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Drummondville Voltigeurs
Voltigeurs de Drummondville
Drummondville Voltigeurs.svg
City Drummondville, Quebec
League Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Division Telus West
Founded 1982
Home arena Centre Marcel Dionne
Colours Black, red, silver and white
                   
General manager Yannik Lemay
Head coach Sylvain Favreau
Championships 2009 QMJHL Champions

The Drummondville Voltigeurs are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and is based in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, playing its home games at the Centre Marcel Dionne. The team won the QMJHL's President's Cup in 2009.

History

Drummondville had a QMJHL team at the foundation of the League in 1969, called the Drummondville Rangers. However, the team folded at the end of the 1973–74 season. For the 1982–83 season, the city was granted an expansion franchise, along with the Longueuil Chevaliers. The team was named for a Quebec-based regiment that fought in the War of 1812, the Canadian Voltigeurs.

The Voltigeurs have participated in the Memorial Cup tournament three times. In 1988 and 1991, they participated as the QMJHL runner-up and in 2009 as League champions. The Voltigeurs won both the President's Cup and Jean Rougeau Trophy during the 2008–09 season. In the 2009 Memorial Cup, the Voltigeurs finished second in the round robin, but lost to the Windsor Spitfires in the semi-finals.

Championships

List of championships won:

Memorial Cup
  • 1988 4th place (in Chicoutimi, Quebec)
  • 1991 Finalists vs. Spokane Chiefs (in Quebec City, Quebec)
  • 2009 Semi-Finalists vs. Windsor Spitfires (in Rimouski, Quebec)
President's Cup
Jean Rougeau Trophy
  • 2008–09 – 112 points

Notable coaches

List of notable coaches:

  • Jean Bégin
  • Guy Boucher
  • Frank Breault
  • Jos Canale
  • Dominique Ducharme
  • Jocelyn Guevremont
  • Jean Hamel
  • Blair MacKasey
  • Michel Parizeau
  • Ron Ward

Players

NHL alumni

List of alumni to play in the National Hockey League (NHL):

  • Jake Allen
  • Nicolas Beaudin
  • Alex Barré-Boulet
  • Derick Brassard
  • Daniel Brière
  • Michael Carcone
  • William Carrier
  • Max Comtois
  • René Corbet
  • Sean Couturier
  • Steve Duchesne
  • William Dufour
  • Frederick Gaudreau
  • Denis Gauthier
  • Mike Hoffman
  • Raman Hrabarenka
  • Dmitri Kulikov
  • Ian Laperrière
  • Guillaume Latendresse
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Dawson Mercer
  • Ondřej Palát
  • Joe Veleno

Retired numbers

List of retired uniform numbers:

  • 7 - Sean Couturier
  • 14 – Daniel Brière / Ian Laperrière
  • 18 – Steve Duchesne
  • 21 – Denis Gauthier
  • 22 – Guillaume Latendresse
  • 25 – René Corbet
  • 61 – Derick Brassard
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