ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES

The 'Rouyn-Noranda Huskies' are a major junior hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based out of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Dave Keon Arena.

Contents

History

Players

Awards

NHL Alumni

Yearly Results

Regular Season

Playoffs

External link

History

The Rouyn-Noranda franchise started out as the Montreal Junior Canadiens. While in Montreal the team won three Memorial Cups in 1950, 1969 and 1970. The team has since played in Verdun and Saint-Hyacinthe.
On April 25th, 1996 Sylvain Danis and Dave Morin, then owners of the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser, decided to transfer the team to Rouyn-Noranda. Aware that the ''"National Capital of Copper"'' is a city which breathes hockey, they were confident that it was the best decision for the franchise. Former NHL Hall of Famers from the area include Dave Keon & Jacques Laperriere.
The 'Huskies' name was chosen to represent the tough and determined nature of the local citizens and mining community. The team is currently owned entirely by local interests and all the decisions of the sixteen shareholders are made in the interest of the team and the city which it represents.
Since 1996, the Huskies have won two regular season division titles, in 1998 and 2005. The team is still in search of its first President's Cup since relocating to Rouyn-Noranda.

Players

Remi Royer was the first former Rouyn-Noranda Huskies player to make the NHL. He was also a QMJHL First Team All-Star in 1998. Since then 6 more players have played in the NHL.

Awards

'Jean Béliveau Trophy' (Top Scorer) ★ ''1998-99'' Mike Ribeiro 'RDS-JVC Cup' (Rookie of the year) ★ ''1997-98'' Mike Ribeiro 'Michel Bergeron Trophy' (Offensive Rookie of the Year) ★ ''1997-98'' Mike Ribeiro 'Paul Dumont Trophy' (Personality of the year) ★ ''1997-98'' Mike Ribeiro

'Ford Cup - Offensive' (Offensive player of the year) ★ ''1997-98'' Pierre Dagenais ★ ''1998-99'' James Desmarais 'Ford Cup - Defensive' (Defensive player of the year) ★ ''2000-01'' Maxime Ouellet 'Marcel Robert Trophy' (Scholastic player of the year) ★ ''2002-03'' Eric L'Italien

NHL Alumni

★ Sebastien Centomo ★ Pierre Dagenais ★ Pascal Dupuis

★ Guillaume Lefebvre ★ Maxime Ouellet

★ Mike Ribeiro ★ Remi Royer

Yearly Results

Regular Season

'Legend:'
'SL' = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 onwards), 'OTL' = Overtime Loss

Season	Games	Won	Lost	T/SL	OTL	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1996-97	70	16	49	5	-	37	0.264	174	324	7th Lebel
1997-98	70	43	23	4	-	90	0.643	338	245	'1st Lebel'
1998-99	70	36	23	11	-	83	0.593	314	261	2nd Lebel
1999-00	72	33	33	4	2	72	0.486	272	288	2nd West
2000-01	72	43	22	5	2	93	0.632	318	251	2nd West
2001-02	72	26	36	6	4	62	0.403	232	281	3rd West
2002-03	72	31	33	0	8	70	0.431	268	273	4th West
2003-04	70	30	27	9	4	73	0.493	260	265	3rd West
2004-05	70	31	23	11	5	78	0.521	266	244	'1st West'
2005-06	70	43	22	3	2	91	0.614	305	259	3rd West

Playoffs

★ '1996-1997' Out of playoffs.

★ '1997-1998' Lost to Hull Olympiques 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.

★ '1998-1999' Earned bye through division quarter-finals.
Defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 3 in division semi-finals.
Lost to Hull Olympiques 4 games to 0 in division finals.

★ '1999-2000' Defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Hull Olympiques 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.

★ '2000-2001' Defeated Hull Olympiques 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to o in conference semi-finals.

★ '2001-2002' Lost to Victoriaville Tigres 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.

★ '2002-2003' Lost to Hull Olympiques 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.

★ '2003-2004' Defeated Lewiston MAINEiacs 4 games to 3 in 1/8 finals.
Lost to Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.

★ '2004-2005' Earned bye through 1/8 finals.
Defeated Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Halifax Mooseheads 4 games to 0 semi-finals.

★ '2005-2006' Lost to Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 1 in 1/8 finals.

External link

'Huskies official web site' (en français)