Québec Remparts

Quebec Remparts Remparts de Québec
City	Quebec City, Quebec
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Division	East
Founded	1969 (1969) (original) 1997 (revived)
Home arena	Videotron Centre
Colors	Red, white, black
General manager	Patrick Roy
Head coach	Patrick Roy
Championships	1971, 2006, 2023 Memorial Cup Champions 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2023 QMJHL Champions
Website http://www.remparts.ca/
Franchise history
1990–1997	Beauport Harfangs
1997–present	Québec Remparts
Previous franchise history
1969–1985	Québec Remparts
1988–1991	Longueuil Collège Français
1991–1994	Verdun Collège Français

There have been two Canadian 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 edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. Both franchises were based out of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The current team plays at Videotron Centre. The team is named after the Ramparts of Quebec City (French: Remparts de Québec).

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. Some of the new owners included Paul Dumont, and Gérard Bolduc. 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.

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, 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

• 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
• Jean-Philippe Côté
• Cédrick Desjardins
• Anthony Duclair
• Gordie Dwyer
• Simon Gagné
• Alexandre Grenier
• Martin Grenier
• Josh Hennessy
• Aaron Johnson
• Juraj Kolnik
• Kristian Kudroc
• Guillaume Lefebvre
• Jonathan Marchessault
• Maxime Ouellet
• Alexander Radulov
• Mike Ribeiro
• Kirill Safronov
• Timofei Shishkanov
• Antoine Vermette
• Marc-Édouard Vlasic

Yearly Standings

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Season	G	W	L	T	OL	SL	Pts	%	GF	GA
1997–98	70	46	18	6	0	-	98	0.700	285	204
1998–99	70	51	13	6	0	-	108	0.771	316	207
1999–00	72	44	20	4	4	-	96	0.667	289	213
2000–01	72	22	36	9	5	-	58	0.403	225	303
2001–02	72	31	32	7	2	-	71	0.493	212	260
2002–03	72	42	24	3	3	-	90	0.625	278	205
2003–04	70	28	32	7	3	-	66	0.471	210	245
2004–05	70	38	22	5	5	-	86	0.614	267	205
2005–06	70	52	16	-	1	1	106	0.757	349	221
2006–07	70	37	28	-	2	3	79	0.564	294	288
2007–08	70	38	28	-	1	3	80	0.571	256	225
2008–09	68	49	16	-	0	3	101	0.743	282	184
2009-10	68	41	20	-	3	4	89	0.654	278	232
2010–11	68	48	16	-	1	3	100	0.735	277	187
2011–12	68	43	18	-	5	2	93	0.684	278	191
2012–13	68	42	21	-	3	2	89	0.654	241	197
2013–14	68	39	17	-	5	7	90	0.662	255	209
2014-15	68	40	25	-	1	2	83	0.610	267	232
2015-16	68	28	33	-	6	1	63	0.463	205	258
2016-17	68	31	30	-	4	3	69	0.507	187	237
2017–18	68	40	22	-	3	3	86	0.632	227	202
2018–19	68	27	28	-	7	6	67	0.493	197	236
2019–20	64	27	32	-	4	1	59	0.460	202	245
2020-21	32	17	9	-	4	2	40	0.625	107	96
2021-22	68	51	15	-	2	0	104		302	175
2022-23	68	53	12	-	1	2	109		286	160
2023-24	68	21	41	-	5	1	48		165	265

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
2023-24	Did not qualify

See also

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

External links

• Quebec Remparts Official Site