Romano
- Pavel Rosa
- Jean-Marc Routhier
- Cam Russell
- Michael Ryder
- Philippe Sauvé
- Daniel Shank
- Martin Simard
- Maxime Talbot
- José Théodore
- Pascal Trepanier
- Jean-Guy Trudel
- Sylvain Turgeon
- Alain Vigneault
- Radim Vrbata
- Colin White
- Peter Worrell
Retired numbers[]
Ten Olympiques players have had their numbers retired by the team. Former coach Pat Burns has also been honoured.[14]
- # 10 Jean Poulin
- # 15 Luc Robitaille
- # 16 Sam Lang
- # 20 Martin Gelinas
- # 24 Colin White
- # 25 Maxime Talbot
- # 28 Claude Giroux
- # 32 Marc Saumier
- # 33 José Théodore
- # 77 Guy Rouleau
References[]
- ↑ "Inauguration vendredi du Centre Slush Puppie : la fin d’une longue saga", Radio-Canada, 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Yzerman, Chris (January 24, 2000), "67's outwork Olympiques", Ottawa Citizen: C3
- ↑ "Sidelines", Ottawa Citizen: B8, June 20, 2003
- ↑ Confirmé...Benoît Groulx de retour à Gatineau... Par Stéphane Leroux - LE GRAND CLUB.
- ↑ LaPresse.ca - Actualités, Arts, International, Débats, Sports, Vivre, Voyage.
- ↑ "Olympiques fire head coach Duhamel", January 23, 2017.
- ↑ Hull Festivals season-by-season on hockeydb.com.
- ↑ Hull Olympiques season-by-season on hockeydb.com.
- ↑ Gatineau Olympiques season-by-season on hockeydb.com.
- ↑ Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Players by Team -- Hull Festivals.
- ↑ Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Players by Team -- Hull Olympiques.
- ↑ Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Players by Team -- Gatineau Olympiques.
- ↑ NHL – Les Olympiques de Gatineau.
- ↑ In Honour of Pat Burns!.
External links[]
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Gatineau Olympiques | |
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Based in Gatineau, Quebec - Founded in 1969 - Member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League | |
The franchise | History - Records - Players - Staff |
Arenas | Slush Puppie Centre |
Memorial Cup Championships | 1997 |
Conference Championships | 1985–86 - 1987–88 - 1994–95 - 1996–97 - 1998–99 - 1999–00 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2007–08 |
Division Championships | 1985–86 - 1987–88 - 1996–97 - 1999–00 - 2001–02 - 2003–04 - 2021-22 - |
President's Cup | 1985–86 - 1987–88 - 1994–95 - 1996–97 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2007–08 |
Retired numbers | 10 - 15 - 16 - 33 - 77 |